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Ban Ki Moon’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability recommends the Earth Charter

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:30:00 CST

The Panel's final report, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing", contains 56 recommendations; the Earth Charter features in the 14th recommendation.

The Earth Charter and Eradicating Ecocide

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:00 CST

ECI teamed up with Eradicating Ecocide to explore possible legal perspectives on Earth Rights.

Occupy Wall Street and the Earth Charter

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:00 CST

ECI Staff member Douglas F. Williamson reports from New York on the Earth Charter’s relevance to and overlaps with the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Earth Charter submits recommendations to Rio+20 Zero Draft

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:00 CDT

The Earth Charter Initiative produced a series of recommendations for the UNCSD Rio+20 Compilation Document.

Earth Charter UK submits a document to the Parliament in preparation for Rio+20

no@spam.com (ECI Sec 2) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:30:00 CDT

On September 28th, 2011 Earth Charter UK presented written evidence to the Parliament regarding Rio +20.

UN DPI NGO Forum declaration highlights the Earth Charter

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:00:00 CDT

At the beginning of September, the UN Department of Public Information NGO Forum was held in Bonn, Germany. More than 1,600 participants attended to discuss issues related to the Rio 2012 Conference.

ECI helps organize and launch Global Youth Music Contest

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:00 CDT

From September 12-16th, 2011 representatives from Earth Charter International participated in a workshop to create a youth music contest for Rio+20.

An independent policy paper on the Earth Charter and Rio+20 is now available

no@spam.com (ECI Sec4 ECI Sec4) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:30:00 CDT

Three scholars have written a policy paper discussing the relevance of the Earth Charter to the Rio+20 focus areas.

NEW: Five short videos on People's voice on Rio+20

no@spam.com (ECI Sec1) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:00:00 CDT

See a set of interviews with civil society leaders done during the first preparatory meeting of Rio +20 Peoples' Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 30 to July 2, 2011.

Rio+20 The Youth Factor

no@spam.com (Youth Facilitator) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:30:00 CDT

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated during the High-level Meeting on Youth, "Young people can and must play a central role in bringing dynamic new ideas, fresh thinking and energy to the Rio+20 process."