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Education is fundamental to the mission of Earth Charter Initiative. ECI has therefore created the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at the University for Peace in Costa Rica.

The Center’s mission is to promote the use of the Earth Charter in schools, colleges, universities, and non-formal education programmes throughout the world and to contribute to education for a sustainable way of life.

To help fulfill its mission, ECI established, in collaboration with the University for Peace, the  UNESCO Chair on ESD and the Earth Charter,  to implement training and research activities at the intersection of education, sustainability, and ethics using the Earth Charter as a framework.

The UNESCO Chair on ESD and the Earth Charter will help address the overall goal of the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD), which is to integrate the values inherent in sustainable development into all aspects of learning.  In this sense, this UNESCO Chair will contribute in the implementation of UNESCO Resolution Reference 32C/17, which, "recognizing the Earth Charter as an important ethical framework for sustainable development", affirms member states' intention to "utilize the Earth Charter as an educational instrument, particularly in the framework of the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development" 

What is Education for Sustainable Development?

Read the Journal on ESD, September 2010; 4(2) issue, dedicated to the Earth Charter. 


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    Case Study: Earth Charter Practice Handbook in Germany

    ECI has published a short case study of the Ecumenical One World Initiative's Earth Charter Practice Handbook experience.

    Week of Sustainable Development in Belarus in April 2013

    Earth Week in Belarus sees a multitude of activities nationwide in support of sustainable development and the Earth Charter.

    Students arrive for first day of Education programme in Costa Rica

    The Earth Charter Center for ESD opens its programme: Education and Values for Sustainable Development with The Earth Charter.

    Reminder: Law Programme and GEIG conference approaching

    The Earth Charter Center for ESD’s Law course is accepting applicants and GEIG’s conference  programme is now available.

    UNESCO and post-2015 Education for Sustainable Development

    UNESCO invites participation in a consultation and ECI is participating in ongoing dialogues.

    UNESCO Director-General visits Earth Charter Center at UPEACE

    Irina Bokova visited the University for Peace and the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development

    Caring for the Earth with Leonardo Boff

    Leonardo Boff visited the Earth Charter Center for ESD on April 4th, 2013.

    Celebrating International Earth Day with Severn Cullis-Suzuki

    Earth Charter International hosted Severn Cullis-Suzuki for two Earth Day events.

    Earth Day celebration in Assam, India

    CEE India celebrated Earth Day 2013 with several activities, among them an Earth Charter Think Café.

    EMPOWER 2013 Youth Conference, Doha, Qatar

    The 5th Annual EMPOWER 2013 Youth Conference took place in Doha, Qatar from March 28-30, 2013.
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