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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. In addition, a Task Force has been put in place to help implement the education strategy, and it will work in close collaboration with the Center.
- The Center's Strategic Priorities
- See our Guide for Using the Earth Charter in Education
- Projects and Activities
- Join the Earth Charter School Network and share your experience
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Download educational resources available in our Virtual Library.
- Education Experiences with the Earth Charter around the world
The Earth Charter Initiative seeks to collaborate with the efforts of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. In October 2003, UNESCO adopted a resolution "recognizing the Earth Charter as an important ethical framework fo sustainable development." The resolution 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" (Resolution Reference 32C/ Resolution 17).
Check out the Journal on ESD, September 2010; 4(2) issue, dedicated to the Earth Charter.
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Earth Charter Poster and Brochure Design Contest for Students, $1000 prize
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- Published 12/9/2011
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ECI and Eco-Schools start a new partnership
- By ECI Sec 3
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