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Mission

The mission of the Earth Charter Initiative is to promote the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace.

Religion and Spirituality

Between 2007 and 2008 ECI implemented a project on Religion and Sustainability that focused on outreach to religious groups and leaders to seek their institutions engagement in using the Earth Charter. This project also involved research and the development of education materials designed specifically for religious audiences.

 

In early 2009, as part of the ECI decentralization strategy, a Task Force on Religion, Spirituality and Ethics was formed. This Task Force aims to engage a broad range of individuals, institutions, and organizations concerned with religion, spirituality, ethics, to use the Earth Charter in their efforts toward creating a just, peaceful, and sustainable future for the Earth Community.

 

In particular, the Task Force is reaching out to:

 

      1) Leaders of religious institutions and communities

      2) Scholars and theologians of the world’s religions as well as ethicists

      3) Individuals and organizations interested in linking religion, spirituality, 
          and ethics to issues of sustainability

 

This Task Force is led and supported by the following individual and their respective organization:

 

                 Mary Evelyn Tucker

                 Forum on Religion and Ecology

                 Yale University, New Haven, Ct., USA, http://fore.research.yale.edu/religion/

 

                 Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp,

                 Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values

                 The Hague, The Netherlands, www.soetendorpinstitute.org

 


Please see resources available in our Virtual Library.
Click here.

For more information, click here to see this Task Force Plan of Action.

or contact:

 

Rick Clugton, PhD

Earth Charter coordinator

Forum on Religion and Ecology

Email: rmclugston@aol.com

 

Michael C. Slaby, M.A.

Earth Charter Program Coordinator

Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values

Email: mslaby@soetendorp.org
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Franciscan Sisters adopted the Earth Charter in 2007, and have recently opened an eco-building.

The Feather Project was launched as an effort to stimulate intergenerational dialogue and collaboration!
"Seeds of Change - The Earth Charter and Human Potential" was presented in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as part of the EC+10 and Environment International Day celebrations.

This event open on April 22nd  within the frame of EC+10 and continued until April 30th
The yearlong Earth Charter+10 celebrations begins this week with major events and the launch of the video - It starts with one - on 22 April, Earth Day.
The Earth Charter International Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of the Earth Charter Annual Report for 2009
Major EC gatherings will take place in Mexico to celebrate EC+10 in the Federal District and Guanajuato
ECI is happy to announce the publication of a new book – The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation.

Four new videos on the Earth Charter available in You Tube for your use.

The Parliament of the World's Religions was celebrated on December 2009 in Melbourne, Australia
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