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

NEW!

Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development Project

This project was launched in 2012 by the EC Religion and Spirituality Task Force. The purpose is to bring together a global alliance of religious, spiritual and ethical organizations to deepen the understanding, public awareness and practical application of the ethical and spiritual foundations of sustainable development.  More information here.
The Soetendorp Institute of Human Values is supporting this project, find in this link more information.

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