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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.

The Centers strategic priorities

The Center's Strategic Priorities
The priorities of the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE are:

Outreach to educators via education networks.
Promotion of formal institutional adoption and implementation of Education for Sustainable Development, with the Earth Charter as primary reference document.
Development of courses and materials to be disseminated through education and environment ministries and key strategic partnerships.
Coordination and support of a network of organizations and individuals using the Earth Charter as an educational tool.

The Center is an active partner of UNESCO in supporting the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, and the UNESCO Education Sector recently published a book prepared by the Center entitled Good practices using the Earth Charter.

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ECI Secretariat wishes you all a Happy New Year. See our priorities for 2012!!

ECI plans for 2012 and beyond.

New UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter

The Earth Charter Center on ESD in collaboration with the University for Peace are hosting a new UNESCO Chair.

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

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

EC Seminar at the Thematic Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil

The Seminar Earth Charter and Rio+20” took place at the Thematic Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil on January 28

EC network meeting in the Netherlands

An Earth Charter network meeting took place last January 11, 2011 in Amsterdam at NCDO/KIT

And the winners are… EC video contest results

Here are the winners of the Earth Charter and Odyssey 2050 video contest.

Ecoschools Projects and the EC in Venezuela

Ecoschools is a project working with the Earth Charter and carried out by the Research Group Urban Life and Environment (VUA) from the University Simon Bolívar in Venezuela.

EC educational projects for primary schools in Colombia

Two educational projects in Colombia related to school teachers on ESD and the Earth Charter.

The Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development Project

The Earth Charter Task Force on Religion, Spirituality and Ethics launched a new project in January 2012.

The Earth Charter and Eradicating Ecocide

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

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