Projects and Activities

The Center works to:

  • Promote and disseminate existing educational materials based on the Earth Charter through education ministries, education networks, United Nations agencies, and other important channels.
  • Seek strategic partnerships with key individuals, organizations and networks to further develop materials and to deliver courses and workshops.
  • Engage governments in formally incorporating Education for Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter into national education systems (in the framework of the UN Decade on ESD).
  • Generate new materials that can help advance education for sustainable development and the use of the Earth Charter.
  • Design and deliver university courses based on the Earth Charter.
  • Develop and deliver training workshops on ESD and the Earth Charter.
  • Serve as a catalyst and support mechanism for a network of organizations and individuals who use the Earth Charter as an educational tool.
  • Collaborate with the University for Peace.

About this site




Buy the book Toward a Sustainable World: The Earth Charter in Action:

USA: Click here to purchase from Stylus

Europe and the rest of the world: Click here to purchase in from KIT


Authors (Partial List):


Homero Aridjis
A. T. Ariyaratne
Leonardo Boff
Jane Goodall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ruud Lubbers
Wangari Maathai
Federico Mayor
Jan Pronk
Henriette Rasmussen
Mohamed Sahnoun
Awraham Soetendorp
Maurice Strong
HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Erna Witoelar
Yunhua Liu
Kamla Chowdhry (In Memorium)
Featured quote from The Earth Charter in Action:

Eventually, the children of today will be responsible for our society tomorrow; therefore, children have to be educated as citizens of the planet Earth and inheritors of all its values and riches. With the Earth Charter, children learn that “another world is possible” – and another Mallorca too.

– Guillem Ramis, "Testimonials and experiences from the Balearic Islands, Spain," p. 146.