On December 1st, the Ecumenical One World Initiative (EOWI) in Germany took over the administrative management of the Earth Charter Program on Religion and Sustainability, employing Michael Slaby as Coordinator for ECI's international program. EOWI was founded in 1976 as one of the first Christian ecumenical initiatives that set out to explore sustainable lifestyles in the Western world.

Having served as Earth Charter Affiliate in Germany since 2001, EOWI is promoting and disseminating the Earth Charter among NGOs, faith groups and educational institutions in Germany and its German-speaking neighbouring countries.

“It is a great pleasure for us to host this international program” says EOWI’s executive director Anja Becker, and adds: “We hope that the program will contribute to the revitalization of the conciliar process of justice, peace and integrity of creation that we are supporting since its launch in 1983.”

Building on EOWI’s long standing history of creating bridges between Germany’s environmental and development-aid organizations on the one and religious organizations and the Churches on the other side, the international program has gained a strategic position to reach out to religious institutions in Germany.
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