The Earth Charter Program on Religion and Sustainability

In the transition to a more just, sustainable and peaceful future, the world's spiritual and religious communities have a vital role to play. Around the world, more and more communities are rising to this challenge. The Earth Charter Program on Religion and Sustainability is being developed to support this growing movement by providing access to the wealth of information gathered by ECI's secular partner organizations, and translating it into a language of faith, commitment, and moral action.

The central elements of the program will be the production of educational materials and the dissemination of success stories, best practices and practical examples on how the Earth Charter can be used in religious contexts to foster dialogue, collaboration and active engagement on the urgent ecological and social challenges of our time.

To connect to the expanding network of spiritual, religious and faith-based organizations, please contact our International Inter-faith Coordinator Michael Slaby (mslaby AT earthcharter.org)

To get the latest updates on this Program and its development, please see the Earth Charter and Religion program weblog.

To find out more about ECI's strategy to involve religious communities within the Earth Charter Initiative, please download the Earth Charter and Religion Strategy Paper

For further reading on this topic you can download several essays from the book Toward a Sustainable World: The Earth Charter in Action, including especially the following:

Mary Evelyn Tucker
Humanity is Part of a Vast Evolving Universe
An extended thematic essay on key concepts in the Preamble
English | Nederlands | Español

Leonardo Boff
Respect and Care for the Community of Life with Understanding, Compassion, and Love
An extended thematic essay on the overarching themes of Part I
English | Nederlands | Español

Awraham Soetendorp
To Avert the Day of Destruction
A thematic essay which speaks to Principle 4 on intergenerational responsibility and the Millennium Development Goals
English | Nederlands | Español

A.T. Ariyaratne
Awakening and the Earth Charter in Sri Lanka
A thematic essay which speaks to Principle 9 on recognizing the ignored, protecting the vulnerable, and serving those who suffer
English | Nederlands | Español

Henriette Rasmussen
Sustainable Greenland and Indigenous Ideals
A thematic essay which speaks to Principle 12 on indigenous thinking embedded in the Earth Charter and the participation of Circumpolar peoples
English | Nederlands | Español

Steven C. Rockefeller
The Transition to Sustainability
An extended thematic essay on key concepts in The Way Forward
English | Nederlands | Español

Kamla Chowdhry
The Spiritual Way, the Gandhian Way
A thematic essay which speaks to values and politics
English | Nederlands | Español

HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal
The Only Way Forward
Afterword
English | Nederlands | Español