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In this issue: Earth Charter International Campaign is launched at The Hague.

In this issue: On June 26th, 2000 the Earth Charter international campaign was officially launched at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

In this issue: 1. Pole To Pole. 2. Rock in Rio Music Festival. 3. The United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica has officially endorsed the Earth Charter. 4. The Earth Charter website has new sections:
· The Art Page
· The Youth Initiative
· The Earth Charter calendar of events:
5. The Earth Charter logo has been finalized.

In this issue: 1. Tatarstan, first Parliament adoption of the Earth Charter. 2. Mikhail Gorbachev presents the Earth Charter - Urbino, Italy, on June 8, 2001 3. The Earth Charter receiving endorsements

In this issue: Earth Charter Part of UNESCO Teacher Educational Programme.

In thi issue: US Mayors Express Commitment To The Earth Charter.

In this Issue:
1. Illustrated Earth Charter Booklet for Children Created
2. Earth Charter Summits Mobilized People Across the U.S.
3. ‘A Blooming World’ Campaign takes root
4. New Zealand Earth Charter Activities
5. Earth Charter Widely Disseminated in Spain
6. Special Earth Charter Newsletter Issued by the Earth Ministry
7. Announcements from the International Secretariat

In this issue:
** United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Panel
** Education Campaign by the School Sisters of Notre Dame
** Pax Christi International support
** Earth Dialogues (21 – 23 February, Lyon, France) Report is now available

In this issue:
** United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Panel
** Education Campaign by the School Sisters of Notre Dame
** Pax Christi International support
** Earth Dialogues (21 – 23 February, Lyon, France) Report is now available

In this issue:
** Senate Puerto Rico Fully Endorses The Earth Charter **
** All Municipalities in Jordan Endorse the Earth Charter **
** Australian Capital Territory – What a Commitment! **
** Soria Declaration in Spain 14 to 17 May **
** Websites in French and Spanish **
** Teaching for the Environment in Higher Education: The Promise of the Earth Charter **
** Earth Charter Launch in Jakarta, Indonesia **
** Earth Charter Events in Bali during PrepCom IV **
** Brazilians Moving Forward with the Earth Charter **

** Earth Charter in Bali, Indonesia/PrepCom IV **
** The Ark of Hope goes to Johannesburg **
** Earth Charter in Johannesburg **
** Ontario Conference organized by Sierra Club of Canada and Society for Conservation Biology **
** Earth Charter Community Summits on September 28, 2002 **
** Unitarian Universalists endorse the Earth Charter **
** The "Eternal Spring" Book **
** Earth Charter Youth Coalition **

In this issue:

1. The Earth Charter in the ‘Forumzinho’ - The World Social Forum for Children - 23 – 28 January 2003
2. iWe Live Together program, in the Balearic Islands, Spain
3. The Earth Charter in the World Education Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 19 - 22 January 2003
4. Peace Summit, Vermont, USA, 28 September 2002
5. Antioch New England Graduate School and the Earth Charter
6. Chile supporting the Earth Charter
7. Earth Charter meeting in Melbourne, Australia
8. Earth Charter goes local in central Scotland
9. Earth Charter publication in Danish and Greenlandic

In this Issue:
1. The Earth Charter and the Johannesburg Summit
2. Brink Expedition and the Earth Charter
3. Conference in Costa Rica: From Rio’92 to Johannesburg 2002: Sustainability and the Earth Charter
4 The Earth Charter in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada
5. Earth Charter Community Summits
6. The City of Seattle joins Philadelphia in endorsing the Earth Charter
7. The World Colleges Youth Action Summit (UWCYAS)

In this issue:
1. The Earth Charter encounters the Norwegian winter
2. Åre is the first municipality in Sweden to endorse the Earth Charter
3. A City in Australia applies the Earth Charter in its strategic planning
4. The Earth Charter as a participant in a French initiative
5. Papua New Guinea develops a Tribal Charter based on the Earth Charter
6. The first Earth Charter youth forum in Mato Grosso, Brazil
7. The potential of the Earth Charter in Scotland is examined
8. The Earth Charter for kids was launched in Porto Alegre, Brazil
9. Asian civil society forum ended successfully.
Announcements from the Earth Charter Secretariat:
10. Seeking for pictures and stories…
11. New policy for endorsing organizations

In this issue:
1. Printer friendly versions of the Earth Charter brochures available on-line
2. SGI exhibition on the Earth Charter will travel around the world
3. Twenty four cities of Peru endorse the Earth Charter
4. Earth Charter-based workshop for the guidance of children and youth in Canada
5. The Earth Charter inspired iMy world in a Frisbee activity in Belgium
6. Earth Charter Concerts Season in Costa Rica begins
7. New Zealand celebrated the iEarth Charter: Public Forum on Social and Economic Justice

In this issue:
1. ‘What can I do with the Earth Charter?’: A new resource
2. Earth Day Celebration and the Earth Charter in Serbia
3. The Earth Charter is translated into Hebrew
4. Earth Charter Youth Groups (ECYG) Toolkit Available
5. Earth Charter Initiative Presents in New York
6. ‘Think Local Act Local’: a Seminar based on the Earth Charter
7. Earth Charter activities of ‘Ecoclubes’ in Chile
8. The Rosicrucian Digest features the Earth Charter text
9. Earth Charter Focal Point in Germany Gathering Material Worldwide

In this issue:
1. The Earth Charter education database goes on-line
2. The Earth Charter is the central theme for the World Peace Forum
3. A pocket-sized Earth Charter Booklet in Hungarian is printed
4. Commemoration of the Earth Charter organized in San Francisco
5. A very active new Earth Charter community in British Columbia, Canada
6. The Earth Charter is the backbone for an Environmental Ethics Course
7. ‘Prayer Flags’: a beautiful exhibition based on the Earth Charter

In this issue:
1. iA Quiet Revolution Video will be Broadcasted in Many Countries Around the World
2. Earth Charter Discussion Forums and Exhibition by Soka Gakkai Italy
3. Community Art Project to Raise Consciousness About the Earth Charter
4. The Italian Version of an Earth Charter Manual to be Published
5. The School Sisters of Notre Dame Endorse and Reflect on the Charter
6. The Municipality of San Jose Features the Earth Charter on their new site

In this issue:
1. Earth Charter events draw the crowds in Porto Alegre
2. Earth Charter posters will be sent to all schools in Chile
3. Valery Giscard D�estaing wins Earth Charter award
4. The Earth Charter is part of an online discussion forum
5. The Earth Charter is included in an upcoming book
6. An Earth Charter based youth performance is a big success
7. Earth Charter Commissioner appointed Deputy Minister of Environement in Kenya

In this issue:
1. The new Earth Charter website is already on line!
2. The WRI featured the Earth Charter in their report
3. Small Islands Peace Action Initiative committed to Earth Charter principles
4. iEarth Charter in Action was held in Urbino, Italy from June 26�30
5. The Earth Charter principles expressed in a set of 16 moving pictures
6. The Earth Charter and the UNESCO'S manifesto 2000 in Laval
7. The Vermont Peace Academy based on the Earth Charter was launched!
8. A iChildren�s Earth Charter was presented in Vienna
9. Ecoclubes National Network of Chile and the Earth Charter

IN THIS ISSUE:
Upcoming Events
1. Earth Charter Community Summits 2003 are happening soon!
2. iLet's play! ... With the Earth in Belgium
3. Mallorca Social Forum
4. Meeting of Environmental Educators in Brazil
5. The Mexicans are organizing a great Earth Charter event for November
6. Iraq Foundation wins 2003 Earth Charter Award
7. Youth Explore the Earth Charter in Canada
Recent Events
8. Australia has a new Earth Charter website.
9. The Earth Charter Initiative responds to UNESCO and the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
10. The UN International Peace One Day Celebration at UPeace was inspired on the Earth Charter
11. Home of the Planetary Citizenship and the Earth Charter Living Room
12. Scientific, Technological and Environmental Fair in Costa Rica
Announcements from the Secretariat
13. Welcome to the Earth Charter Global Network!

IN THIS ISSUE:

Recent Events

1. UNESCO Adopts a Resolution in Support of the Earth Charter

2. A CD on the Earth Charter is Produced by Raffi

3. GEA Conference for Sustainable Future Adopted a Recommendation on the Earth Charter

4. The BRC Celebrated their Anniversary inspired by the Notion of Interconnectedness

5. Earth Charter Disseminated in Seychelles

6. ICLEI World Congress 2003 Contemplates The Earth Charter

Upcoming Events

7. The Brazilian Social Forum and the Earth Charter

8. iTwo Weeks of Tolerance and the Earth Charter in Laval

9. The First National Gathering On Ethics For Sustainability � Mexico

10. The Earth Charter will be at the World Social Forum �04 in India

Ongoing Activities

11. Multiple Earth Charter Activities in Tampa

12. Earth Charter Youth Groups and their Work Worldwide

In this issue

Recent Events

1. Mexico - National Gathering of Ethics for Sustainability

2. New Earth Charter booklet in Japanese

3. The Earth Charter in the statement of the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit

4. Terra America - a new hard covered illustrated book

5. The book, Natural Living, features the Earth Charter

6. Recommendation of UNEP National NGO committees in Europe

7. Second Anniversary of the Earth Charter endorsement of Mazatlan, Mexico

8. Costa Rica in the forefront of the UN Decade of Education for SD

9. iZero Famine in Environmental Education seminar - Brazil

Upcoming Events 10. Global ethics, development, environment and the Earth Charter 11. Sustainable Development Conference in Vermont

Ongoing Activities

12. Earth Charter Online Forum on Education

13. DVD/CD to promote the Earth Charter principles in process

14. WRI Earth Charter Indicators Project

IN THIS ISSUE:

Recent Events

1. Raffi holds benefit concerts inspired by the Earth Charter, Canada

2. UNESCO and WWF support Earth Charter DVD/CD

3. Day of non-violence and peace celebrated in Spain

4. The Earth Charter was prominent in the Earth Dialogues Barcelona

5. Three new children�s tales based on the Earth Charter

Upcoming Events

March:

6. "Understanding Global Warming, Marin County, USA

April:

7. 'Global Ethics, Development, Environment and the Earth Charter', Aberdeen, Scotland

8. iEthics and Sustainable Development, Mexico

July:

9. Sustainable Communities Conference, Vermont, USA

10. 'Global Ecological Governance for Eco-justice and Public Health' in Montreal

Ongoing Activities

11. UNAA passes a resolution in support of the Earth Charter

12. The Earth Charter was endorsed by hundreds of schools in Spain

13. In Belgium, �Nature & Progr�s� is using the Earth Charter as a tool

14. Queensland Earth Charter Committee begins 2004 dynamically

IN THIS ISSUE:

Recent Events

1. The Earth Charter Initiatve featured as one of the leading social-change organizations

2. Earth Charter impresses global travelers who highlight it in their book

3. The World Youth Peace Summit has partnered with the Earth Charter Youth Initiative

4. The Earth Charter sent to all municipalities in Mexico

5. Conference on Global Ethics, Development, Environment and the Earth Charter was held in Scotland

6. The main principles of the Charter were integrated within a UNEP project

7. The Earth Charter was the central theme of a conference in Kazakhstan

8. An Earth Charter adaptation for children was launched in el Desierto de los Leones, Mexico

9. The Earth Charter is featured at a Buddhist seminar in Staten Island, NY

Upcoming Events

May:

10. A Celebratory Gathering in Canada will present the Earth Charter

11. The World Festival in The Netherlands will include Earth Charter workshops

June:

12. The Earth Charter will be used as a foundation for a conference in Main

July:

13. The Earth Charter is considered as a topic for papers at a conference in Montreal

14. Sustainable Communities Conference 2004 and how the Earth Charter is being used in communities

September:

15. 11 Days of Global Unity will present the Earth Charter as their Declaration of Interdependence

October:

16. A skill-training workshop will use the Earth Charter as a base in Canada

IN THIS ISSUE:

Recent Events

1. UNEP Civil Society Consultation recommends the Earth Charter

2. An International consultation on Education for Sustainable Development

3. An Earth Charter panel within the World Parliament of Religious

4. The Ecointegrity Center of Bellingham uses the Earth Charter

5. An Earth Charter-based education program in Mexico

6. Earth Charter Community Initiatives in USA

Upcoming Events

7. July 11-13: The Earth Charter is a major theme at a scholars meeting in Montreal

8. July 14-18: Sustainable Communities Conference 2004 to be held in Vermont, USA

9. September 11-21: A declaration of interdependence derived from the Earth Charter

10. October: A training workshop based on the Earth Charter - Canada

11. October: The World Peace Youth Summit and the Earth Charter

Ongoing Activities

12. The Charter in the public libraries in Para, Brazil

13. A Masters Degree for Change Agents uses the Earth Charter

Note from the Secretariat

14. Supporting the International Secretariat

~ A new online software tool is available to help communities implement the Earth Charter's principles

~ The French Ministry of Environment, UNESCO and WWF endorsed the Earth Charter CD/DVD project

~ 16 paintings depicting the values of the Earth Charter were on display in Brisbane

UPCOMING EVENTS

~ The Earth Charter at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress

~ The Earth Charter is in the programme of a national gathering in Chile

~ The annual Earth Charter Community Summits will be held this year in 29 cities in the U.S., Canada and India

~ An Earth Charter based intercultural workshop to be held in Canada

~ The World Youth Peace Summit has the Earth Charter Youth Initiative as its strategic partner

LINKS

~ Organizations that have included the Earth Charter in their sites or have a page exclusively on the Charter

UPCOMING EVENTS

~ The IUCN Council will present a motion on the Earth Charter at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress

~ The Japanese Embassy in Costa Rica is supporting an Earth Charter educational project

RECENT EVENTS

~ Wangari Maathai, Earth Charter Commissioner, has been awarded The Nobel Peace Prize 2004

~ UNESCO's draft Implementation Scheme for the Decade was presented at the UN General Assembly

~ Xcaret is the first Mexican business group to endorse and commit to the Earth Charter principles

~ Harvard's Graduate School of Education is using the Earth Charter

~ The Earth Charter Community Summits were held in 29 cities of the Unites States as well as three other countries

~ A panel of speakers discussed various religious perspectives on the Earth Charter

~ An Earth Charter event was held in New York within the Living a Culture of Peace Week
~ The Earth Charter received The Peacemaker Award at the Peace Festival in Los Angeles

~ The Earth Education Academy developed an English language course integrating the Earth Charter

NOTES FROM THE SECRETARIAT

~ The Earth Charter French Website is on Line!

IUCN ENDORSES THE EARTH CHARTER

In this issue:

~International consultation on Education for Sustainable Development highlights the Earth Charter

~Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Development features the Earth Charter in its final report

~Young leaders learn about the Earth Charter at 4-day seminar

~The Institute of Modern Languages is planning to use the Earth Charter in Spanish lessons

~A network magazine is calling for artistic contributions around the Earth Charter principles

~New partners join Earth Charter Community Indicators Project

~Earth Charter TV Conference

~New Earth Charter Sites

In this issue:

~ 1. Earth Charter + 5 event in the Netherlands

~ 2. Portugal is implementing the Charter through environmental education

~ 3. A Decade launch event in India highlights the Earth Charter