Este folleto ha sido disenado como una fuente de informacion para todas aquellas personas interesadas en saber mas acerca de la Carta de la Tierra, incluyendo el por que es necesaria y detalles acerca del extraordinario proceso de redaccion por medio del cual fue escrita. Aqui se brinda informacion acerca de esos individuos y organizaciones clave que han apoyado y continuan apoyando la Carta de la Tierra, el programa de actividades que comprende la Iniciativa de la Carta de la Tierra, asi como la estructura organizacional que ha sido establecida. Incluye ademas un resumen corto de la historia de la Carta junto con el contexto necesario para entender de que
manera se relaciona esta con la agenda global de sostenibilidad. El texto completo de la Carta de la Tierra ha sido incluido como apendice.

The 870 tribes of Papua New Guinea used the Earth Charter as a a model to create their Tribal Charter through a process of public stake-holder consultations that follow the drafting process of the Earth Charter. Please view their final 'Mama Graun Tribal Charter' as an example of what any community or group could arrive at using the Earth Charter for inspiraion.

A document offering some answers to all interested: a youth group or a business, a local community or an educator. Going through simple logical steps, it refers to more in-depth resources. Most importantly, it does not provide the only answer, but should help you in finding yours.

Click on your mouse right button, and choose "save as" to download it.

The City of Joondalup is applying the Earth Charter as part of its Strategic Planning process. A comparison between Council policies and the Earth Charter demonstrates significant common ground between the two and the value of the Earth Charter as a tool in local government strategic planning.

Learn more by viewing the pdf case study,
or visit Joondalup's web site.

Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, Canada

After its endorsement of the Earth Charter, the Toronto & Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) used a very interesting chart to better understand the vision and prepare its implementation of the Earth Charter.

1. They went through the Charter and pointed out the principles specially relevant to them.
   
2. They listed the associated sub-principles, and then for each of them, they came up with:
   
   • their interpretation and comments of the sub-principle,
     
   • how it can be implemented in their organization.

The attached document is an example of the Chart TRCA used.

Guillem Ramis, who was coodinatoring VIVIM PLEGATS (Living Together, a multicultural program for peace education and cooperation based in the Balearic Islands (Spain), has made a very important contribution by providing adaptations of the Earth Charter for children and young people in the following languages: Catalan, English, Euskara, French, German, Greek, Japonese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The web-site also has the the adaptations organized by language, included the lastest adaptation for children from 3-5 years!

Earth Charter Youth Groups. Why? What? How? ... and Resources!

A 5 pages toolkit to help you start your own Earth Charter Youth Group!

This Handbook has been designed as a source of information for all those who are interested in learning more about the Earth Charter. Information is provided here about those key individuals and organizations that have and continue to support the Earth Charter, the program of activities that comprise the Earth Charter Initiative, and the organizational structure that has been established. A brief summary of the rich history of the Earth Charter is also detailed, providing the necessary context to understand how the Earth Charter relates to the global sustainability agenda. The full text of the Earth Charter has been included as an appendix.

The Earth Charter exhibition titled "Seeds of Change: The Earth Charter and Human Potential," can be downloaded here in PDF format (the file size is 2,211 KB). The exhibition highlights the Earth Charter as a "map" pointing the way toward sustainable living. Japanese, Chinese and Spanish language versions are in the process of being produced. The exhibition was prepared as a joint collaboration between the Earth Charter Initiative and Soka Gakkai International, and is now circulating around the world.

It portrays the need for sustainable development and introduces the positive vision of the Earth Charter along with examples from India, Costa Rica and Kenya of individuals acting to solve local environmental problems such as deforestation and water shortage. It is expected to be shown in many locations and is available (in better quality of resolution) to interested groups in CD form in several different languages upon request. Depending on the budget and space available, the number of panels utilized, the method of printing and the size of each panel can vary.

Guillem Ramis, ex-coordinador de VIVIM PLEGATS (Vivimos Juntos), un programa multicultural para la educacion para la paz y la cooperacion, basado en las Islas Baleares (Espana) ha realizado una importante contribucion a la Iniciativa de la Carta de la Tierra al proveer las adaptaciones de la Carta de la Tierra para ninos(as) y gente joven en los siguentes idiomas: catalan, ingles, euskara, frances, aleman, griego, portugues y espanol.

Nuestra pagina electronica tambien cuenta con las adaptaciones organizadas por idioma, incluyendo la adaptacion mas reciente de ninos y ninas de 3 a 5 anos

This Earth Charter Workshop Tool Kit was compiled by Nicole Jiron Beirute. It is an instrument and guide to use when organizing an Earth Charter Workshop. It has different sections from which you can choose the one you need to undertake the design of your workshop depending on the goal of the activity.

Table of Contents
1. The Earth Charter can be a highly valuable tool for all NGOs
2. How can NGOs use the Earth Charter ?
3. The Earth Charter helps improve progress toward sustainability
4. The Earth Charter helps design professional codes of conduct
5. The Earth Charter helps design accountability systems
6. Why use the Earth Charter in the midst of other Sustainable Development initiatives
7. How can you get started ?

A document with books, papers, essays, magazines and newsletters that have included a reference to the Earth Charter or the text itself in their publications.

During the two-year period covered by this report, the Earth Charter Initiative has made substantial progress towards the objectives and priorities determined by the Steering Committee and the Commission, particularly in the areas of governmental support, Earth Charter dissemination and increased utilization of the Earth Charter in both formal and non-formal educational settings.