The Black & White printable version:

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.

Description of a workshop facilitated by Dumisani Nyoni, Earth Charter Youth Programme. The workshop participants were high school students in the Boston Youth Program, a pilot summer work/education program sponsored by The Thoreau Institute. The workshop was Cosponsored by Boston Research Center for the 21st Century and the Thoreau Institute held in July 2000.

See the description and feedback on that workshop.

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!

The WSSD Youth Caucus brings together youth from all over the world networking and bringing their voice in international debates on sustainable development. Individuals from IYECC, and the Coalition, participate as much as they can. Most participants of the Youth Caucus welcome the Earth Charter and are willing to promote it and work with it.

The WSSD Youth Caucus political declaration prepared after Bali for Johannesburg�s World Summit on Sustainable Development is a good example of the results we got so far.

This 19-pg. Workshop Toolkit is offered to you as a guide to organizing an Earth Charter Workshop. It includes activities for an Earth Charter Workshop based on the four broad principles of the Charter.

This 1 pg. agenda of a 4-day Youth Leadership Conference based on the Charter gives an example of how one could organize such a conference.

Roots & Shoots is the Jane Goodall Institute's international environmental and humanitarian program for young people. The link above is to 'Lessons for Hope', which is a web-based project written by the Jane Goodall Institute. High school students can learn about Dr. Jane Goodall's extraordinary life story, with the goal of examining their own lives and their communities. The course activities are designed to give students an opportunity to apply these life lessons in order to empower them to make a positive contribution in the world. The project covers 12 Lessons for Hope and include activities for teachers and studnets. One of the student activities refers directly to the Earth Charter.

Hamza AlAmoosh, Jordan and Arab Region, is trying to launch a national coalition of youth NGOs, that can act to get the EC implemented as much as possible by Youth Groups and as a 2nd step to have it implemented by the Council of Youth. He sees the EC as an integrated vision "Guidelines" for the theme of Sustainable Development.

The outreach was carried out by a cross section of the current voluntary team assigned to the Earth Charter Youth Group Sierra Leone (ECYG-SL) The exercise involved visiting institutions of learning and communities in Freetown. The purpose of this outreach was to motivate the school-going children and youths to be informed about the EARTH CHARTER Initiative, its principles, existence and to open up its membership base within the Freetown vicinity, so as to help get the input of other members and enable them contribute in consolidating the EARTH CHARTER.

A detailed description of how this group started.

Grupos Joveniles de la Carta de la Tierra - Marco de Trabajo :
Porque ? Que es ? Como ? ... Y Recursos !

This report contains the results of "Exploring the Earth Charter", an Inclusive Leadership Adventure for youth and adults who care about youth. It took place from November 8 � 11, 2003. Their voyage of discovering ways of connecting with the principles and values in the Earth Charter took place at Cowichan Lake Education Centre, located in the midst of the Rain Forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Earth Scouts is a coed youth organization for 3 - 17 year olds. The mission of the Earth Scouts is to empower youth to learn about the Earth Charter, spread it's message, and participate in fun activities that will benefit themselves and the earth community. The concept is that they will "Change the world one fun badge at a time." The attached document is a Facilitator Guide, but it is also on their web-site which comprehensively overviews the program. The program is being incubated by the Institute for Ethics and Meaning.

Speech prepared by Michael Slaby to present the Earth Charter
to the participants of the Cowichan Tribes Suicide Prevention Forum held
in May 2004 in Duncan, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Powerpoint presentation on the Earth Charter, the Earth Charter Youth Initiative and the creation of Earth Charter Youth Groups, prepared by Hamza AlAmoosh, Jordan.

Rev. Darlene Loyd, founding Minister of "Green Fire - 7 Generations Ministry" reporting on her Earth Charter Tour through North America.

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Slaby, M.C., Hollingshead, B.P., & Corcoran, P.B. (2007). Learning and living with the Earth Charter. In A.E.J Wals (Ed.), Social learning towards a sustainable world (pp. 483-495). Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

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Chu, Richard. (2007). Global Dialogue for Sustainable Development. In John Balonze (Ed.), Debating Globalization: International Perspectives on the Global Economic and Social Order. Editions Biliki and GYAN France.

Essential reading for new - and experienced - Earth Charter Youth Initiative (ECYI) members, the ECYI Handbook provides in depth information on the Earth Charter Youth Initiative. It includes an introduction and brief history of the ECYI, an overview of Earth Charter Youth Groups (ECYGs), summaries of the Core Group's Plan of Action and the ECI Strategy for the ECYI, and contact information for the Core Group and International Youth Coordinator.

In addition to reading and endorsing the Earth Charter, this ECYI Membership Application must be completed by youth who wish to join the Initiative. The public portion of the information submitted will be added to our ECYI Members Database, which is posted online. Please send the completed form to Dominic Stucker at Dominic [@] EarthCharterInAction.org.

Completing the Earth Charter Youth Group (ECYG) Application is one of the important steps in forming a new ECYG or getting your existing youth group recognized as an official ECYG. Complete information on this process can be found in the ECYI Handbook. Please complete this form and return it to Dominic Stucker at youthcoordinator [@] earthcharter.org.

Version 2.0, Draft, November 2007

Thank you for your interest in participating in the first-ever online e-GLO course! E-GLO is short for Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity, a 4-month course focused on community development and digital storytelling.

Please note that we expect the application process for e-GLO to be competitive for the 20-30 slots available. In order to apply, you must be 15-30 years of age and meet the language and technical requirements indicated on the Form. You must also be available to participate for the duration of e-GLO, from February – May 2008.

To the greatest extent possible, the e-GLO Team will select participants based on gender equity and geographic and socio-economic diversity. The deadline for application submissions is 1 February 2008.

Completing the Earth Charter Youth Group (ECYG) Application is one of the essential steps in forming a new ECYG or getting your existing youth group recognized as an official ECYG. Complete information on this process can be found in the ECYI Handbook. Please complete this form and return it to Dominic Stucker at youthcoordinator [@] earthcharter.org.