Speech from Dr. Kamla Chowdhry,Co-Chair Earth Charter Commission, from India, at the Parliament of World Religions celebrated in Cape Town, in December 4, 1999.

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at:: info@earthcharter.org

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at:: info@earthcharter.org

From 13-19 March 1997, the Rio+5 Forum brought together more than 500 committed individuals and organizations with the purpose of moving sustainable development "From Agenda to Action." The Forum focussed on identifying key strategies and management systems for "operationalizing" sustainable development at the local, national and global levels. Elements for the Earth Charter was widely discussed during workshops. An Earth Charter International Commission meeting was held and at the closing session of the Rio+5 the Earth Charter Benchmark Draft was issued followed by a speech of Mikhael Gorbachev, Maurice Strong and Mercedes Sosa.

Este es el Resumen del encuentro de Jovenes en Costa Rica: iUn paso hacia una Agenda 21 estudiantil celebrado en agosto de 1997. Con el objeto de promover la participacion activa de jovenes entre 14 y 16 anos, en el desarrollo de una Carta de la Tierra.

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at: info@earthcharter.org

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at:info@earthcharter.org

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at:info@earthcharter.org

The Earth Charter Continental Conference of the Americas was held in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. This event was organized and coordinated by a collaborative effort between the Government of Mato Grosso and the Earth Council. The conference brought together representatives from Earth Charter National Committees and involved groups from the Americas as well as the Caribbean and Indigenous Peoples groups to dialogue about the Earth Charter process. The conference was host to approximately 100 delegates from over 20 countries and was jointly sponsored by the Earth Council, the Government of Mato Grosso, UNICEF, and UNESCO.

This is the Plenary Speech presented by Prof, Leonardo Boff on the first day of the Earth Charter Continental Meeting in Mato Grosso, Brazil on December 1998.

Plenary Speech in Portuguese on the first day of the Earth Charter Continental Meeting presented by Leonardo Boff in Mato Grosso, Brazil on December 1998.

This is the transcript of an interview to Mr. Maurice Strong conducted on March 5, 1998. Mr. Strong is Chairman of the Earth Council and Co-Chair of the Earth Charter Commission.

"A Time of Urgency, A Time of Hope: Building a Blueprint for a Sustainable World", speech by Earth Council Chairman, Maurice Strong, to the 14th World Council of YMCAs held in Frechen, Germany on July 13-19, 1998.

An interview to Mr. Strong conducted on March, 1998

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at: info@earthcharter.org

The Earth Charter International Secretariat, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, prepares this bulletin. To contribute with information about any Earth Charter-related activities in your country, please contact by e-mail at:: info@earthcharter.org

Dr. Ashok Khosla participated at the Earth Forum Online Conference in April 1999.

This workshop, was organized and sponsored by the Earth Council in cooperation with the Aleyne Ecological Movement of Kyrgyzstan and the Foundation for Survival and Development of Humankind of Russia. Approximately 30 participants from Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan representing National Councils for Sustainable Development, NGOs, governments, academia and the media gathered together. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to work on the adoption of the Central Asian Earth Charter Draft as an open national and regional process to voice inputs into the International Earth Charter.

The African and Middle East Charter meeting in December 1999 proved to be a very productive and successful event. Twenty participants from various countries of Africa and Middle East regions gathered together to add significant value and perspectives to the growing Earth Charter movement through the positive accomplishments of this meeting. Participants from this meeting represented: Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Senegal, Niger, Ghana and Jordan. The three-day meeting focused on discussions surrounding the text of the Charter and the International Earth Charter Campaign.

Reflexiones Previas a la Creacion de un Orden Economico Justo y Sostenible por parte de la Lic. Graciela Carmina Andrade Garcia Pelaez en la Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra
llevada a cabo en noviembre de 1999.

A two-person discussion (David Bernard - Capilano College/ESSA Technologies, Ltd., Canada and Iain Benson - Centre for Renewal of Public Policy, Canada)at the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter on the language intent and future outlook of the draft Earth Charter as it relates to nation-states as well as to ordinary people.

Los Valores que Sustentan la Carta de la Tierra como Fundamento para una Filosofia Educativa Integral. Participacion del Dr. Abelardo Brenes Castro, Ph.D de la Universidad para la Paz en la Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra llevada a cabo en Noviembre de 1999.

The participation of Vittorio Falsina from Harvard University - Center for the Study of World Religions in the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter.

La participacion del Prof. Moacir Gadotti del Instituto Paulo Freire, en la
Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra de Noviembre de 1999.

El documento en portugues del Prof. Moacir Gadotti del Instituto Paulo Freire en la Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra de Noviembre, 1999.

Dr. Ashok Khosla on the Earth Charter from Development Alternatives, India, participated at the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter with the attached document on April, 1999.

El Dr. Rene Ledesma de la Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena / Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo participo con este documento en la Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra en Noviembre de 1999.

Dr. Lubbers from Tilburg University, The Netherlands / Harvard University participated in the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter with this document.

Mr. Brendan G. Mackey, PhD from the Australian National University offered this document for the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter in April, 1999.

"El Rol Educativo de los Miembros de la Sociedad en la Conformacion de una Cultura Ambiental", documento elaborado por la Sra. Alejandrina Mata Segreda
Vice-Rectora de la Universidad de Costa Rica en la Conferencia en Internet sobre Etica Global, Desarrollo Sostenible y la Carta de la Tierra.

Dr. Bedrich Moldan from Charles University, Czech Republic presented this document for his participation at the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter held in April, 1999.

Dr. Robert Muller from University for Peace presented this paper for the
Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter celebrated in April 1999.

Prof. Steven Rockefeller from the Middlebury College, Emeritus, USA participated on the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter with this paper on April, 1999.

Ms. Mary Evelyn Tucker from Bucknell University, USA presented this paper for her participation at the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter held on April, 1999.

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon, Columnist and Board Member, The Earth Times, presented the paper "A Healthy Self, a Healthy Society, a Healthy Planet" (or What Women Have in Common with Camels)for the Online Conference on Global Ethics, Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter.

Keynote Speech from Maximo Kalaw, Executive Director Earth Council, at the 8th ICEA World Conference of Community Educators held in Oxford, UK from 15-20 August, 1999.

Mr. Kalaw's Speech at a Women's Movement meeting while the Earth Charter consultation process was taking place.

Speech by Dr. Kamla delivered on the function of 'Vedic Hymns Offered to the Earth'at Delhi Public School, R K Puram, New Delhi on 6/2/99.

Maximo Kalaw, Executive Director, Earth Council gave this speech, at the Australian National Earth Charter Forum on February 5-6, 1999.

We have consistently ignored the dark side of development and we continue to do so. The Earth which is our home, and home to all living creatures, has been used ruthlessly and mercilessly and unsustainably.

Following the Earth Charter Commission meeting held in March 2000 at the UNESCO headquarters, on June 29, 2000, the Earth Charter was publicly launched and then presented to Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands in the Peace Palace, The Hague. This was the official launch of the new phase in the Earth Charter Initiative.

Kamla Chowdhry's Speech at the Closing Plenary Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders held in New York on August 31st, 2000.

Sir Shridath Ramphal, Earth Charter Commissioner delivered a speech at the Earth Charter Launch at the University of the West Indies celebrated on October 28, 2000.

This speech was delivered by Mr. Maurice Strong at the ICLEI World Congress of Local Governments held on July 1, 2000 in Germany.

Notes for Speech by Maurice F. Strong at the IUCN World Congress held in Aman, Jordan on October 5th, 2000.

Un articulo preparado para la revista "Earth Ethics" en 1996 por Steven C. Rockefeller.

The Green Cross Earth Charter Philosophy is a synthesis document elaborated by Green Cross National Organizations and by individual experts during the process of consultations launched in 1996-1997 in Moscow and Geneva in March, 1997.

Contribution to the Earth Charter Consultation Process from the International Council for Adult Education - ICAE and its Regional Officer for Latin America.

The Regional Director of the International Community Education Association (ICEAAL) headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, and the Earth Council signed an agreement in mid 1996 to conduct an experimental pilot project with some grassroots groups from several Latin American countries intended to foster educational processes inherent to the project Building the Earth Charter. The result of this project are presented here.

The Earth Council, with the collaboration of its partner institutions, made great efforts to engage Indigenous Peoples in decision-making processes regarding sustainable development. This document is a description of how the Indigenous Peoples participated in the Earth Charter Consultation process.

El Consejo de da Tierra, con la colaboracion de sus instituciones asociadas, llevo a cabo esfuerzos significativos para incluir la participacion de los Pueblos Indigenas dentro de los mecanismos de toma de decisiones relacionados con el desarrollo sostenible. Este documento muestra de que forma los Pueblos Indigenas participaron en el proceso de consulta de la Carta de la Tierra.

Prof. Leonardo Boff presented a rough draft for discussion for an alternate Earth Charter proposed in Petropolis on November 13, 1998.

Highlights of 1998 Responses to the Earth Charter Benchmark Draft presented by the Pacifica Graduate Institute Community.

Recommendations emanated from The Amazonian Parliament to the Earth Charter
General Assembly held in July 1999.

Recomendaciones Emanadas para la Carta de la Tierra del Parlamento Amazonico en Julio 1999.

In January 11, 2001 Prof. Steven C. Rockefeller wrote "The Earth Charter: An Ethical Foundation". A slightly shorter version of this essay appeared in Resurgence magazine from May/June 2001.

This is the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, having met at Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.

This document deals with the official endorsement of the Earth Charter by the Republic of Tatarstan and was written by Stephen Smith.

This paper was writen by James W. Poirot, Chairman Emeritus of CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. Of Denver, Colorado, Vice President for External Affairs of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and President of its Technology Committee (ComTech).

A paper by Soon-Young Yoon.

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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.

Speech from the Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst of The Netherland and Government Representativ at the launch of the Earth Charter at The Hague in June 29th, 2000.

The organization of this document reflects certain events and their outcomes held in preparation of the WSSD. It lists events that had a particular focus on the Earth Charter, and includes a compilation of statements in which the Earth Charter is specifically mentioned or in which there is a reference to the need for a common ethical framework for Sustainable Development.