Table of Contents

The Third Pillar of Sustainable Development—Michail Gorbachev; A People’s Earth Charter—Maurice F. Strong; Abandon Apathy and be Moved to Action—Wangari Maathai; Making the World One—Peter Blaze Corcoran; Building Consensus on Shared Values—Mirian Vilela and Peter Blaze Corcoran; PREAMBLE: Humanity is Part of a Vast Evolving Universe—Mary Evelyn Tucker; Earth Charter: An Ethical Lodestar and Moral Force—Parvez Hassan; Black Irish: The Earth Charter as a Common Vision for Muslim and Christian Youth in Jordan—Hamza Ali Alamoosh; Universal and Differentiated Responsibility—Abelardo Brenes; The Earth Charter Covenant—J. Ronald Engel; PARTI RESPECT AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF LIFE: Respect and Care for the Community of Life with Understanding, Compassion, and Love—Leonardo Boff; Saving the Landscape of our Childhood and Backdrop for our Dreams—Homero Aridjis; Our World’s Youth: Taking Compassionate Action for a Better Tomorrow—Jane Goodall and Robert R. Sassor; The Aims of the Earth Charter in Japan—Wakako Hironaka; The Earth Charter in Mexico: Actions to Advance Toward Democractic Societies thatare Just, Participatory, Sustainable and Peaceful—Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez and Mateo A. Castillo Ceja; To Avert the Day of Sextrubtion—Awraham Soetendorp; PART II: ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: Ecological Integrity: A Commitment to Life on Earth—Brendan Mackey; Using the Earth Charter in Local Campaigns Against Genetically Modified Organisms—Khyn P. Yap; The Shift From economy to Ecology—Ruud Lubbers; Beyond Economism: Toward Earth Ethics—Haze; Henderson; The Earth Charter on its Way Through Germany—Hermann Garritzmann; The Ubuntu Alliance: Mobilizing Knowledge for Sustainable Development—Hans van Ginkel; PART III: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Using Earth Charter Principles to Assess Social and Economic Justice—Yolanda Kakabadse; The Earth Charter and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals—Erna Witoelar; Awakening and the Earth Charter in Sri Lanka—A. T. Ariyatne; Mato Grosso Writes Its Earth Charter—Michèle Sato, Luiz Augusto Passos, and Carlos Maldonado; Youth Employment: A Global Priority for Sustainability, Peace and Prosperity—Dumisani Nyoni and Ismail Serageldin; The Earth Charter: A Beginning of Sustainable Development in the Dominican Republic—Rene Ledesma and Josephine Espaillat; The Earth Charter and the World of Business and Economics—Oscar Motomura; Giving the Earth Charter a Local Habitation and a Name in The Philippines—Sixto K. Roxas; Gender Equality and Equity: At the Heart of the Earth Charter—Irene Dankelman; Sustainable Greenland and Indigenous Ideals—Henriette Rasmussen; Shaping Our Common Future: Youth Campaigning for Sustainable Development Using the Earth Charter in East Africa—Philip Osano; A Test for the Maturity of Humankind—Sergey Shafarenko; Making Ripples of Change: The Hopes of the Earth Charter Youth Initiative—Michael Slaby; PART IV: DEMOCRACY, NONVIOLENCE, AND PEACE: Democracy, Nonviolence, and Peace—Federico Major; The Earth Charter in Action: Experiences and Perspectives for Education in Values in Mexico—Edgar Gonzáles-Gaudiano; The Earth Charter as a Vehicle of Transformation—Alexander Likhotal; Living the Earth Charter in The Netherlands—Alide Roerink; Five Years with the Earth Charter in Armenia: The Development of Democratic Institutions—Karine Danielyan; Earth Charter Imperatives: Linking the Global and the Local in Developing Countries—Chamniern Paul Vorratnchaiphan; The Earth Charter in Russia sine 1994—Rustem Khairov; Eco-pedagogy as the Appropriate Pedagogy to the Earth Charter Process—Andela Antunes and Moacir Gadotti; South African Initiatives that Draw on the Earth Charter—Razeena Wagiet; Taking it to the Brink: The Story of the Brink Expedition—Louse Erbacher, Ben Glass, and Kendon Glass; The Earth Charter and Development of China’s National Guidelines for Environmental Education in the School Curriculum—Yunhua Liu; Testimonials and Experiences from the Balearic Islands, Spain—Guillem Ramis; The Ark of Hope and the Temenos Books—Sally Linder and Cameron Davis; The Earth Charter and Animals—Richard M. Clugston and John A. Hoyt; Using the Earth Charter with Ex-combatants in Sierra Leone—Sylvannus Murray; The Earth Charter as a Guide to Building a Culture of Peace and Sustainable Development—Martn Lees; Degradation of the Environment as the Cause of Violent Conflict—Mohamed Sahnoun; Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in Tajikistan; The Earth Charter as the Basis for a Comprehensive Approach to Conflicts in Sudan—Jan Pronk; THE WAY FORWARD: The Transition to Sustainability—Steven C. Rockefeller; The Significance of the Earth Charter in International Law—Klaus Bosselmann and Prue Taylor; Building Support for the Earth Charter Movement—Joan Anderson; The Way Forward for Coalitions of Workers and Businesses for Sustainability—Herman Wijffels; The Earth Charter and Global Citizenship: A Way Forward—Nigel Dower; The Spiritual Way, the Gandhian Way—Kamla Chowdhry; The Only Way Forward—Princess Basma Bint Talal.