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Earth Charter
The mission of the Earth charter is explained on their website as being the promotion of “a world-wide dialogue on common values and to craft and implement a People’s Earth Charter to secure a sustainable future based on justice, equity, peace, and ecological security.” The document has emerged from the 1992 Earth Summit and formed an ethical foundation for Agenda 21. For more information, or to view the most recent draft of the Earth Charter, contact them at the following:

  The Earth Charter Campaign
  International Secretariat
  The Earth Council
  Apdo. 2323–1002
  San José, Costa Rica
  Phone:     +506.256.1611
  Fax:           +506.255.2197
  Email:   echarter@terra.ecouncil.ac.cr


Three commentary papers on the Earth Charter have been provided for your review:

Douglas Sturm   Identity and Otherness: Summons to a New Axial Age
Mary Evelyn Tucker  Reflections on the Earth Charter
  Learning to See the Stars: The Earth Charter as a Compass for the New Century

 

Engaged Projects
A descriptive list of religious-based grassroots environmental projects located around the world can be found as a sub-category under each of the relgions listed on this website. Specific projects are located below.

  Buddhist Engaged Projects
  Christian Engaged Projects
  Confucian Engaged Projects
  Daoist Engaged Projects
  Hindu Engaged Projects
  Jain Engaged Projects
  Jewish Engaged Projects
  Indigenous Engaged Projects
  Islamic Engaged Projects
  Shinto Engaged Projects

 

 

   
 
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