COUNCIL - Earth Charter Initiative

Youth
Actively engaging youth in the Earth Charter Initiative is a key priority for the Earth Charter Initiative;
in incorporating the Earth Charter as part of their activities. One approach has been in inviting interested
individuals and organizations to organize Earth Charter Youth Groups, another approach has been on capacity
building for young leaders. For instance, e-GLO, Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity, is a semesterproject
between Earth Charter International and BeatBoard’s (implemented in Heart In Action Enterprise’s
interactive virtual platform called “secured multimedia communication).
As part of the Earth Charter Initiative there is a bold, diverse and dynamic action-oriented youth network
active young people from over 100 countries, with more than 70 Earth Charter Youth Groups (ECYGs) and
numerous partners around the world.
Earth Charter Youth Groups organize local sustainability and peace building projects to bring the Earth
Charter alive. Diverse individual members seek to embody the Earth Charter’s principles in their daily lives,
share the Charter with others, and participate in local action projects, as well as global decision-making
http://ecyg.wikispaces.com/.
It is hoped that an increasing number of young people will embrace the Earth Charter and incorporate it
as part of their activities, studies, discussion groups, workshops or work, and that more young people will be
involved in other focus areas.
For more information please contact:
ECI Youth Facilitator based in the Secretariat, at: youthcoordinator[@]earthcharter.org
Resource Mobilization by Affiliates, Partners, Task Forces and Action Groups
1. As a general rule, Earth Charter task forces and action groups should rely on volunteers and existing
resources of involved individuals and supporting organization, therefore it should minimize the need
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to operate without dependence on money.
partners, task forces, and other Earth Charter activists may not use these ECI trademarks in their
fundraising materials, brochures, letterhead, posters, websites and videos or in other related ways
executive director of the ECI Secretariat. For more information, see the policy statement on use of the
ECI Logo in Chapter VII.
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partners, task forces, and action groups.
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