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PHILLIPPINES ECYG at Mindanao Polytechnic State College ECYG Negros Philippine Resources for Sustainable Development, Inc EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA ARMENIA ECYG FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BELARUS Youth International Club “NEWLINE” CROATIA ECYG de leut’s environment* FINLAND ECYG Finland GERMANY ECYG Marburg* LATVIA ECYG Students for Sustainability ROMANIA ECYG Constanta SERBIA ECYG KRIO TAJIKISTAN ECYG Dushanbe: “Live Earth” UNITED KINGDOM Havering Sixth Form College (East London) Earth Charter Student Group* UKRAINE Earth Charter Ukraine for Education for All* UZBEKISTAN ECYG School Connect NORTH AMERICA CANADA Cowichan Intercultural Society Youth Projects SGIC Vancouver Youth Earth Charter Committee USA E3: Ecology, Economy, Equity (California Student Sustainability Coalition, UCLA Chapter) Earth Charter Butler Chapter * LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL ECYG Diversity Institute, Bahia COSTA RICA ECYG University for Peace Environmental Club ECYG at United World College MEXICO Multidisciplinary Group of Youth in Michoacan PERU Asociacion Peruana de Escultismo (APE) Earth Charter Initiative HANDBOOK |75|
fourteen XIV. The Earth Charter PREAMBLE We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations. Earth, Our Home Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. Earth, our home, is alive with a unique community of life. The forces of nature make existence a demanding and uncertain adventure, but Earth has provided the conditions essential to life’s evolution. The resilience of the community of life and the well-being of humanity depend upon preserving a healthy biosphere with all its ecological systems, a rich variety of plants and animals, fertile soils, pure waters, and clean air. The global environment with its finite resources is a common concern of all peoples. The protection of Earth’s vitality, diversity, and beauty is a sacred trust. The Global Situation The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing environmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massive extinction of species. Communities are being undermined. The benefits of development are not shared equitably and the gap between rich and poor is widening. Injustice, poverty, ignorance, and violent conflict are widespread and the cause of great suffering. An unprecedented rise in human population has overburdened ecological and social systems. The foundations of global security are threatened. These trends are perilous—but not inevitable. The Challenges Ahead The choice is ours: form a global partnership to care for Earth and one another or risk the destruction of ourselves and the diversity of life. Fundamental changes are needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living. We must realize that when basic needs have been met, human development is primarily about being more, not having more. We have the knowledge and technology to provide for all and to reduce our impacts on the environment. The emergence of a global civil society is creating new opportunities to build a democratic and humane world. Our environmental, economic, political, social, and spiritual challenges are interconnected, and together we can forge inclusive solutions. |76| Earth Charter Initiative HANDBOOK
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