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University of Winnipeg in Canada started a new training programme for in-service teachers fromManitoba. The Department of Education of Manitoba, Canada, is using the Earth Charter very actively.Kimberly Corrigan, an educator who has long used the Earth Charter, delivered state-wide conferencesin Washington State, and workshops on the Earth Charter for K-12 teachers.Earth Charter Canada collaborated with government agencies, businesses, and NGOs towards Rio+20.Latin AmericaThe C40 Cities Conference organized in Sao Paulo, Brazilinvited the ECI Secretariat to be part of this important globalevent, to present the Earth Charter as a significantinstrument for cities that are working in education forsustainable development. In Brazil as well, the InstitutoHarmonia na Terra made the Earth Charter game available inEnglish and delivered various workshops in cities andschools in the Southern part of Brazil. The MethodistUniversity also released a video interview with HumbertoMaturana and Ximena Davila on their views about culturalbiology and the Earth Charter.A group of universities in Mexico organized workshops, conferences, seminars, and other activities onsustainability, youth empowerment, and other topics relating them to the Earth Charter. Theseactivities were carried out with the participation of the Autonomous University of Coahuila and theAutonomous University of Tamaulipas.The Earth Charter network at the National University in Costa Rica organized the second EarthCharter Student Award.In Colombia, the National University started a new Earth Charter course through the Institute ofEnvironment Studies.ORCONDECO, an ECI Affiliate in Guatemala, continued working with the Earth Charter in theirprogramme called PEACE (Environmental-Cultural School Educational Program) in 65 primary andsecondary schools in Q´eqchi´ communities27Earth Charter Annual Report 2011