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Sample of Activities led by EC Initiative Network inSpecific Focus AreasBUSINESSEarth Charter US held their 3rd Annual Sustainable Business Awards Ceremony at the University ofTampa, Florida, USA in February 2011 in Tampa, Florida, at the University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.Eighteen companies were honored for their focus on sustainable efforts on People, Profit, and Planet.This award is inspired by the Earth Charter.On June 16th, 2011, a social innovators workshop was held in The Netherlands, bringing togetheryoung leaders from business, government, and large and small organizations to discuss sustainabilityissues. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce these young leaders to the Earth Charter and tothe New Earth Leaders program.MEDIA AND EDUCATIONIn March 2011, “Journey of the Universe”, a documentary film, was launched at a conference at YaleUniversity by its authors Mary Evelyn Tucker, a member of the Earth Charter Council, and BrianSwimme. The film reflects many of the Earth Charter’s ethics on universal responsibility, ecologicalintegrity, and respect, reverence, and care, and is an important new educational resource.The Children's Museum in Costa Rica introduced a section on the Earth Charter as part of their Secretsof the Castle Programme on National Radio in March 2011The Earth Systems Governance Project published an op-ed article on the importance of the EarthCharter related to the Rio+20 sustainability governance discussions in September 2011.ARTS3,400 visitors toured the Seeds of Hope Exhibition in Malaysia, which is a collaborative projectbetween Soka Gakkai International and Earth Charter International. This event was hosted by YBSenator Tuan Gan Ping Sieu, Deputy Minister of Youth & Sports, and took place from April 9th toMay 1st, 2011.The Seeds of Change Exhibition was also part of the Innovative Virada Sustentável week in Sao Paulo,Brazil in June 2011. The same exhibition has toured through many cities/towns in Brazil, especially inthe region of Manaus, Amazon State.Ana Person presented the Earth Charter Show, a musical performance, in Sao Paulo, Brazil in October2011.28Earth Charter Annual Report 2011
In October 2011 in Mexico, the University of Guadalajara and the University for InternationalCooperation organized a photography exhibition inspired by the Earth Charter, with pictures fromnature photographers Eduard Müller, Jesús Moreno, and Alejandro Rodríguez.RELIGION AND SUSTAINABILITYIn 2011,"The Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development" project was launched by the EarthCharter Task Force on Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics and the Jacob Soetendorp Institute for HumanValues. This project aims to bring together a global alliance of religious, spiritual, and ethicalorganizations to deepen the understanding, public awareness, and practical application of the ethicaland spiritual foundations of sustainable development.At a UN conference in May 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand, Dr. Colin Soskolne presented a paper on “TheEarth Charter for Sustainable Community Development from a Buddhist Virtues’ Perspective”.29Earth Charter Annual Report 2011
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