Earth Charter Initiative Handbook

Universities Assessment and Evaluation Project (1996-2005), the Soul of Agriculture Project (1995-1998),and Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge (1992-1999). He founded and serves as thedirector of Earth Charter USA (1997-date).Dr. Clugston is the publisher and editor of Earth Ethics, the deputy editor of The International Journal ofSustainability in Higher Education (MCB University Publications), and serves on the Editorial Board of theJournal of Education for Sustainable Development (Sage Publications). He also serves on the boards of theCenter for Environmental and Sustainability Education (Florida Gulf Coast University); the Bonne BayLighthouse Center (Newfoundland); Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation (Maine); and the Forum on Religion andEcology (Yale University), He was a cofounder of the Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnershipand the Higher Education Network for Sustainability and the Environment.Prior to coming to Washington, Dr. Clugston worked for the University of Minnesota for 11 years, firstas a faculty member in the College of Human Ecology, and later as a strategic planner in Academic Affairs,Continuing Education and the Office of the President. He was a consultant to the State Department ofEducation, the Minnesota Business Partnership, and various colleges and school systems on educationalimprovement.He received his doctorate in higher education from the University of Minnesota (1987), and his mastersin human development from the University of Chicago (1977). As an undergraduate psychology andbiochemistry major at the University of Minnesota (1975), he received the Mayo Foundation Scholarshipfor Medicine and Medicine Related Fields. His doctoral thesis was selected as dissertation of the year by theAmerican Association of University Administrators.Marianella Curi (Bolivia)Bolfor II, Av. 2 de Agosto y Cuarto AnilloP.O. Box: 6204Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaMarienella Curi is a social psychologist experienced in the design of policies for sustainabledevelopment and of environmental education for sustainable development. Previously she was vice-ministerfor natural resources and environment, and undersecretary for the promotion of sustainable developmentin the government of Bolivia. She was director of the Bolivian Environmental Defence League, the mostextensive network of non-governmental environmental organizations in that country. In 2004, she beganworking with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the position of policy specialist on the BOLFOR II Project,and she represents TNC in Bolivia. She is currently the director of the BOLFOR II Project, which is thelargest sustainable forestry management in Bolivia, with financial support from USAID and The NatureConservancy. Ms. Curi initiated the creation of the Bolivian Council on Sustainable Development, and wasengaged in the process of developing, validating, and promoting the Earth Charter in Bolivia for several years.Camila Argolo Godinho (Brazil)Instituto Diversidade/Diversity InstituteRua Monte Conselho, 690, apt. 503, Rio Vermelho. 41.940-370Salvador, Bahia, BrazilCamila Argôlo Godinho is a young Brazilian environmentalist. She received her|54|Earth Charter InitiativeHANDBOOK