Earth Charter
THE Earth Charter Initiative is a global civil society effort, in which many thousands of people have actively participated over a period of more than fifteen years.
The Initiative is supported by Earth Charter International (ECI), a small coordinating secretariat governed by the Earth Charter International Council and comprised of a small network of regional centers and field-posted representatives.
Currently there are two formal Centers: one Center in Stockholm, Sweden (Center for Strategy and Communication) and one in Costa Rica at the University for Peace (Center for Education for Sustainable Development).
These Centers in turn work with a very global and diverse association of governmental, civil society, religious, business, and international institutions who are formally or informally linked to the Initiative, as Affiliates, Partners, Endorsers and Supporters.
Support for ECI comes from diverse international sources, including a variety of public and private funding agencies as well as private sector contributors.
Major contributors to ECI in 2006 and 2007, in financial and ‘in-kind’ terms, have included Plan Netherlands (the Dutch chapter of Plan International), the Kendeda Sustainability Fund, CH2MHill, the Dutch National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the AmanaKey Training Center in Brazil, the AtKisson Group, The Philanthropic Collaborative, the Mexican Government, the University for Peace, and UNESCO.
ECI is wholly independent and fully global in its outlook, and attempts to reach out to people of all nations, cultures, religions, and political parties in establishing the Earth Charter as a common reference point for ethics and sustainable development. Click here to go to their website.
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