Principle 5 – Protect and restore the integrity of Earth’s ecological systems, with special concern for biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain life. a). Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives. b). Establish and safeguard viable nature and…
Principle 4. Secure Earth’s bounty and beauty for present and future generations. a). Recognize that the freedom of action of each generation is qualified by the needs of future generations. b). Transmit to future generations values, traditions, and institutions that support the long-term flourishing of Earth’s human and ecological communities. …
Principle 3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful. a). Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms and provide everyone an opportunity to realize his or her full potential. b). Promote social and economic justice, enabling all to achieve a secure and meaningful livelihood that…
Principle 2. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love. a). Accept that with the right to own, manage, and use natural resources comes the duty to prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people. b). Affirm that with increased freedom, knowledge, and power comes increased responsibility to promote the…
Principle 1 – Respect Earth and life in all its diversity. a). Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings. b). Affirm faith in the inherent dignity of all human beings and in the intellectual, artistic, ethical, and spiritual potential of humanity. Story…
Universal Responsibility (Section a) To realize these aspirations, we must decide to live with a sense of universal responsibility, identifying ourselves with the whole Earth community as well as our local communities. (Section b) We are at once citizens of different nations and of one world in which the local and global are linked. (Section…
The Challenges Ahead (Section a) 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. (Section b) Fundamental changes are needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living. We must realize that when basic needs have been met,…
The Global Situation (Section a) The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing environmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massive extinction of species. (Section b) 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…
Earth, Our Home (Section a) Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. (Section b) 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. (Section c) The resilience of the community of…
Beginning (Section a) 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. (Section b) To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of…
