PREAMBLE

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…