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A. Books and Booklets

Adelson, Glenn et al., eds.,Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology (New HavenLondon: YaleUniversity Press, 2008).

  • ISBN-13: 978-0300110777

Aridjis, Homero and Terry Tempest Williams, foreword to Peter Blaze Corcoran, A. James Wohlpart, and Brandon P. Hollingshead, eds., A Voice for Earth: American Writes Respond to the Earth Charter (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008).

  • ISBN-10: 0820332119
  • ISBN-13: 978-0820332116

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Barney, Gerald O. with Jane Blewett and Kristen R. Barney, Threshold 2000: Critical Issues and Spiritual Values for a Global Age (Grand Rapids, MI: CoNexus Press, 1999).

  • ISBN-10: 0963789775
  • ISBN-13: 978-0963789778

Beversluis, Joel, ed.,SourceBook of the World's Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion

and Spirituality, 3d ed. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2000).

  • ISBN-10: 1577311213
  • ISBN-13: 978-1577311218

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Blewitt, John and Cedric Cullingford, eds.,The Sustainability Curriculum: The Challenge for Higher Education (UK and USA: Earthscan Publications, Ltd., 2004).

  • ISBN-10: 1853839485
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853839481

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Boff, Leonardo and Marco Antonio de Miranda, Terra America: Imagens = Images(Rio de

Janiero: Sextante, 2003).

  • ISBN-10: 8575420763
  • ISBN-13: 978-8575420768
  • This book was simultaneously published in English and in Portuguese.

Boston Research Institute for the 21st Century (BCR). Earth Charter Studies Series:

Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Boston: BRC, 1997, 1998.

  • These essays by scholars in the field of Buddhist studies were collected to support the Earth Charter Initiative and to compare the worldview and ethical principles embodied in the Earth Charter with those of the Buddhist tradition. This collection is meant to inspire all religious communities to incorporate the principles of sustainable living into their teachings and activities.

BostonResearchCenter for the 21st Century (BRC). Earth Charter Studies Series: Human Rights, Environmental Law and the Earth Charter. Boston: BRC, 1997, 1998.

  • This took establishes the connection between the human rights movement and the burgeoning Earth Charter movement and stresses the importance of these two for human well-being and ecological integrity. A person’s right to life and health are dependent upon a healthy and life-sustaining environment.

BostonResearchCenter for the 21st Century (BRC). Earth Charter Studies Series:

Women’s View. Boston: BRC, 1997, 1998.

  • This collection of writings examines different women’s perspectives on the Earth Charter in the context of an Earth community that is inclusive of all living things. The common thread that runs through these papers is the commitment to “value-change and consciousness-change.”

Boulding, Elise, Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History (Syracuse, NY: SyracuseUniversity Press, 2000).

  • ISBN-10: 0815628323
  • ISBN-13: 978-0815628323

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Centers for Social Change. “…and justice for all.” A Workbook for Young People.Santa Rosa, CA, USA: Centers for Social Change.

Central American Alliance for Sustainable Development and National Council on

Sustainable Development, Honduras. "Etica, Transparencia y Desarrollo Sostenible”

[Ethics, Transparency and Sustainable Development] November 1998.

Chebat, Maraya,Earth Charter Kabuuan Values Training Manual (The Philippines:

n.p., 1999).

Clugston, Richard, Wynn Calder, and Peter Blaze Corcoran, “Teaching Sustainability with the Earth Charter.” Teaching Sustainability at Universities: Toward Curriculum Greening (n.p.: Walter Leal Filho ed., published by Peter Land, 2002).

Corcoran, Peter Blaze, ed.,Toward a Sustainable Future: The Earth Charter in Action(Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2005).

  • This book, being prepared in connection with the Earth Charter+5 meetings in the Netherlands in 2005, contains # essays by Earth Charter Commissioners and many other leaders of the Earth Charter Initiative.

Corcoran, Peter Blaze and James Wohlpart, eds.,An Ethical and Sustainable Vision for Earth: Writers Respond to the Earth Charter(Minnesota, USA: Milkweed Editions, in progress).

Cox, Louis, Ingrid Fabianson, Sandra Moon Farley, Ruah Swennerfelt,Earthcare for Friends: A Study Guide for Individuals and Faith Communities (Burlington, Vermont: Quaker Earthcare Witness, 2004).

  • Chapter 18, “The Earth Charter and Friends Testimonies” contains the full text of the Earth Charter as well as essays and testimonies. For more information about the book and how to order it, see

Crab, Jeb,Eternal Spring: Living with Enough in a World of Abundance (Brussels: ebron

vzw and Suriname: Foundation Ecosystem 2000).

  • ISBN-10: 9991467211
  • ISBN-13: 978-9991467214
  • The Earth Charter is featured in the English edition of this book, originally in Dutch. For more information about the book and how to order it, see

Del Riego Artigas, Pelayo, La Agenda 21 Local: Vehiculo idóneo para la necesaria participación directa de los ciudadanos en el Desarrollo Sostenible[Local Agenda 21: The ideal vehicle for the direct and necessary participation of citizens in Sustainable Development](Madrid, Barcelona, Mexico: Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, 2004).

  • The Earth Charter is mentioned in page 26.

Del Signore, Giuliana,Riflessioni sulla Carta della Terra [Reflections on the Earth Charter](Italy: Edizioni Qualevita, October 2001).

Dernbach, John, ed., Stumbling Toward Sustainability(WashingtonDC: Environmental Law Institute, 2002).

  • ISBN-10: 1585760366
  • ISBN-13: 978-1585760367

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Dower, Nigel,An Introduction to Global Citizenship (Edinburgh: EdinburghUniversity Press, 2003).

  • ISBN-10: 0748614702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0748614707

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  • The Earth Charter is discussed on pages 93-95

Earth Charter Commission of Japan (ECCJ). “The Earth Charter.” Booklet in Japanese and

English. For more information, e-mail .

Earth Charter Project. Principles of Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development: Summary and Survey. 1996.

Earth Charter Secretariat. Aprendamos un Estilo de Vida Sostenible con la Carta de la

Tierra: Para estudiantes de II Ciclo de la Educación General Básica[Let’s learn a

Sustainable Way of Life with the Earth Charter: For students of the General Basic

Education’s II Cycle]. Costa Rica, Editorama, 2005.

Earth Charter Secretariat. Educar para un Estilo de Vida Sostenible con la Carta de la Tierra: Guía para Docentes de II Ciclo de la Educación General Básica [Educate for a Sustainable Way of Life with the Earth Charter: For students of the General Basic Education’s II Cycle]. Costa Rica, Editorama, 2005.

Earth Charter National Campaign in the Republic of Armenia. Survey of the Earth Charter activities and publications of the Armenian Association “For Sustainable Human Development.”Yerevan, 2000.

Ferrero, Elisabeth and Edward “Joe” Holland,The Earth Charter: A Manual for Reflection

For Action(CaliforniaUSA: Redwoods Institute, 2004).

  • This book is being publishedin English in electronic and paper formats. The text has

already been translated in Italian by Profs. Giovanni Principato and Paolo Diotallevi,

and published in Italy in 2003 by Diabasis, Reggio Emilia. In July 2004, the Paulo Freire Institute of San Paulo, Brazil also published a Portuguese translation, and a German translation is also presently being prepared. See also Nonfunctional

Ferrero, Elisabeth M., Joe Holland,La Carta della TerraUSA: Diabasis of Reggio Emelia for the “Hevel” Series. TranslatedbyGiovanni Principato and Paolo Diotallevi, First International Print Edition, March 2003.

Foltz, Richard C., ed.,World Views, Religion and the Environment(Florence, KY: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002).

  • ISBN-13: 9780534596071

FranciscanCenter of Environmental Studies (CFSA). The International Saint Francis Prize for the Environment “Canticle of All Creatures” to the Earth Charter. Rome,1995.

Gadotti, Moacir,A Pedagogia da Terra [The Pedagogy of Earth](Editora Fundação Peirópolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000).

  • ISBN-10: 8585663448
  • ISBN-13: 978-8585663445

Gadotti, Moacir, Pedagogy of the Earth and Culture of Sustainability(Brazil: Instituto

Paulo Freire)

Glass, Steve M, “Sustainability and Local Government” Local Environment. U.K.: Carfax Publishing Taylor & Francis Group, February, 2002. Vol. 7, No. 1, 97-102.

Glendon, Mary Ann,A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (New York: Random House, 2001).

  • ISBN-10: 0375760466
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375760464

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Gutierrez, Francisco and Cruz Prado,Ecopedagogia y Ciudadania Planetaria [Ecopedagogy

and Planetary Citizenship] (Editorialpec 97, Instituto Latinoamericano de Pedagogia de la Comunicacion, Costa Rica, 1997).

Hallsmith, Gwendolyn, Christian Layke and Melissa Everett,Taking Action for Sustainability: The EarthCAT Guide to Community Development, test edition(Global Community Initiatives: 2005).

  • This work is available online at

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Hallsmith, Gwendolyn,The Key to Sustainable Cities: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems (Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publisher, 2003).

  • Contains a chapter on the Earth Charter as the foundation for the community planning process. More information is available at

Henderson, Hazel and Daisaku Ikeda,Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs, and Actions can Shape a Sustainable World(Santa Monica, CA: Middleway Press, 2004).

  • ISBN-10: 0972326723
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972326728

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Hessel, Dieter, and Larry Rasmussen, eds.,Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church’s Response (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001).

  • ISBN-10: 0800632958
  • ISBN-13: 978-0800632953

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Krieger, David,Hope in a Dark Time (Santa BarbaraCA, USA: Capra Press, 2003).

  • ISBN-10: 1592660053
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592660056

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Macdonald, Copthorne, Matters of Consequence: Creating aMeaningful Life and a World That Works (Charlottetown, PEI, Canada: Big Ideas Press, 2004).

  • ISBN-10: 0968961878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0968961872

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Mackey, Brendan G. and Brian Dooley, eds.,The Earth Charter in Australia I: Proceedings of the Inaugural Australian National Earth Charter Forum (Canberra, Australia: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Fall 1999).

Mackey, B.G.,The Earth Charter and ecological integrity - some policy implications. (WorldViews: environment, culture, religion 8(1): 76-92, 2004).

Mackey, B.G., The Earth Charter and the Catholic Church in Australia (Compass 37(1): 17- 23. 2003).

6.8. Mackey, B.G., An Earth Charter perspective on food. (Good Grub: food for healthy people and a healthy planet. Edited by Bryan Furnass. Nature and Society Forum and The Mulangarri Foundation, Canberra,2002).

Mackey, B.G., ed., Synthesis: Summary of the Earth Charter Education Advisory

Committee Inaugural Online Forum (International Journal of Curriculum & Instruction Vol. IV (1): 81-96,2002).

Mackey, B.G. (1999).Comment: Environmental scientists, advocacy and the

future of Earth. Environmental Conservation 26(4): 245-249.

Mackey, B.G. (1998).Science, technologyand the Earth Charter. In Biotic

regulation of the environment.Proceedings of an International Seminar.

12-16 October 1998, PetrozavodskStateUniversity, Karelia, Russia. Edited

by V.G. Gorshkov, A.M. Makarieva and T.G. Kharkina, pp.393-413.

Moe, Jessica and Lisa Jokivirta, eds.,Interwoven Stories: The Fabric of Community (Costa Rica: Lidia Picado, Alpi Producciones, 2008).

  • ISBN-13: 978-9977925561

Municipality of San José and the Earth Council.An Earth Charter for the Local Government of the City of San José.San José, Costa Rica: Municipality of San José, Publications Section, 2000.

Nucleus of Friends for Childhood and Youth (NAIA) and the Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. A Carta da Terra para Crianças (The Earth Charter for young children).Brazil, n.d.

  • Text by Silvia Govçalves; illustration by Leandro Bierhals and organization by Valéria Viana.

Oja, A., ed.,Keskkonnaeetikast säästva ühiskonna eetikani [Environmental Ethics towards the Ethics of Sustainable Society: The Balance between Human and Nature as Basic Principles for Sustainable Development](Tallinn: Stockholm Environment Institute, 2003).

  • The publication can be downloaded from

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Pax Romana,La Carta della Terra [The Earth Charter: A Study of Reflection for Action].

  • More information is available at
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Petit, Patrick U., ed.,Earthrise: The Dawning of a New Civilization in the 21st Century: A Compilation of Articles by Leading Pioneers Organizations (Germany: Utz, 2008).

  • Contains a chapter entitled “Empowering People to Create Harmony with All Life on Earth,” (pgs. 141-150) submitted by Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of the Earth Charter Initiative.
  • ISBN-10:3831607354
  • ISBN-13: 978-3831607358

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Pojman, Louis P.,Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 4th ed. (Wadsworth Publishing, 2004).

  • The Earth Charter is included in full with an introduction by Professor Laura Westra, 590-596.
  • ISBN-10: 0534639712
  • ISBN-13: 978-0534639716

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Preston, Noel,Understanding Ethics, 2d ed. (Australia: The Federation Press, 2001) 186, 199-200.

  • ISBN-10: 1862873968
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862873964

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Projeto Jovem Ciadão Amgio da Natureza-PJCAN. Historias de aprender-e-ensinar para mudar o mundo.São Paulo: Instituto Bioma,2007.

  • Providing four principal categories and activities as appendices, the objective of thisproject was to implementactions complimentary to education, involving schools and communities in becoming active citizens. This project also involved fourteen municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil as well as more than sixteen thousand students and six hundred educational professionals.

Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) Country Office for Hungary. A Föld Charta.

  • A pocket-sized booklet with the Earth Charter and commentary. More information at

Roberts, Elizabeth and Elias Amidon, eds.,Prayers for a Thousand Years: Blessings and Expressions of Hope for the New Millennium (New York: HarperCollins,1999).

  • ISBN-10: 006066875X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060668754

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Roberts, Jan, A Community Spirit of Caring Begins With You (New York: Writer’s Showcase, 2001).

  • Written by the organizer of the Earth Charter Community Summits held in Tampa, Florida and twelve other U.S. cities via satellite, this volume includes the text of the Earth Charter and a discussion of caring on a global level.
  • ISBN-10: 0595189733
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595189731

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Rockefeller, Steven C., "Buddhism, Global Ethics, and the Earth Charter," Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997) 313-24.

8.______.,"Faith and Community in an Ecological Age," Spirit and Nature,ed. Steven Rockefeller and John Elder.

9.______"Keeping Faith with Life: A Dialogue,"Spirit and Nature, ed. Steven Rockefeller and John Elder.

______., ed. Principles of Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development: Summary and Survey, rev. ed. (1996).

  • Distributed by the Earth Council, Costa Rica. Available online at

11.______"Religion," Greening the College Curriculum:A Guide to Environmental Teaching in the Liberal Arts,ed.Jonathan Collett and Stephen Karakashian (1996).

  • ISBN-10: 1559634227
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559634229

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Rhodes, Diana, ed.,Peace Scroll(United Kingdom: The Seed of Life Foundation, 2000, 2001).

Rossi, Vicky, “A Shared Human Identity: the Foundation of a Peace Culture,” Master Thesis submitted to the EuropeanUniversity Centre for Peace Studies, Chapter 4: A Peace Culture in Accordance with the Value Principles of the Earth Charter,”

(Stadtschlaining/Burg, Austria, April 2005).

Ruether, Rosemary Radford,Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization, and World Religions. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).

  • ISBN-10: 1559634227
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559634229

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Scull, John,The Earth Charter: A Manifesto for the 21st Century(Canadian

Dimension, volume 38, no. 2, March/April 2004) 39-40.

Smith, Lyle Benson,101 Ways to Participate in Having a World that Works for Everyone (Writer’s Showcase Press, 2003).

  • Contains information on the Earth Charter and the full text.
  • ISBN-10: 0595264727
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595264728

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Soskolne, Colin L., ed. et al.,Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance(Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007).

  • Resonating with the four pillars of the Earth Charter, this book focuses its chapters on issues surrounding governance for ecological integrity, respect for all life, and thinking about sustainability, among others. With a submission by Brendan Mackey, Chapter 13 is entitled “The Earth Charter, Ethics, and Global Goverance.”
  • ISBN-10: 0739117297
  • ISBN-13: 978-0739117293

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Speth, James Gustave,Red Sky at Morning: America, the Crisis of the Global Environment, and What We Can Do (New Haven: YaleUniversity Press, 2004).

  • ISBN-10: 0300102321
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300102321

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Sturm, Douglas,Identity and Otherness: Summons to a New Axial Age—

Perspective on the Earth Charter Movement (USA: Forum on Religion and Ecology, October 1999).

Strong, Maurice F., Where on Earth Are We Going?(London: Texere, 2001) 200-202, 342- 45.

  • This book, which is both an autobiography and an insight into our common future, Mr. Strong, the Secretary General of the Rio Earth Summit and co-chair of the Earth Charter Commission, discusses the Earth Charter as a set of basic principles required to guide the conduct of nations and people. While he does not see the Charter as a solution to all the world’s problems, he does believe that it can significantly influence people’s thinking and behavior and can serve to educate people about their common interests and can lead the way to common action.
  • ISBN-10: 158799092X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587990922

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Terra Curanda. The Earth should be Cared For – An open forum on global issues(volume I, no. 1,July-September 2001).

Tucker, Mary Evelyn and John Grim. Series Forward: The Nature of the Environmental Crisis,Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. HarvardUniversityCenter for the Study of World Religions.(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997).

  • ISBN-10: 0945454147
  • ISBN-13: 978-0945454144

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______,Series Forward: The Nature of the Environmental

Crisis. Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Earth, and Humans.(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998).

  • ISBN-10: 0945454163
  • ISBN-13: 978-0945454168

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______,Series Forward: The Nature of the Environmental Crisis. Christianity and Ecology: Seeking the Well-Being of Earth and Humans (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000).

  • ISBN-10: 0945454201
  • ISBN-13: 978-0945454205

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Tucker, Mary Evelyn and Judith A. Berling,Worldly Wonder: Religions enter their Ecological Phase (LaSalle, IL: Open Court, 2003).

  • The Earth Charter is an appendix.
  • ISBN-10: 0812695291
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812695298

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UNESCO. United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014- Draft International Implementation Scheme for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, January 2005.

  • Available online at

University for Peace. Building a Culture of Peace in Our Community. CIIP and University for Peace and the United Nations Systems. Uruguay, 2002.

  • A ten-part set of instructional modules; the Earth Charter is the theme of Module #3.

Westra, Laura,Ecoviolence and the Law: Supranational Normative Foundation of Ecocrime (Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, Incorporated, 2004).

  • ISBN-10: 1571053166
  • ISBN-13: 978-1571053169

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______, Living in Integrity: A Global Ethic to Restore a Fragmented Earth (Maryland, USA: Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).

  • ISBN-10: 0585080658
  • ISBN-13: 978-0585080659

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Westra, Laura and Peter Miller,Just Ecological Integrity (Maryland, USA: Rowman & Littlefield, May 2002).

  • ISBN-10: 0742512851
  • ISBN-13: 978-0742512856

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Wilson, John, Natural Living(Ontario, Canada: World Peace Communications,

2003).

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World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All. Report of the Commission (Geneva: International Labor Organization, 2004).