voices of humanity
re: common humanity
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Bowo is 100% right about the Earth Charter. Here is the preamble, with its rolling phrases, oh so right for our time. Reading it makes me almost tremble with awe. We must listen!
We stand at a critical moment in Earthís 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. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.
--Roger Eaton
On 29 Sep 2007 Wibowo Sulistio wrote:
We stand at a critical moment in Earthís 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. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.
--Roger Eaton
On 29 Sep 2007 Wibowo Sulistio wrote:
I have yet to find a better candidate for an expression of our common humanity and destiny than the Earth Charter. I won't presume I know better than the collective thinking done by some very wise people who was involved in the making of this document. So here it is. Read the charter and the history of it's making for yourself. And don't forget to act upon it in your personal and professional lives.
The Earth Charter @
http://nooventures.edublogs.org/2007-03-06-the-earth-charter/
The global consultative process in the making of the Earth Charter @
http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=401
The initiative's website for the latest updates @
http://www.earthcharter.org/
