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The UN's sustainable goals make Abortion on demand and euthanasia viable options, as the theory for them, is that the earth has way too many people for the sustainable goals to work.
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In addition:
In the medical field there has been the slow but stident influx of New Age healing modalities that are suddenly becoming more accepted.
When the "Global community" starts to make ICD-9 codes for Reiki then I'll know the end is Near. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Maybe there is a code! I think there might be as one can be certified as a Reiki instructor.
here's a link about this "healing practice"
http://www.reiki.org/
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The University of Maine Peace Studies Program is presenting Peacemaking in the 21st Century: Inner Peace, Outer Action June 18-20 This is the first three-day conference which we are planning to present each year or each alternate years. It is a new initiative by the Peace Studies Program and is meant to create a forum for those interested in peace issues in Maine. We feel that every effort must be made in these turbulent times to open our hearts and minds to a more inclusive and participatory way of relating to each other and to our environment. The Earth Charter, whose tenets we subscribe to, notes that "we are one human family and one earth community with a common destiny". By educating ourselves in ways of peace we lessen the fears and fixed ideas that divide us and help to heal our global village. This conference is meant to give a forum to those who are exploring themes of peace in a rich variety of ways, from spirituality to art, from storytelling to dance, from native rights to veterans rights, from compassionate living to restorative justice and reconciliation. All the speakers and panelists will share their insights and experience, as will the audience, who will be participating with questions and observations of their own. [/QUOTE]I had NO idea this kind of stuff had been going on for so long. I've been checking some of the links of these groups, they are pretty widespread and diverse. ![[1zhelp]](graemlins/1zhelp.gif) [/QB][/Quote]
Thanks for the information. That explains in part for me, why the Governor of Maine is suddenly announcing his New Economic Plan for Maine.
It's called : "The Creative Economy"
It has three "T's"
Talent: He wants to encourage artist types to come to the state. (As if that will help us to have more pottery to sell and playhouses.)
Technology: I see embryonic stem cell research coming here soon.
Tolerance: He wants to make Maine a place that Gays and Lesbians have "full" protection of the law against any discrimination.
Maine recently voted against special rights for Gays twice in the last 5 years. And he's arrogantly going to put in a bill against the electorate's wishes!
Maine is a small population state and we get all the elites wanting to try things here first.
Aren't we Lucky? Not!
I've been aware of this kind of stuff for a while, I'm sorry to say.
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I will apologize for the length in advance but this is a huge threat to us. God help us if it gets accepted by Congress.
Some thoughts on the Earth Charter:
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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.
Socialism anyone?
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Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. 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.
Hmm, wonder what God thinks about this one. I'm guessing they believe in Evolution. Just a guess though...
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The benefits of development are not shared equitably and the gap between rich and poor is widening.
Ahh, sounds good. Everyone will live in peace and harmony with everyone being equal. I love socialism. I wonder who will volunteer to do all the work since everything will be redistributed.
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Fundamental changes are needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living.
Hmm, wonder how we will HAVE to live under this charter. By the way, who will be in control of telling us all what to do?
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We must realize that when basic needs have been met, human development is primarily about being more, not having more.
Well, there goes capitalism. Oh, who decides how much is enough?
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We have the knowledge and technology to provide for all and to reduce our impacts on the environment.
Haven't they tried this in some countries, like say, oh I don't know, the Soviet Union?
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Our environmental, economic, political, social, and spiritual challenges are interconnected, and together we can forge inclusive solutions.
I don't know about you but my spiritual beliefs don't cross thiers (or lack thereof). But, since they believe they are "interconnected", who decides what is right and wrong for our beliefs?
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The spirit of human solidarity and kinship with all life is strengthened when we live with reverence for the mystery of being , gratitude for the gift of life, and humility regarding the human place in nature.
"Mystery of being"? No mystery here, I am a creation of God.
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We urgently need a shared vision of basic values to provide an ethical foundation for the emerging world community.
Hmm, shared by who? I doubt they will come knocking on my door for input...
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Therefore, together in hope we affirm the following interdependent principles for a sustainable way of life as a common standard by which the conduct of all individuals, organizations, businesses, governments, and transnational institutions is to be guided and assessed.
(Replace with, dictated and enforced)
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b. Affirm that with increased freedom, knowledge, and power comes increased responsibility to promote the common good.
I thought that's what charities were for. Oh forgot, they are probably not giving to the "right" charities.
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3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful.
Um, aren't they complaining about the war in Iraq at the moment??
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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.
Unless of course you want to read your bible in school or pray at work.
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b. Promote social and economic justice, enabling all to achieve a secure and meaningful livelihood that is ecologically responsible.
I shudder at the tax rate!
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a. Recognize that the freedom of action of each generation is qualified by the needs of future generations.
Hmm, so if I do something deemed unfit for future generations, will they come take me away?
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b. Transmit to future generations values, traditions, and institutions that support the long-term flourishing of Earth's human and ecological communities.
We already have this in schools today.
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a. Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives.
I can see the red tape from here!
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d. Control and eradicate non-native or genetically modified organisms harmful to native species and the environment, and prevent introduction of such harmful organisms.
Ack! What if they deem Christians harmful organisms! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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b. Place the burden of proof on those who argue that a proposed activity will not cause significant harm, and make the responsible parties liable for environmental harm.
Oh man, I can see special interest lawyers drooling over this one.
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d. Prevent pollution of any part of the environment and allow no build-up of radioactive, toxic, or other hazardous substances.
Um, does this include flatulence?
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e. Avoid military activities damaging to the environment.
LOL, are you kidding me?!
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7. Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being.
"Sorry Mrs. Jones but you already have a child. We are going to have to abort this one. It's ok, we can use it for stem cell research."
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d. Internalize the full environmental and social costs of goods and services in the selling price, and enable consumers to identify products that meet the highest social and environmental standards.
Hmm, price control anyone?
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e. Ensure universal access to health care that fosters reproductive health and responsible reproduction.
Oh man, universal. Who's gonna flip the bill for this one?!
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f. Adopt lifestyles that emphasize the quality of life and material sufficiency in a finite world.
Can you believe this garbage is possibly going before Congress?!
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b. Recognize and preserve the traditional knowledge and spiritual wisdom in all cultures that contribute to environmental protection and human well-being.
Hmm, so if my church doesn't contribute to them, do they get forced to shut down?
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9. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, and environmental imperative.
Once again, who's gonna pay for this? And who decides what is the poverty level? What garbage the left puts out!
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a. Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required.
Hmm, guaranteed. So, I guess it's all going to be free.
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b. Empower every human being with the education and resources to secure a sustainable livelihood, and provide social security and safety nets for those who are unable to support themselves.
So, schooling will be free, housing, food, transportation, etc, etc. And if you don't make it through college, don't worry. We will pick up the tab for that too. We don't want you to feel bad about yourself...
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c. Recognize the ignored, protect the vulnerable, serve those who suffer, and enable them to develop their capacities and to pursue their aspirations.
What in the world does this mean? What were they smoking when this was drafted?
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10. Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner.
Marx would be proud of this one.
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a. Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and among nations.
Can you imagine this?! This is unreal...
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a. Secure the human rights of women and girls and end all violence against them.
Um, is this like how we end war as well? Like those demonstrators that had signs that said end A.I.D.S. What is the matter with these people? Just by saying STOP, doesn't mean it's going to. Do these people really think that as humans, we can have NO war, NO hunger, NO murder, NO rape, etc. It's simply dumbfounding to me how these people think! ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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b. Promote the active participation of women in all aspects of economic, political, civil, social, and cultural life as full and equal partners, decision makers, leaders, and beneficiaries.
Oh goodie, more affirmative action. Don't worry about who is qualified, just get the next minority you need on the list. SO destructive.
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c. Strengthen families and ensure the safety and loving nurture of all family members.
Um, and how is this supposed to be enforced? What in the...
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b. Affirm the right of indigenous peoples to their spirituality, knowledge, lands and resources and to their related practice of sustainable livelihoods.
Ah I see, but I still can't read the bible in school.
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c. Protect the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, peaceful assembly, association, and dissent.
Unless it conflicts with their beliefs. You can count on that one.
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e. Eliminate corruption in all public and private institutions.
Once again, you can't eliminate anything that involves humans. Sigh...
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14. Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.
Um that's pretty vague. Kind of leaves the door wide open for thier interpretation doesn't it?
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c. Enhance the role of the mass media in raising awareness of ecological and social challenges.
Government control.
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d. Recognize the importance of moral and spiritual education for sustainable living.
Hmm, whos morals and spirituality concepts are we talking about here?
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16. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence, and peace.
Tolerance is destroying society already. How will our pastors be able to teach anything? They might be untolerant. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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c. Demilitarize national security systems to the level of a non-provocative defense posture, and convert military resources to peaceful purposes, including ecological restoration.
Anyone else see the blueprints for the return? I can see the clouds opening now!
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d. Eliminate nuclear, biological, and toxic weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
Ya sure. Let's start with China first.
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e. Ensure that the use of orbital and outer space supports environmental protection and peace.
Um...what?
Pretty scary stuff guys, let's PRAY that the rapture is PRE Trib. I don't know if I could stand this mess if we have to go through it.
Pray guys, and God bless.
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Earth Charter motion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
17 - 25 November 2004
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The 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress will be held from 17-25 November 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Congress will be the key event of the year to address the worlds most pressing challenges of environment and development.
At this meeting the UICN Council will present a motion on the Earth Charter in which they are asking the Congress to endorse the Earth Charter and consider it as an ethical framework for their policies and programs, as well as an instrument for education on sustainable development, among other things.
Well now, isn't that interesting.
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11 Days of Global Unity
11 - 21 September 2004
Location: United States
"Creating a Culture of Peace, Celebrating a Sustainable Future".
This activity will include concerts, festivals, broadcasts and public signings of the Global Declaration of Interdependence in more than 100 cities worldwide!
The purpose of the activity is to raise awareness about humanity's major challenges, and accelerate action towards sustainability and peace.
Um...
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Production of the Earth Charter CD/DVD receives Endorsement from UNESCO and WWF
15 July 2004
Hmm...
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Peacemaking in the 21st Century: Inner Peace, Outer Action
18 - 20 June 2004
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The University of Maine Peace Studies Program is presenting Peacemaking in the 21st Century: Inner Peace, Outer Action June 18-20 This is the first three-day conference which we are planning to present each year or each alternate years. It is a new initiative by the Peace Studies Program and is meant to create a forum for those interested in peace issues in Maine. We feel that every effort must be made in these turbulent times to open our hearts and minds to a more inclusive and participatory way of relating to each other and to our environment. The Earth Charter, whose tenets we subscribe to, notes that "we are one human family and one earth community with a common destiny". By educating ourselves in ways of peace we lessen the fears and fixed ideas that divide us and help to heal our global village. This conference is meant to give a forum to those who are exploring themes of peace in a rich variety of ways, from spirituality to art, from storytelling to dance, from native rights to veterans rights, from compassionate living to restorative justice and reconciliation. All the speakers and panelists will share their insights and experience, as will the audience, who will be participating with questions and observations of their own.
I had NO idea this kind of stuff had been going on for so long. I've been checking some of the links of these groups, they are pretty widespread and diverse.
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Sustainable Development Education: Holistic and Integrative Educational and Management Approaches...
09 - 11 June 2004
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Since the publication of "Our Common Future," in 1987, and Agenda 21 in 1992, sustainable development has been discussed in many contexts. In response, leading educators have developed and signed educational declarations and charters to guide their educational policies and procedures. One of the most comprehensive and far-reaching of these documents is the "Earth Charter." It is being used as a guide by educators, worldwide.
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The Oneness of Life and its Environment: A Buddhist Seminar on the Concept of Esho Funi
08 May 2004
Location: United States
A presentation and open dialogue on positive approaches to restoring the earth's integrity and how individuals are using Buddhist principles to make positive change in the world.
Um, this is getting scary...
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International Consultation on Education for Sustainable Development
04 - 07 May 2004
Location: Sweden
The Swedish Government invited 350 delegates from 80 countries to engage in a 4-day consultation meeting titled "Learning to change our world" held in Gothenburg, Sweden during the first week of May. The meeting, which focused on education for sustainable development, had the purpose of building momentum and action towards the upcoming UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development .
Need I say anything about this one?
Well folks, things are really starting to come into focus for me. We gotta be close. Here is the link to these articles if you guys wanna go searching for more good stuff.
http://www.earthcharter.org/news/
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I found this also.
http://www.earthcharterusa.org/earth_charter.html
The Earth Charter 3/24/00
PREAMBLE
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. 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.
Earth, Our Home
Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. 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. The resilience of the community of life and the well-being of humanity depend upon preserving a healthy biosphere with all its ecological systems, a rich variety of plants and animals, fertile soils, pure waters, and clean air. The global environment with its finite resources is a common concern of all peoples. The protection of Earth's vitality, diversity, and beauty is a sacred trust.
The Global Situation
The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing environmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massive extinction of species. 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 are widespread and the cause of great suffering. An unprecedented rise in human population has overburdened ecological and social systems. The foundations of global security are threatened. These trends are perilous-but not inevitable.
The Challenges Ahead
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. Fundamental changes are needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living. We must realize that when basic needs have been met, human development is primarily about being more, not having more. We have the knowledge and technology to provide for all and to reduce our impacts on the environment. The emergence of a global civil society is creating new opportunities to build a democratic and humane world. Our environmental, economic, political, social, and spiritual challenges are interconnected, and together we can forge inclusive solutions.
Universal Responsibility
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. We are at once citizens of different nations and of one world in which the local and global are linked. Everyone shares responsibility for the present and future well-being of the human family and the larger living world. The spirit of human solidarity and kinship with all life is strengthened when we live with reverence for the mystery of being, gratitude for the gift of life, and humility regarding the human place in nature.
We urgently need a shared vision of basic values to provide an ethical foundation for the emerging world community. Therefore, together in hope we affirm the following interdependent principles for a sustainable way of life as a common standard by which the conduct of all individuals, organizations, businesses, governments, and transnational institutions is to be guided and assessed.
PRINCIPLES
I. RESPECT AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF LIFE
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.
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 common good.
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 is ecologically responsible.
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.
In order to fulfill these four broad commitments, it is necessary to:
II. ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
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 biosphere reserves, including wild lands and marine areas, to protect Earth's life support systems, maintain biodiversity, and preserve our natural heritage.
c. Promote the recovery of endangered species and ecosystems.
d. Control and eradicate non-native or genetically modified organisms harmful to native species and the environment, and prevent introduction of such harmful organisms.
e. Manage the use of renewable resources such as water, soil, forest products, and marine life in ways that do not exceed rates of regeneration and that protect the health of ecosystems.
f. Manage the extraction and use of non-renewable resources such as minerals and fossil fuels in ways that minimize depletion and cause no serious environmental damage.
6. Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach.
a. Take action to avoid the possibility of serious or irreversible environmental harm even when scientific knowledge is incomplete or inconclusive.
b. Place the burden of proof on those who argue that a proposed activity will not cause significant harm, and make the responsible parties liable for environmental harm.
c. Ensure that decision making addresses the cumulative, long-term, indirect, long distance, and global consequences of human activities.
d. Prevent pollution of any part of the environment and allow no build-up of radioactive, toxic, or other hazardous substances.
e. Avoid military activities damaging to the environment.
7. Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being.
a. Reduce, reuse, and recycle the materials used in production and consumption systems, and ensure that residual waste can be assimilated by ecological systems.
b. Act with restraint and efficiency when using energy, and rely increasingly on renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.
c. Promote the development, adoption, and equitable transfer of environmentally sound technologies.
d. Internalize the full environmental and social costs of goods and services in the selling price, and enable consumers to identify products that meet the highest social and environmental standards.
e. Ensure universal access to health care that fosters reproductive health and responsible reproduction.
f. Adopt lifestyles that emphasize the quality of life and material sufficiency in a finite world.
8. Advance the study of ecological sustainability and promote the open exchange and wide application of the knowledge acquired.
a. Support international scientific and technical cooperation on sustainability, with special attention to the needs of developing nations. b. Recognize and preserve the traditional knowledge and spiritual wisdom in all cultures that contribute to environmental protection and human well-being. c. Ensure that information of vital importance to human health and environmental protection, including genetic information, remains available in the public domain.
III. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
9. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, and environmental imperative.
a. Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required.
b. Empower every human being with the education and resources to secure a sustainable livelihood, and provide social security and safety nets for those who are unable to support themselves.
c. Recognize the ignored, protect the vulnerable, serve those who suffer, and enable them to develop their capacities and to pursue their aspirations.
10. Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner.
a. Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and among nations.
b. Enhance the intellectual, financial, technical, and social resources of developing nations, and relieve them of onerous international debt.
c. Ensure that all trade supports sustainable resource use, environmental protection, and progressive labor standards.
d. Require multinational corporations and international financial organizations to act transparently in the public good, and hold them accountable for the consequences of their activities.
11. Affirm gender equality and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure universal access to education, health care, and economic opportunity.
a. Secure the human rights of women and girls and end all violence against them.
b. Promote the active participation of women in all aspects of economic, political, civil, social, and cultural life as full and equal partners, decision makers, leaders, and beneficiaries.
c. Strengthen families and ensure the safety and loving nurture of all family members.
12. Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity, bodily health, and spiritual well-being, with special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities.
a. Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, language, and national, ethnic or social origin. b. Affirm the right of indigenous peoples to their spirituality, knowledge, lands and resources and to their related practice of sustainable livelihoods. c. Honor and support the young people of our communities, enabling them to fulfill their essential role in creating sustainable societies. d. Protect and restore outstanding places of cultural and spiritual significance.
IV. DEMOCRACY, NONVIOLENCE, AND PEACE
13. Strengthen democratic institutions at all levels, and provide transparency and accountability in governance, inclusive participation in decision making, and access to justice.
a. Uphold the right of everyone to receive clear and timely information on environmental matters and all development plans and activities which are likely to affect them or in which they have an interest.
b. Support local, regional and global civil society, and promote the meaningful participation of all interested individuals and organizations in decision making.
c. Protect the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, peaceful assembly, association, and dissent.
d. Institute effective and efficient access to administrative and independent judicial procedures, including remedies and redress for environmental harm and the threat of such harm.
e. Eliminate corruption in all public and private institutions.
f. Strengthen local communities, enabling them to care for their environments, and assign environmental responsibilities to the levels of government where they can be carried out most effectively.
14. Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.
a. Provide all, especially children and youth, with educational opportunities that empower them to contribute actively to sustainable development.
b. Promote the contribution of the arts and humanities as well as the sciences in sustainability education.
c. Enhance the role of the mass media in raising awareness of ecological and social challenges.
d. Recognize the importance of moral and spiritual education for sustainable living.
15. Treat all living beings with respect and consideration.
a. Prevent cruelty to animals kept in human societies and protect them from suffering.
b. Protect wild animals from methods of hunting, trapping, and fishing that cause extreme, prolonged, or avoidable suffering.
c. Avoid or eliminate to the full extent possible the taking or destruction of non-targeted species.
16. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence, and peace.
a. Encourage and support mutual understanding, solidarity, and cooperation among all peoples and within and among nations.
b. Implement comprehensive strategies to prevent violent conflict and use collaborative problem solving to manage and resolve environmental conflicts and other disputes.
c. Demilitarize national security systems to the level of a non-provocative defense posture, and convert military resources to peaceful purposes, including ecological restoration.
d. Eliminate nuclear, biological, and toxic weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
e. Ensure that the use of orbital and outer space supports environmental protection and peace.
f. Recognize that peace is the wholeness created by right relationships with oneself, other persons, other cultures, other life, Earth, and the larger whole of which all are a part.
THE WAY FORWARD
As never before in history, common destiny beckons us to seek a new beginning. Such renewal is the promise of these Earth Charter principles. To fulfill this promise, we must commit ourselves to adopt and promote the values and objectives of the Charter.
This requires a change of mind and heart. It requires a new sense of global interdependence and universal responsibility. We must imaginatively develop and apply the vision of a sustainable way of life locally, nationally, regionally, and globally. Our cultural diversity is a precious heritage and different cultures will find their own distinctive ways to realize the vision. We must deepen and expand the global dialogue that generated the Earth Charter, for we have much to learn from the ongoing collaborative search for truth and wisdom.
Life often involves tensions between important values. This can mean difficult choices. However, we must find ways to harmonize diversity with unity, the exercise of freedom with the common good, short-term objectives with long-term goals. Every individual, family, organization, and community has a vital role to play. The arts, sciences, religions, educational institutions, media, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and governments are all called to offer creative leadership. The partnership of government, civil society, and business is essential for effective governance.
In order to build a sustainable global community, the nations of the world must renew their commitment to the United Nations, fulfill their obligations under existing international agreements, and support the implementation of Earth Charter principles with an international legally binding instrument on environment and development.
Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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http://www.earthcharter.org/innerpg.cfm?id_menu=20 - Earth Charter's official website
http://www.restoringamerica.org/archive/un/earth_charter.html - a quote from Gorbachev :
"[the Earth Charter] will replace the Ten Commandments and is the base of the 'new ethics for a new world', and will be presented/displayed to the international community for its definitive acceptance in the World-wide Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), in Johannesburg, South Africa, the next September (2002)." quoted from The Global News Number 462 dated November 18, 2001"
...though I can't seem to find any such publication called "The Global News".
The Earth Charter does have me concerned... from the actual charter itself, section 16f :
"Recognize that peace is the wholeness created by right relationships with oneself, other persons, other cultures, other life, Earth, and the larger whole of which all are a part."
And the last couple of lines are noble goals but with an unnerving undercurrent...
"In order to build a sustainable global community, the nations of the world must renew their commitment to the United Nations, fulfill their obligations under existing international agreements, and support the implementation of Earth Charter principles with an international legally binding instrument on environment and development.
Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life. "
http://arkofhope.org/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=1 - This is very unnerving. The official site for the "Ark of Hope", a blasphemous (not to mention pathetically obvious) copy of the Ark of the Covenant intended to carry the earth charter. "The 96" carrying poles are unicorn horns which render evil ineffective."... the unicorn of fable started out as a vile creature, not one of purity, but one of destruction and utter evil, whose roots come from the shaggy one-horned goat in the Bible who fights the ram (it's in Daniel somewhere)... the goat, IIRC, is a type, or shadow, of the antichrist. In the pictures that adorn the sides, are a unicorn, either a peacock or a Russian-style dragon (I can't exactly tell), a thunderbird, and another, a firebird (the firebird, after 500 years of life, immolates itself in its own fire, then from its ashes, it is reborn as its own child, and represents both resurrection and reincarnation), and upon the lid, a perversion of the Bible, where children are next to a lion (on its back) and a fawn (resting on the ground).
This Ark also will carry something called "Temenos Books": "Establishing a temenos, a magical sacred circle where special rules apply and extraordinary events inevitably occur, each artist made an 8" (20.3cm) x 8" (20.3cm) x 2" (5cm) Temenos Book: a handmade book filled with pages of visual prayers/affirmations for global healing, peace, and gratitude."
http://www.res.k12.vt.us/ARTClassesWork/pages/TemenosText.htm - it's in the schools *jaw drops to floor*
As an aside, check this out... stone tablets with ten rules... http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/guidestones.html and http://www.radioliberty.com/stones.htm - Georgia Guidestones, AKA American Stonehenge...
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.
![[Eek!]](eek.gif) I wanna go home, Father! Your will be done, though, not mine.
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Accepted by virtually all nations notwithstanding, the Gregorian Calendar is irksome to New Agers because the whole world marks time based on the Birth of Jesus Christ. And as far as the occultist UN is concerned, that will never do.
Well, if this is true it makes sense. Just another attack on God.
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The final goal is to change the calendar from its present "artificial" 12-month year to a more "natural" 13-month year that more closely parallels the lunar and biological cycles."
Isn't it interesting that it would go from 12 to 13 months.
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It is, after all, Canadian Maurice Strong and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who, under the auspices of the UN, are working on an agenda to replace the Ten Commandments with the Earth Charter."
Can anyone verify this?
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That's very interesting.
I know that Evolution proponants (which is almost everyone secular) already date things BCE (Before the common Era) because they don't like dating things according to Christ's birth either.
I personally would like the follow the Jewish Calendar as it is said it started at the beginning of the world. It's around 5760 in Jewish years since the Creation.
Of course this is traditional belief and few seem to believe it's really only 5760 years or so since the Creation.
Jews also use BCE to date things to designate )before the christian era or before the common era)
Their calendar also goes by the Lunar cycle and there isn't really 13 moons in a solar year.
It's 12.4 cycles.
Here's a link about the Jewish calendar:
http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm
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http://www.canadafreepress.com/2004/cover082704.htm
"Why is the UN itching to change the method by which the world tells time?
It’s the Gregorian Calendar. Having replaced the Julian Calendar, the Gregorian was instituted by papal decree in the year AD 1582 and adopted by virtually all nations as the common world standard.
Accepted by virtually all nations notwithstanding, the Gregorian Calendar is irksome to New Agers because the whole world marks time based on the Birth of Jesus Christ. And as far as the occultist UN is concerned, that will never do.
So why not break and fix it?"
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"The Thirteen Moon "Natural Time" Calendar is touted as "a universal application of the mathematics and cosmology of the Mayan calendar as deciphered by Dr. Jose Arguelles. Ph.D., and presents a simple yet so profound opportunity to shift our everyday consciousness."
Described on his Internet home page as "both a visionary and a prophet", Dr. Arguelles bestowed upon himself the pagan name of, "Valum Votan". In a New Age magazine interview, he said it was "not until after he experimented with LSD that he realized he was a visionary."
The final goal is to change the calendar from its present "artificial" 12-month year to a more "natural" 13-month year that more closely parallels the lunar and biological cycles."
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"Wild and weird as it may sound, the Thirteen Moon Natural Time Peace Calendar could replace the Gregorian Calendar, courtesy of future UN resolution.
It is, after all, Canadian Maurice Strong and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who, under the auspices of the UN, are working on an agenda to replace the Ten Commandments with the Earth Charter."
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