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The Earth Charter through the Lenses of Sustainability Justice

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Published: Dec 21, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/icodl.1369
Keywords:
Earth Charter sustainability justice ESD transformative learning
Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis
Abstract

The Earth Charter, the product of a worldwide, decade long, cross-cultural dialogue on common goals and shared values, is a vision and declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century. For almost two decades, the Earth Charter initiative has evolved to set forth fundamental principles for a sustainable way of life in an inclusive way. This paper attempts to connect the Earth Charter with the notion of sustainability justice. It has been found that all the four dimensions of sustainability justice, namely: social justice, environmental justice, economic justice and cultural justice are reflected upon the whole Earth Charter document and are related with its underlying vision.

 

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