The earth charter in action : toward a sustainable world / Peter Blaze Corcoran, editor-in-chief ; ... [et al.] - Amsterdam : KIT Publishers, c2005. - 183, [1] p. : col. ill., col. ports., col. photos. ; 31 cm.

Printer's imprint from t.p. verso. "In cooperation with the Earth Charter Initiative, San Jose, Costa Rica"--T.p. verso. "The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful world. It is an inclusive ethical vision which seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the human family and the larger living world"--Back cover.

Preamble -- Part I : Respect and care for the community of life -- Part II : Ecological integrity -- Part III : Social and economic justice -- Part IV : Democracy, nonviolence, and peace -- The way forward.

Essays by Mikhail Gorbachev, Wangari Maathai, Leonardo Boff, Jane Goodall, Ruud Lubbers, and other authors on various aspects of the Earth Charter.

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Earth Charter (1997)
Carta de la Tierra (1997)


Human ecology.
Ecología humana
Environmental protection.
Protección del medio ambiente
Desarrollo sostenible

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