Events

International Youth Conference on Environment - From June 5 to 10, 2010, Luziania, Brasilia, was the epicenter of a meeting of diverse voices, colors, energy, and a lot of joy. Nearly 53 countries from the 5 continents participated in the Children and Youth International Conference “Let’s Take Care of the Planet,” final destination of a process that involved millions of people around the world, (...)

Several peoples assembly and citizens movement processes are taking place. Nina Gregg - coordinator of the Charter of Human Responsibilities in the US - helps us unveil the " People’s assemblies " initiative in the United States. Already present during the first social forum in Atlanta in 2007, the peoples assemblies will associate again with the second US Social Forum in Detroit, in June (...)

Last July 14, 2009, the Philippines launched the local campaign for the “Let’s Take Care of the Planet” International Conference to be held in Brazil on 2010. The Philippine National Organizing Committee of the said international conference, which includes the Charter of Human Responsibilities, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), UNESCO (...)

The International Congress, organized in Bogota from April 20 to 24, 2009, gathered for the first time more than 800 participants, including 50 international famous experts, to discuss with Colombians from the political sector, from universities, the medias and the civil society as well as with officers. The debates were built on the cosigned principles of the "Charter of Human (...)

The Climate Change and Water Film Festival, a project of the Charter of Human Responsibilities and Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, will visit nine university and college campuses in the US in spring 2009. The film festival aims to increase awareness and action regarding local and global issues around water. The Charter of Human Responsibilities, an international project (...)

We are honoured to invite you to the opening of the Art Exhibition Human responsibilities: Responsibilities of All Sao Paulo SP - Brazil - December 1, 2008 in the Conjunto Nacional, Paulista Avenue, center of the city, crossed by 40 thousand people every day. Together with the Brasil Fund of Human Rights in commemoration to the 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. First (...)

Horlicks Wizkids one of India’s largest literary and cultural events for schools packed with action, excitement and entertainment. Horlicks WIZKIDS 2007 by Activity was bigger than ever before, touching 27 cities across India, more than 3,000,000 students from 4500 schools. The event featured 40 different competitions for students from 1st to 12th Std. Within the purview of the Horlicks (...)

The Charter of Human Responsibilities Philippine Facilitation Team spearheaded a series of workshops dubbed "Learning Journey: Responsibilities Build a Solidarity Economy". This is a continuity of the Asian Forum on Solidarity Economy held October 17-20, 2008. Objectives of this Learning Journey on responsibilities and solidarity economy are 1) to come up with Practical Guidelines on (...)

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CHR in National Symposium The National Symposium on “Climate Change, Sustainability & Equity: a Civil Society approach” was collectively organized by Shanti Foundation, Passion for Global Peace S.E.E.D.S., Cerana Foundation, Engineers without Borders, India and Ecological Literacy Foundation in Hyderabad from 7th to 8th March 08. Sudha, coordinator of CHR, being one of the steering (...)

It was decided to hold a Forum-workshop that would make it possible to hear various experiences on responsibility for building a dignified life for all. In this perspective, it was decided to invite the participation of civil servants, social and community organizations, students, teachers, NGOs, business persons, unions, etc. Forum objectives To discuss citizen responsibility in building (...)

The International Conference on Environmental Education held at Ahmedabad, India in November 2007 brought together individuals and representatives from various youth and environment related networks, and has effectively demonstrated the efficacy of education as a tool. Youth participants have felt the need to sustain this effort to integrate education into sustainable development. (...)

On 16 June 2007, CERPAC together with a young people’s group organized a children’s ceremony awarding the best students from a neighborhood in Guédiawaye (a town in the Dakar Region of Senegal). The date was not chosen at random: the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, to commemorate the massacre of hundreds of children during a protest march in Soweto (...)

The Indian Charter facilitation team, in association with Activity, an edutainment company, has successfully facilitated the drafting of Indian Children’s Charter of Social and Environmental Responsibilities for the second year. Horlicks Wizkids – 2007, a personality competition that recognizes the outstanding students, who are all-rounders and have a good balance of character & (...)

The Conservation Conference was a Pacific Conservation Roundtable meeting to work on the framework for the Pacific Conservation Action Strategy. KEY MESSAGE Conservation in the Pacific is integrated with sustainable livelihoods. Land being retained in customary tenure is a key to the link between Livelihoods and Environmental Responsibility. Pacific Conservation Action Strategy The (...)

The fourth International Conference on Environmental Education organized by UNESCO, UNEP and other partners in collaboration with Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India was held in Ahmedabad between November 24 and 28, 2007. There were around 30 working group sessions varying from Non Formal Spaces of Learning, Education towards sustainability concerns of Natural Resources in (...)

Y Acts! Youth Festival 2008! has been launched by the Philippine Facilitation Team of the Charter of Human Responsibilities last June 26, 2007 at the College of Social Work and Community Development of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Theme of this year’s festival is “Celebrating Responsibilities Initiated by the Filipino Youth!” [application form at the (...)

From April 28 to May 4, 2007, three members of the Charter Facilitation Team in India have visited the Philippines. The three, Sudha Reddy, Anugraha John, and Deepa Alige Guru were joined by managers of The Activity , and the winners of the Wizkids event. The Activity is a corporate-sponsored project that launched an academic contest involving thousands of schools across India. It (...)

The Philippine Team facilitating the Charter of Human Responsibilities is organizing a Youth Festival on December 1-3, 2006 in a camping site in Taytay, Rizal, in the outskirts of Manila, Philippines. A total of 100 participants aged 15-20 from all around the Philippines shall join the event. The large majority of participants shall come from underprivileged sectors like indigenous peoples, (...)

Short synopsis of the programme The Regional team for the Charter in India had a lot of discussions and interactions since May 2006 with an “edutainment” company, The Activity, based in Bangalore, initiating a programme incorporating the Charter of Human Responsibilities in its Horlicks Wizkids 2006 event. The Activity as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agreed to promote and (...)