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27 April 2010 - Regional Activities - Southern Pacific
Responsible governance of Watersheds

This is a collection of papers from scientists, engineers, indigenous guardians and programme leaders from Vanuatu, Samoa and Aotearoa. Contributions are made from creative writers, lawyers, and esteemed Maori and Samoan leaders articulating indigenous knowledge to the complexity of managing watersheds. The responsibilities brought to the management of river catchments are varied and range from professional engineering to ecosystem priorities, to policy and legal interpretation to (...)

 

25 January 2010 - Regional Activities - Latin America
Youth Charter of Responsibilities on Environment, IIIrd National Conference, Brasilia

We are young students from different regions of Brazil, and part of the III National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment. Little warriors of peace with the same intention and desire: taking care of Brazil and mobilizing the Brazilian population around global environmental change. We recognize the national environmental outlook and we commit to fight for and defend the environment, not only by seeking knowledge and understanding, but also acting to minimize problems that cause environmental (...)

 

Regional Activities - Latin America -
Workshop on Values and Responsibilities , 10 December 2009

Brief presentation This methodological tool for debates can be very useful to help groups identifying local issues and define the values that are behind political interests that can impact on specific social groups and communities, with social and environmental consequences. It can help a group to find out who are responsible for creating such problems and who are the responsible for (...)

Regional Activities - Latin America -
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Climate Change , 29 April 2009

What is Climate Change? What Can You Do? UNEP and Climate Change

Regional Activities - Latin America -
The Other CO2 Problem , 28 April 2009

Animated film about the issue of ocean acidification, produced by Ridgeway School (Plymouth, UK) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Funded by the European Project on OCean Acidification (EPOCA).

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What we know What we do not know And how we try to better understand global change , 28 April 2009

(44 pages booklet) - An introduction to research questions, challenges and methods for CarboSchools projects (http://www.carboschools.org).

Ecuadorian constitution gives rights to nature by Nina GREGG, 17 February 2009

Ecuadorian citizens have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that gives nature the right to “exist, persist, maintain, and regenerate.” Theirs is the first nation to give legally enforceable rights to the natural world (Spain recently granted rights to apes, while the United States, for its part, confers legal rights on corporations). The new Ecuadorian constitution requires the state (...)

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Methodological booklet for action and reflection on the Charter by Diego ESCOBAR, 26 July 2008

Presentation on a methodological booklet: Working experience with the Charter of Responsibilities in Colombia A path for the exercise of responsibilities – with this title, this publication presents in a straight forward and practical way the road map for those who want to understand or study, promote and build the social utility of exercising human responsibilities in diverse contexts and (...)

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A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq , 13 May 2008

The unpopularity across the US of the war in Iraq is well documented. Yet the efforts of individuals and groups in the US and elsewhere to end the war are having no apparent impact on US policy: as Christopher Hayes wrote in the April 14, 2008 issue of The Nation: It is in this context that a group of Democratic Congressional candidates, retired military officers and national security (...)

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Defining the Concept of Responsibility , 17 March 2008

This study presents interesting results, clearly showing that the concept of responsibility is quite complex and needs to be attuned to several other concepts, such as those of justice, ethics, or solidarity. The survey yields not only the duty, but also the human right to live in conditions that allow people to exercise responsibility appropriately. For the moment, the study is available in (...)

Regional Activities - North America -
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Proposed for 21st Century , 31 January 2008

What does corporate social responsibility mean in a global economy? To whom are international enterprises accountable? And who decides? In the Winter 2008 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, GERALD F. DAVIS,. MARINA V.N. WHITMAN and MAYER N. ZALD take a look at the meaning of corporate social responsibility in a global economy. Their article considers how approaches towards CSR (...)

Regional Activities - North America -
Using the Charter of Human Responsibilities for Sustainability Education by Nina GREGG, 31 January 2008

Nina Gregg and Rachel Trajber took part in the November 2007 annual conference of the North American Association of Environmental Educators. The conference, which was attended by more than a thousand teachers, advocates and policy makers, offered workshops, presentations, demonstrations, scholarly papers, roundtables and strategy sessions. Nina and Rachel led a workshop on “Using the Charter (...)

Regional Activities - Latin America -
Internal discussions by Diego ESCOBAR, 9 December 2006

In the framework of the convention, 6 meetings were hold between the organizations of the regional platform created to socialize the information on the Charter. Some of these meetings devoted to a debate on the basis of several texts from the Alliance for a plural, responsible and socially responsible world, allowing to better locate and understand the whole process that was at the start of (...)

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Notas para la Reflexión de las Responsabilidades frente a la Integración Latino-Americana by Ricardo JIMENEZ, 24 October 2006

El Bolivarianismo - La encrucijada actual de la integración - La institucionalidad regional - Los obstáculos y las oportunidades

“Poverty as a violation of human rights”: a liberating force. What is at stake? What are the prospects? by Christoph EBERHARD, 29 August 2006

Taking human rights seriously implies, at a basic level, guaranteeing every human being the means to live a life worthy of a human being. In the face of today’s phenomena of mass pauperization, it seems essential to recognize the urgent need to combat poverty, all the more so when we realize that "mass poverty" is not just a feature of many countries: it is a feature of our whole world, the (...)

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Second National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment - Process and Outcome , 29 July 2006

This document gives an account of the unique and successful experience of the Second National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment held by the Ministries of Education and Environment. We present here a detailed methodological account, the outcomes and evaluation of this process, which mobilised more than 4 million people across the whole of Brazil. The results are organised (...)

History and characteristics -
Presentation of a proposal of Charter of Human Responsibilities , 16 June 2006

The idea Why another Charter? A "third pillar" The drafting process The voyage does not end in Lille The Charter: a common kernel to the diversity of ideas brought together by the Alliance Key features of the Charter Is "responsibility" a universal concept? - Responsibility for life itself (You will find below the whole text) (...)

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Charter of Responsibilities “LET’S TAKE CARE OF BRAZIL” , 15 June 2006

You can download the document here!

Charter Texts -
Listening to the Charter , 13 June 2006

A musical version of the Charter in English, French, and Wolof proposed by our African partners: Also, A new musical CD on responsibility, peace, governance, social right, here.

Law, Governance and Sustainable Development. Preliminary reflections by Christoph EBERHARD, 13 April 2006

This text was written within the research dynamics on « law, governance and sustainable development», that was initiated in January 2004 and is coordinated from the Facultés Universitaires of Saint Louis in Brussels, Belgium. It aims at questioning on the issue of Law, governance and sustainable development, in a context of globalization through intercultural enlightenment. Perspectives from (...)

Regional Activities - Southern Pacific -
Bibliography by Betsan MARTIN, 10 April 2006

Humphries, M.T. and Martin, B. (2005). Diversity Ethics: a compass pointing to relationality and reciprocity for navigating turbulent seas. The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management - In Print Martin, B. (2005) ‘Responsibility. Guardians of Life’ - Submitted for Yfeng Zhao’s edited publication on Responsibility. China. Martin, B; Humphries, M.; with Te Rangiita, (...)

Regional Activities - Latin America -
Spirituality and Human Responsibility, Chile. , 24 October 2005

Publication - presentation of a book published in Chile in Spanish.

Regional Activities - Asia -
Newsletter: RESPONSABILIDAD , 30 September 2005

This newsletter is Published by BUKLOD TAO,INC. and CENTER FOR POSITIVE FUTURES – Banaba, For the Promotion of The Charter of Human Responsibilities It is published in English and Filippino. You can download some issues here: (...)

Regional Activities - Latin America -
Reflections on the Charter of Human Responsibilities by Carlos RIVERA, 10 September 2005

Publication

Regional Activities - Asia -
The Video Documentary – Iraya Mangyan: Responses to the Challenges of the Times , 4 July 2005

by OTRADEV Working Group.

Regional Activities - Asia -
Report on Activities in the Video Production and Charter Dissemination by Aleli BAWAGAN, 4 July 2005

Submitted by Aleli Bawagan, Project Coordinator OTRADEV January 2005 Four OTRADEV members started brainstorming on a possible project to promote the charter on human responsibilities in March 2003. Since almost half of the life of OTRADEV as a non-government organization was spent with the Iraya Mangyans, the indigenous peoples of Mindoro Island, the ideas raised were mainly in cooperation (...)

How can enterprises exercise their responsibility , 17 June 2005

Proposal Paper by the Socioprofessional Network of Company Managers and Executives (published in 2001).

Regional Activities - Latin America -
Activities in 2004 and results by Claire LAUNAY, Diego ESCOBAR, 19 April 2005

Initial results of the work 1. The Cauca Valley Women’s Charter of Responsibilities 2. Establishment of a Charter steering group in Cali, called the Initiative Network for a Responsible Citizenship. One of its main objectives is to get together with other social groups and unite through action and reflection over the notion of responsibility. 3. Setting up of a Charter (...)

Regional Activities - Asia -
A Library of Human Responsibilities by Pinky CASTELO CUPINO, 7 January 2005

The Library of Human Responsibilities was set up as a community library within the school library of the Center for Positive Futures in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal. Featuring in the library are books, documentaries and films which promote environmental and social responsibility. The Library shall sponsor a series of activities to encourage developing responsibilities of community (...)

Regional Activities - Asia -
Code of Ethics, by Sanlakas-Quezon City by Flora SANTOS, Pinky CASTELO CUPINO, 7 January 2005

Document based on a study of the Charter of Human Responsibilities and of the conditions of organizations and communities in the Philippines, December 12, 2004 1. A leader actively seeks ideas and recommendations from the membership. 2. A leader is critical and analytical in dealing with challenges and problems of the organization. 3. A leader recognizes and respects the capabilities of (...)

Laying the Groundwork by Edith SIZOO, 7 January 2005

They came as individuals, they left as a group An unprecedented initiative Conceiving and testing strategies Experiments Communication Taking root [Theycamehttp://www.fph.ch/]. [Anunprecedented -]An unprecedented initiative In spite of the financial limitations, the activities reports show two striking features: 1. A deep commitment of the members of the Committee to the idea of (...)

Regional Activities - Southern Pacific -
Writing by Betsan MARTIN, 7 January 2005

Reference to the Charter for Human Responsibility has been a feature in our writing, and a significant aspect of the Charter work. I (Betsan Martin) wrote a chapter for a book on a philosopher of responsibility par excellence, Emmanel Levinas, and Dr Maria Humphries and I have written several papers on the theme of Responsibility and Ethical Relationality in the last year for conference (...)

Regional Activities - Asia -
2004: A Diversified approach to diffuse the Charter in India by Sudha REDDY, 4 January 2005

Activities in 2004 - Translating the Charter texts: We have printed 1,000 copies each in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, the four south Indian regional languages, and distributed 300 to 500 copies in these four languages as well as in Hindi and Marathi (...)

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