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Teaching guide
This teaching guide was created in the framework of the Children and Youth International Conference « Let’s Take Care of the Planet » project, launched by the Ministries of Education and Environment of Brazil and is supported by the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress. In France and in Europe, it is coordinated by the Monde Pluriel organization, in partnership with (...) |
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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 (...) |
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An international process
on climate-change impacts and youth commitments
The Brazilian Ministry of Education, in partnership with UNESCO and the UNEP – United Nations Environment Program, invites all the UN countries to participate in an International Conference of children and youth for the environment to involve the youth from all continents in a process of awareness raising, reflection (...) |
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In 2008/09, our group organized many presentations of the Charter. Foremost in schools, about 25 institutions in all, located in 5 different regions of Georgia, one of which (Akhaltsikhe) is inhabited by a majority of Armenians and another (Marneuli) by a majority of Azeris.
During our discussions on the Charter, both the pupils’ and the teachers’ interest was always quickly focused on the (...) |
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A partner organization of the Charter of Human Responsibilities Philippine Facilitation Team, the Center for Positive Futures, is a partner in the Global Classroom Initiative (GCI) project initiated by Monde Pluriel, a France-based non-governmental organization. Monde Pluriel hopes to raise awareness among different sectors of society on global citizenship. The GCI aims to promote (...) |
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The Charter of Human Responsibilities (CHR) – Philippine Team and its Indian-based counterpart, CHR-India represented by Sudha Reddy, together with the World Youth Water Alliance represented by Anugraha John, launched a joint undertaking which focused on environmental awareness raising among students in selected schools in Metro Manila and the sub-urban areas. The week-long Film Festival (...) |
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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 (...) |
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The Brazilian Government, through the Ministries of the Environment and Education, considers carry through the International Children’s Conference for the Environment “Let’s take care of the Planet”, in 2010, involving a wide process of international cooperation. |
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Cronograma
2007 - Establishment of Agreements for International Cooperation between Brazil, the participating countries and the partners
Formation, in each country, of a Coordination Group composed by three instances, or a tripod : Government (Ministries of Education, the Environment and others, as Culture, Science and Technology…), University and Civil Society (NGOs and Youth Movements). (...) |
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Objectives
To contribute for confrontation of serious planetary social and environmental problems through educational means and the promotion of community participation.
To enable that the largest possible amounts of young people, teachers and school communities concern themselves at the local level with planetary commitments, by assuming responsibilities for building sustainable societies, (...) |
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What is the Children’s Conference on the Environment?
It is an educational campaign that brings about the political dimension of the environment to schools and other instances children and youth organizations.
It mobilizes and engages children in science research and their communities in the debate about contemporary challenges on social and environmental issues.
The Conference is a process (...) |
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Asian Film Festival on the Environment
Philippines, 9th - 16th October, 2007
The Charter of Human Responsibilities Facilitation Teams of the Philippines and India have organised, jointly with the World Youth Water Alliance (WYWA, an organisation inspired by the CHR) the "Asian Film Festival on the Environment" between 9th October - 16th October 2007, along with local partners like Buklod (...) |
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Invited to speak during the 10th SEAMEO-INNOTECH International Conference held in Quezon City, Philippines, last November 15-17, 2006, I had the opportunity to present the Charter for Human Responsibility. SEAMEO INNOTECH is short for Southeast Asian Ministers Regional Center for Innovative Education and Technology. (http://www.seameo-innotech.org/)
Theme of the Conference was "Learning (...) |
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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 (...) |
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The video production was done in conjunction with the Teacher Training (see article ’Ethics and Responsibilities in the Teaching Profession’). It is entitled Alay sa Mundo, meaning ’Offering to the Earth’, and was produced by the Regional Charter Team with the Center for Positive Futures.
This video was presented to 40 teachers and a discussion on the Charter followed rooted in their vision and (...) |
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Seminar-Workshop on “The Charter of Human Responsibility” among Teachers in Northern Mindoro and Advocates of Mangyan Rights and Welfare.
Organization for Training, Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (OTRADEV). As coordinated by Aleli Bawagan |
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Organization for Training, Research and Development (OTRADEV) Foundation. The Charter of Human Responsibilities was first presented to the members of OTRADEV in April 2004 at the University of the Philippines lagoon grounds. In that gathering, the members gave their consent to get involved in the promotion of the Charters principles through a video-documentation project focusing on how the (...) |
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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 (...) |
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It will have to be built on a new contract with the society. Its creation requires a strategy for a networked change.
("Université 21 "International Conference, Brasilia, Brazil, November 2003. Introduction in plenary by Pierre Calame)
(document available in French only, see the French version of this (...) |
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The Charter
The military and responsibility 
Sustainable development and climate change education
Workshop on Values and Responsibilities 
In 2008/09, many presentations of the Charter in schools
Forever Young, Forever Green
International children conference for the environment - Brasil 2010
Film festival on Environment - from the Philippines to the Asian Region
Social Responsibility in Secondary Education
Second National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment - Process and Outcome
Activities and discussions on the Charter
A Library of Human Responsibilities
The University of the 21st century will be socially responsible, responsible and united or will not be
