Kamilah Van
Professor Brenda Thomas
IDS 3920 CRN 10140
Journal Entry Earth Charter
The Earth Charter is a
document that stands and supports the future of the Earth. Its intent is to
establish a set of guidelines that humanity can follow in order to protect the
resources we have in order to have a prosperous future. This document serves as
a guide for all of use to live sustainable lives for the good of the home we
all share. "Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. Earth, our home,
is alive with a unique community of life." As repeated in class constantly
we all have a role in the protection of Earth. It is not only expected but it
is encouraged through the text, trips and class discussions we have constantly.
What I like about the document is that it is broken down into four sections
that attempt to tackle and address some of the problems we are dealing with
currently. Hopefully this document can have the power to be adopted by all and
given as much value as we could our constitution and other documents for global
good.
The
following statement is towards the opening of the document: "The choice is
ours: form a global partnership to care for Earth and one another or risk the
destruction of ourselves and the diversity of life. Fundamental changes are
needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living". This statement
offers to set the tone of the document and leads to the many important parts
that will take place. The document is broken down into four sections: Respect
and Care for the Community of Life, Ecological Integrity, Social and Economic
Justice, and Democracy, Nonviolence, and Peace. These sections host many other
subjects that will help with the point of the document. I feel that by reading
this it puts into the perspective the responsibilities that we all have for the
Earth. At this point in my college experience a vast majority of what I have
learned about the environment has been taught to me in various courses. It is
important to expand my knowledge and actually want to apply these concepts
after I graduate. The time has come for sustainable living to become something
that is seriously done in every area of human existence. It's time that people
take more responsibility and put more emphasis on the issues. I feel that once
a document like this can be genuinely adopted then progress can begin.
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I liked reading the document because it broke down
how we can make an effort to fix some of the problems going on. Since the
issues host a wide variety of subjects there is something that all areas of
authority can find significant. "In order to build a sustainable global
community, the nations of the world must renew their commitment to the United
Nations, fulfill their obligations under existing international agreements, and
support the implementation of Earth Charter principles with an international
legally binding instrument on environment and development". In an effort
to continue to educate people about documents like this it is important that
education continues. Apart from this class I'm not sure that I would have known
that a document like this existed. One thing I can say is that FGCU is making
an effort to make sure that when students leave this institution they have a
better understanding and relationship to the issues at hand. Here is the link
to the Earth Charter Document: http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html
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