I am working with the Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice on a statewide Earth Charter Initiative. We are “Illuminating the Earth Charter: Education, Inspiration and Action for a Sustainable World.” The program we are developing in North Central Florida invites the wider community to host activities related to each of the 16 Earth Charter principles. The “FutureFlash! Climate Challenge” engages young people — and those who care about their future — in online and real-world action. The “FutureFlash! Making the Game Club” is growing, with educators in the arts and sciences. We are partnering with Florida Gulf Coast University, currently the only Earth Charter affiliate in the US, adapting their Oral History Project and service learning in the local community — drawing on the global community. We are working with our local interfaith climate network to bring scripture and climate statements into this public education program.


We will host a planning intensive via Skype the week of July 27-31, with an interfaith climate conference call on Thursday, July 30, and an all-day workshop at the Sustainable Living Center in Hampton, FL on August 1.


Our goal is to go through the Earth Charter in 2015-16, one principle at a time, to find the people in our area who are helping to build a sustainable, just and peaceful future. They will provide a network of support for young people as they create action plans to solve global problems in their local community.


You can help to develop this program, and use it in your own community. God only knows what we can accomplish by the 20th Anniversary of the Earth Charter in 2020 — or the 50th Anniversary in 2050!