Earth Charter International en DOWN to EARTH presenteren: 

WISDOM-BASED LEADERSHIP 

een masterclass door Earth Charter Vriend, filmmaker en keynote spreker Rolf Winters

Rolf en zijn familie lieten de hectiek en patronen van de hedendaagse wereld achter zich en begonnen aan de reis van hun leven. Ze reisden naar de uithoeken van de aarde, op zoek naar een nieuw perspectief op het leven en de wereld om ons heen. Ze filmden hun ontmoetingen met de Keepers of Wisdom; zij die nog in verbinding en harmonie leven met de aarde, de bron van ons bestaan. Dit avontuur resulteerde in de ‘wake-up call’ film DOWN to EARTH. 

Geïntroduceerd door Mirian Vilela, de Executive Director van Earth Charter International, verzorgt Rolf Winters op 11 november van 18:00 tot 20:00 een unieke Masterclass. In de Masterclass deelt Rolf zijn inzichten in het leiderschap van deze unieke Keepers of Wisdom. Inzichten die door steeds meer vooruitstrevende bedrijven worden toegepast. 

De Masterclass zal verschillende perspectieven bieden die je kan toepassen op jouw leiderschap en ondernemerschap.

Voor meer info en tickets: https://wisdom-basedleadership.eventbrite.nl  

Voor Earth Charter Vrienden en Worldconnectors geldt een gereduceerd tarief. Wil je daarvoor in aanmerking komen, stuur een berichtje aan ons team via [email protected]

Unlike most programmes in sustainability, in these courses, the Earth Charter (EC) is used as a central feature of this approach. The EC provides a broad, inclusive and powerful values-based orientation that can be infused within the missions and purposes of most educational programmes. The methodologies introduced are ones that can be applied to all learning across the curriculum and across grade levels.

This Certificate on ESD is implemented under the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter, which generates educational programmes and research activities at the intersection of sustainability, ethics and education.

Participants who successfully complete this Online Programme will be invited to join the Earth Charter Educators Network.

This webinar will offer unique perspectives on regeneration through Integral Design and the Earth Charter in Action. Our guest speakers will share examples of how regenerative climate parks and education programmes based on the Earth Charter are addressing environmental and social challenges in South Africa and Lesotho.

Bjorn will share lessons in leadership on global citizenship from his recently published book The Midgard Viking Expedition – the Search for Intelligent Life on Earth.

Janika will share her experience in connecting education, food security, regeneration with the Earth Charter Ethics.

Their work represents intergenerational exchange and learning.

The webinar will address the following questions:

1. What are integral design and regenerative projects?
2. Can you share one example of a regenerative project in which you use the Earth Charter?
3. What is your perspective on the value of the Earth Charter to current times?
4. What are the connections you are making between education, food security, sustainability and design?
5. What are the key ideas you explore in the book you published this year “The Midgard Expedition- the Search for Intelligent Life in Earth?”

Speakers:

Bjorn Heyerdahl is the CEO of Integral Climate Change Solutions (ICCS) and founder of Midgard Expeditions. He is an active explorer, environmentalist, biospheric designer and consultant on humanitarian, environmental and development issues. Through the Integral Climate Change Solutions, Bjørn has been implementing integral design using the Earth Charter as a guide.

Janika Heyerdahl is a high school biological science educator with a BSc in Biochemistry and Honours in Biological Sciences at University of Cape Town. She started a few school projects on education for sustainable development such as looking at long term grazing regimes and carbon sequestration potential in the Karoo in South Africa as well as the ecological impact of the ‘Banting’ diet. She is an alumna of the Programme on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter Education Center. Her latest work has taken her deeper into the spiritual and moral underpinnings of pro environmental/ sustainable behaviors in the form of her Master’s thesis.

Moderator:

Alide Roerink (The Netherlands) is an anthropologist and has been involved over the years in networking, advocacy, and policy development for gender justice, international solidarity, and global governance. Alide Roerink initiated and co-edited the book Earth Charter in Action: Towards a Sustainable World. Alide Roerink was advisor to the Earth Charter Initiative before she joined the Council.

Webinar: “The Importance of Intersectionality and its Links with the Earth Charter – An Introduction”

Earth Charter International wants to spotlight the powerful and young voices around the world and in its network. On the 27th of April, Earth Charter Young Leader Emma Feyeux will moderate a Zoom discussion around intersectionality, to raise awareness on the interconnectedness of social and environmental fights, and the importance of questioning the common system behind them. Please join us to hear the thoughts and the reality of our four inspiring panelists that already advocate for that paradigm, and reflect on the connection with systems thinking and the importance of Education for Sustainable Development.

Date: Tuesday 27th of April 2021, 7 PM Costa Rica time

Moderated by: Emma Feyeux (France), ECYL and ECI intern

• Ariel Maldonado is the owner and founder of the Instagram page @GoGreenSaveGreen. Since 2018 she has spent her free time researching the climate crisis online and sharing new updates, scientific research, infographics, and climate-related articles with her following. Gogreensavegreen is a page for anyone who wants to learn about the climate crisis, whether you are already in the environmental sphere or just taking your first steps. The page incorporates both scientific research, activism, and humor all in one page to keep readers educated and entertained.

• Krista Guanlao Sison-Dunlavy is a Filipina American creative, living on Tongva/Chumash territory (now known as Los Angeles). Formerly, she was an apparel designer, but after learning about how exploitative the industry is, she started transitioning to a new path. She now runs @multitudes_studio as a side hustle, a work-in-progress platform where she talks about climate emergency, consumption and interconnectivity. Through Multitudes, she hosts intimate community events to engage her peers in becoming active in the fight against climate change.

• Marie Fournier is a Costa Rican Media student currently living in Amsterdam. She believes that online communities can benefit the different movements related to climate and social justice. The opportunity of creating networks with people with similar interests in different parts of the world contributes to the presence of intersectionality within the different movements. This way we can ensure that the information that is being shared encompasses more than one perspective and helps deconstruct certain ideas. The main focus she intends her written and visual projects to have, is the importance of developing safe spaces for people to educate and support one another from a place of empathy and respect.

• Mitzi Jonelle Tan (@mitzijonelle) is a climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She is also active in FFF International, advocating for climate justice and making sure that voices of Most Affected Peoples and Areas (MAPA)’s strikers are heard, amplified, and given space. She first became an activist in 2017 after integrating with indigenous leaders of her country which pushed her to realize that collective action and system change is what we need for a just and greener society.

• Emma Feyeux is a 20 years old Earth Charter Young Leaders and ECI intern from France. She studies humanities in the South of France, and is driven by climate justice and fighting for a systemic shift towards a sustainable and just world. Being involved in different climate justice associations and youth groups, she committed to the Earth Charter in 2020, and became involved in the Earth Charter Movement to create links with an international network of people working in the same direction.

Earth Charter Cities Online Course: Ethics in Sustainable Urban Development 2021

ONLINE & FACILITATED. This Earth Charter Cities Course will equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to take urban sustainability practices to higher levels by using the Earth Charter (EC) and the Earth Charter Cities (ECC) Manifesto.

Cities are full of opportunities, but they also face many challenges. Rapid urbanization often threatens the environment, human health, and fair distribution of resources and funds.

In cities and local communities, sustainability and the quest to implement new solutions are more tangible than in any other place. These are places where an urgent response is needed and where results can be more visible. Urban areas have the critical mass to perform the changes we need on a global scale. More than anywhere else.

This Earth Charter Cities Course will equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to take urban sustainability practices to higher levels by using the Earth Charter (EC) and the Earth Charter Cities (ECC) Manifesto.

This course helps participants develop a broad approach to sustainability and make the EC Principles actionable at an urban level.

By creating some space to dive into the theory and good practices, the course intends to help participants be prepared to develop sustainable and inclusive communities in an era of uncertainty and disruption. It offers a space to learn about the nexus between the Sustainable Development Goals, the Earth Charter and urban sustainability.

This experience seeks to build a pool of experts and consultants with a systemic and ethical approach to sustainability, who are able to provide quality support and guidance to cities facing challenges during their development and planning process.