1. Respect and Care For the Community of Life
Earth Charter principle 2.a says” Accept that
with the right to own, manage, and use natural resources comes the duty to
prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people. I believe this
is sort of what the education of the entire class was. This is the reason we
did are community service to learn hands on to respect and care for the
community of life. In my situation we learned that we had to remove invasive species
to allow native species to grow. And also because where we were located burning
was not allowed, so removing things by hand was necessary. This would allow the
gopher tortoise to move about the preserve. The gopher tortoise population is a
declining one, and they don’t have much scrub to roam in the area due to development.
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2. Ecological Integrity
Earth Charter principle 5 says” Protect and
restore the integrity of Earth's ecological systems, with special concern for
biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain life”. This is exactly
what Vandana Shiva talked about in the class reader. She talked about how
biodiversity needs to be done with farming as well as living species. How
currently single countries specialize in a few crops, and import everything
else. She said that it was a direct
correlation with culture and poverty in the world.
3. Social and Economic Justice
Earth Charter principle 10.c says “Ensure that all trade
supports sustainable resource use, environmental protection, and progressive
labor standards”. We talked about this a little bit in class. About if free global
trade was a good thing or not. This also directly relates to are trip with the Immokalee
farm workers. Labor standards are something the migrant workers are pushing
for.
4. Democracy, Non-Violence, and Peace
Earth Charter principle 14 says “Integrate
into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills
needed for a sustainable way of life. This I think this was the goal of this
class. This is a lot of what my essay 1 and 2 was about, that lifelong learning
is important in creating a sustainable world. This is done by molding mind to
being environmentally conscious and forming a land ethic.
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