The Earth Charter enforces what we have learned in class about sustainability. It talks about universal responsibility, education, and environmental protection which we have discusses in class. Number 14 talks about integrating education with sustainability and not only have we written a paper about education and ecological literacy, but we discussed education in the David Orr articles. Also, the Earth Charter discusses universal responsibility and we have exercised universal responsibility during our service learning which benefited the community.
In number 16, the Earth Charter also says to promote a tolerance for other cultures and I feel that this relates to sustainability on a global scale because if the people of the world cannot get along, it is impossible to implement global sustainability. I think the Earth Charter is unrealistic because it is illegitimate to ask businesses to act sustainably like it does in number 10. It think it is certainly possible that the Earth Charter is effective for individuals, but not on a collective scale. I like that it says, in number 15, to treat all living things with respect. This is important on both an individual and collective scale; however it is more legitimate to expect that individuals can do this. I feel that unfortunately there will always be people that are uninterested in doing anything to serve the environment. Still, education like in number 14 is still one of the best things we can do to make sure that as many people as possible participate in sustainability.
For those of us living in the United States, I feel that it is important to live by at least some of these rules outlined in the Earth Charter. I could apply this to everyday life by helping educate my friends about environmental sustainability. I could also participate more in community service to benefit my local community and respect the earth by continuing to recycle more.
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