EARTH, OUR HOME
Humanity is part of a vast evolving universe. Earth, our home, is alive with a unique community of life. The forces of nature make existence a demanding and uncertain adventure, but Earth has provided the conditions essential to life’s evolution. The resilience of the community of life and the well-being of humanity depend upon preserving a healthy biosphere with all its ecological systems, a rich variety of plants and animals, fertile soils, pure waters, and clean air. The global environment with its finite resources is a common concern of all peoples.
The protection of Earth’s vitality, diversity, and beauty is a sacred trust.
The Earth Charter, Preamble
What is a Living Earth Community?
Intelligences of Nature
Ecological Worldviews
Earth Law
What is a Living Earth Community?
We dwell within an intricate and evolving community of planetary life that is alive with organic, inorganic, and elemental subjects—each with its own way of knowing, being, and participating within the Living Earth Community. Read more in our introductory essay.
Intelligences of Nature
Intelligences of Nature maps the landscape of scientific and humanistic studies exploring what it means for members of the Earth community to be sentient and conscious as well as relational and communicative.
Intelligences of Nature
Intelligences of Nature maps the landscape of scientific and humanistic studies exploring what it means for members of the Earth community to be sentient and conscious as well as relational and communicative.
Ecological Worldviews
This collection showcases a diversity of spiritual and philosophical traditions that, despite their differences, affirm the complex entanglements of life through ancient and contemporary modes of perception.
Earth Law
Earth Law encompasses movements like the Rights of Nature, Indigenous legalities, and science-law partnerships pursuing ecological protection and justice for both human and more-than-human communities.
Earth Law
Earth Law encompasses movements like the Rights of Nature, Indigenous legalities, and science-law partnerships pursuing ecological protection and justice for both human and more-than-human communities.
Photo Credit: Top to Bottom, L to R: 1) Coral Reef; Shutterstock 2) Siberian Tiger; Ondrej Chvatal/Shutterstock 3) Green Mountain Druid Order celebration at Dreamland Sanctuary; Courtesy of Fern Lickfield 4) Winding river; nblx/Shutterstock 5) Amanita muscaria; Hans Veth/Unsplash 6) Hawksbill sea turtle; Rich Carey/Shutterstock 7) Communing with an old oak tree; Cavan/AdobeStock 8) Angra dos Reis, Brazil; Jaume Galofré/Unsplash