Summary
In 2000, the Earth Charter Commission launched the Earth Charter at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Earth Charter articulates a mindset of global interdependence and shared responsibility. It offers four pillars: Respect and Care for the Community of Life, Ecological Integrity, Social and Economic Justice, and Democracy, Nonviolence, and Peace. The document also recognizes “that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.”