- 1. MANIFESTO FOR THE EARTHMijal GorbachovLaura Ferrer
MontasMarta Navarro UrielSostenibilidad Energtica, Enero 2012 Mster
en EERR y Eficiencia Energtica Universidad de Zaragoza
2. INDEX Preamble. Chapters: Are we really waiting for a new
prestige to get into action? Three challenges for the new century.
How I became a green? The global crisis. What should we do? My
Green Cross Homo Sapiens or Robot Sapiens? The Earth Charter.2Laura
Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 3.
PREAMBLEMIJAL GORBACHOV In Stvropol, URSS, March 2nd 1931. General
secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(CPSU), and
posterior executive President of the Soviet Union. Awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, headed the NGOs GreenCross and became
leader of the Social Democratic Union to thepresent day.EARTHS
LETTER Written in the late summer of 2002. Recounts in first person
the three challenges humanity must face. The Earth Charter devised
in Rio de Janerio in 1992. 3Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro
Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 4. Are we really waiting for a newPrestige
to get into action? Prestige accident, November 2002. Accidents in
which oil is spoilt: Damages: FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT Ecological
groups new regulations. Global Marine Comission. Fiscal privileges
of some countries Liberia.4 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro
UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 5. World Summit on Sustainable Development
held in Johannesburgh, August - September 2002:SUCCESSFAILURE
Politics and sustainable Fight against poverty.development
Environmental degradation. Potable water. Climate change Combat
desertification Biggest disappoinment:and fish stock.negotiations
on energy.It achieved more than what many of us expected,but
considerably less than what we hoped5Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta
Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 6. Three challenges for the new
centuryAT THE TURN OF THE 21th CENTURY: Perestroika End to the
division of the world into two enemy camps. End to the arms race.
Chernobyl The terrible warning of dangers inherent in a
technologicalcivilization. September 11th 2001 Consequences of
poverty and the loss of human values.6 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta
Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 7. Three challenges for the new
centuryI WORLD PEACE Chemical weapons and nuclear armaments.II
WORLD POVERTY Ecological measures are meaningless if poverty is not
tackled.III ECOLOGICAL Climate changes are taking place on the
earth the number ofnatural disasters is increasing. Many plant and
animal species are dying out. The polar ice caps are melting. The
oceans are becoming increasingly poluted, while the forests are
7being ever more rapidly destroyed.Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta
Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 8. How I became green? 1931 1941
1970 1985 1991Born Attack by Delegate to Chairmanthe
Supreme1993Peasant Hitlersof theDimissal familyGermanySoviet of the
CommunistGREENUSSRPartyCROSSBound up HUNGER &Member
ofAccelerationwith POVERTYthe ComiteeGlasnostNATURE for
thePerestroika Conservationof the 8 Environment.Laura Ferrer
Montas, Marta Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 9. The global
crisisTHE END OF THE COLD WAR Fall of the Berlin Wall. Cause for
hopes supported by meetings: Rio Earth Summit in 1992.EUROPE Play
an important role towards a new world order. The fall of the Iron
Curtain Realize the idea of a GREATER EUROPE. The end of the cold
war11th September 2001 9 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel
CARTA A LA TIERRA 10. The global crisisTHE POLITICAL CRISISDespite
the Russo-American agreement on the mutual reduction ofnuclear arms
the end of the cold war in no way heralds the beginning of
peacefultimes.THE ECONOMIC CRISISThe avalanche of growth in
information technologyandtelecommunications have given
globalization a trmendous boostgrowing the inequality between South
and North, between povertyand wealth. 10Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta
Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 11. The global crisisTHE SOCIAL
CRISISThe hope that at least a part of the huge sums spent on the
arms race bythe developed countriesthe aid goals are far from being
achieved.THE ECOLOGICAL CRISISThe growing ecological crisis shows
that a liberal economy functioningmainly according to the criteria
of profitability and a return capital isnot capable of coping with
the ecological challengethat produces drought, famine and natural
disasters should beconsidered as a serious threat to peace and
stability on the planet. 11Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel
CARTA A LA TIERRA 12. What should we do? We should do everything in
our power to prevent global catastrophe. The majority of ecologists
and politicians act under many differentforms regarding the need
for a sustainable development.1972 UN Conference on THE HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT in Stockholm The idea of sustainable development was
first formulated.1992 Rio Environment Summit That idea was promoted
to pogramme status by the Rio Declarationon the Environment and
Development. 12Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA
TIERRA 13. What should we do?Human rightsEffective
co-operationInformation technologyGlobalization is ritghtly
criticized The process has proved to be asymmetrical: The
economically and politically dominant countries have protectedtheir
interests. The countries at the periphery have been deceived.13
Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 14. What
should we do?More effective use ofexisting authorities A world
govermentInternationalEcological Court ONU reformation Regional
organizations14Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro UrielCARTA A LA
TIERRA 15. What should we do?CONSUMPTION: engine of economic
development.We have to admit that consumer attitudes and excesive
demands onnature are coming up agsinst ecological, social and moral
limitations. Reorientation of consumption. Change peoples mind.1988
Aarhus Convention Access to information on environmental matters.
Learn how to take care on the environment.15Laura Ferrer Montas,
Marta Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 16. My green crossMain thrusts
of their work and how they reflect their philosophy: The ecological
consequences of war and other conflicts: Wars against the
environment and life. Heritage. Water as a source of conflict,
water for peace: Prevent conflicts about water. Access to water as
a general human right. A charter for the Earth. What has happened
to ethical ideas?16 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro UrielCARTA A
LA TIERRA 17. Homo Sapiens or Robot Sapiens? Human beings have now
taken over the whole planet: Towns, soil, forests, rivers, animal
and plant species, change theclimate Robots: the next step in
evolution American experts on artificial intelligence and robotic
technology. Humanity needs a new philosophy of life. Global ethic.
Ensure the survival humanity. 17Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro
Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 18. The Earth Charter12th March 2002I.
RESPECT AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF LIFE. 1. Respect Earth and
life in all its diversity. 2. Care for the communityoflife
withunderstanding, compassion, and love. 3. Build
democraticsocietiesthatarejust, participatory, sustainable, and
peaful. 4. Secure Earths bounty and beauty for present and
futuregenerations. 18 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro UrielCARTA
A LA TIERRA 19. The Earth CharterII. ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY. 5.
Protect and restore the integrity of Earths ecologicalsystems, with
special concern for biological diversity and thenatural processes
that sustain life. 6. Prevent harm as the best method of
environmental protectionand, when knowledge is limited, apply a
precautionaryapproach. 7. Adopt patterns of production,
consumption, and reproductionthat safeguard Earths regenerative
capacities, humanrights, and community well being. 8. Advance the
study of ecological sustainability and promote theopen exchange and
wide application of the knowledge adquired. 19 Laura Ferrer Montas,
Marta Navarro UrielCARTA A LA TIERRA 20. The Earth CharterIII.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE 9. Eradicate poverty as an ethical,
social, and environmentalimperative. 10. Ensure that economic
activities and institutions at all levels promote human development
in an equitable and sustainable manner. 11. Affirm gender equality
and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure
universal access to education, health care, and economic
opportunity. 12. Uphold the right of all, without discrimination,
to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity,
bodily health, and spiritual well being, with special attention to
the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities. 20 Laura Ferrer
Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA TIERRA 21. The Earth
CharterIV. DEMOCRACY, NONVIOLENCE, AND PEACE. 13. Strengthen
democratic institutions at all levels, and provide transparency and
accountability in governance, inclusive participation in decision
making, and access to justice. 14. Integrate into formal education
and life long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for
a sustainable way of life. 15. Treat all living beings with respect
and consideration. 16. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence,
and peace.21 Laura Ferrer Montas, Marta Navarro Uriel CARTA A LA
TIERRA 22. PERSONALREVIEWHistorical contents.Gorbachov: point of
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