Many people around the world, including civil society, scientists, youth, and policymakers are concerned about the future of our common home and the choices we must make today to ensure that we change our course and stop contributing to our current planetary crises. To do this, all decision-makers, including governments, the private sector, and individuals must come together to achieve our global goals for sustainability, justice and peace, guided by common values. Through this intercultural dialogue, we will explore what it means to work towards an ecological civilization and what we can learn from the knowledge we have and what we have accomplished so far.  

This webinar is the second one in a webinar series leading up to the 2024 Earth Charter Conference: Reimagining Education for Ecological Civilizations. 

In this webinar we will continue the conversation started in November 2023, with the panel tackling the following questions:  

1. What does an Ecological Civilization look like? 
2. What are some good examples paving the way towards this vision and how can we scale up these efforts? 
3. What are some additional paths and driving forces to building these just, sustainable and peaceful societies? 

Speakers

Mary Evelyn Tucker
Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

Jinfeng Zhou
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

Zhihe Wang
Center for Process Studies China Project
Former member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Julia Kim
Gross National Happiness Centre Bhuta

Moderators
Amanda Bennett and Sifan Jiang, Earth Charter International