Book chapter
Ethical and Spiritual Values for Transformative Sustainable Development: The Earth Charter Vision
Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Praxis Within and Beyond the Classroom, pp.709-731
Education for Sustainability, 7, Springer Singapore Pte Ltd.
2023
Abstract
Analyzing and reflecting upon the importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development GoalsSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (SDGs), and the slow progress toward achieving them, the need for ethical and spiritual valuesSpiritualspiritual valuesEthical and spiritual values in the developmentDevelopment process becomes clear. Such valuesValues are of particular importance in creating a firm foundation for realizing the transformative potentialTransformative educational experiencestransformative potential of future sustainable developmentSustainablesustainable development efforts. The ethical principles of the Earth Charter (Earth Charter CommissionEarth CharterEarth Charter Commission, 2000) can guide policymakersPolicymakers and educators in these efforts. The core values of the Earth Charter can add vital missing elements of ethics that speak to cultural and ecological diversityEcologicalecological diversity, indigenous wisdomIndigenousindigenous wisdom, human rightsHuman rights, and the rights of natureRightsrights of nature.Nature
Details
- Title
- Ethical and Spiritual Values for Transformative Sustainable Development: The Earth Charter Vision
- Authors
- Richard M. Clugston (Author) - New LeadersPeter Blaze Corcoran (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
- Contributors
- Kim Beasy (Editor) - University of TasmaniaCaroline Smith (Editor) - University of TasmaniaJane Watson (Editor) - University of Tasmania
- Publication details
- Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Praxis Within and Beyond the Classroom, pp.709-731
- Series
- Education for Sustainability; 7
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore Pte Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5_39; 10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5
- ISSN
- 2367-1777; 2367-1777
- ISBN
- 9789819938025
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99975598502621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
Metrics
18 Record Views