URI COMMITS TO CREATE CULTURES OF PEACE, JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR THE EARTH

URI COMMITS TO CREATE CULTURES OF PEACE, JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR THE EARTH

The URI Charter commits us “to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings," and to “act from sound ecological practices to protect and preserve the Earth for both present and future generations."

We understand this to mean living in peaceful relationship with the natural world, behaving justly within the human family and the larger community of life, and working to heal damage done to the earth’s ecological systems and defend them against still greater harm in the future. We are actively exploring ways to realize these commitments more fully, both globally and locally. This includes speaking as one global voice on issues that affect the entire planet, as well as supporting environmental action by Cooperation Circles in their own locations.At the global level we believe our first commitment is to preserve the diversity, richness, and abundance of life on Earth. And we believe this therefore requires us to take urgent action to reduce global climate change and to help people who are already being harmed by it to safely adapt to its effects.

At the local and national levels, individual CCs pursue other forms of action as dictated by the needs of their specific locations. In addition to longer term projects such as tree planting and building solar cookers, several CCs have provided emergency relief in humanitarian crises caused by severe weather and other types of natural disasters.

Prof. John Kurakar