The Declaration of Earth Citizens

• Whereas we are all from Earth and we are more closely connected with one another than ever before;
• Whereas many of our present day social systems are demonstrating signs of breakdown or collapse producing negative impact to environments and people around the world.
• Whereas it has become glaringly evident to growing numbers of people that we need to re-examine the underlying assumptions of our collective worldview and adapt new paradigms of thinking (Einstein);
• Whereas we Homo sapiens are yet to meet our peak potential as a species, holding great promise for a life-affirming, peaceful, sustainable and fulfilling global community.
• Whereas great social transformations have their origins in powerful explicit language (The Declaration of Independence, The Magna Carta) and true change has only come from small groups of thoughtful, committed citizens (Mead);

We, the undersigned, declare ...

It is our sacred right to dutifully commit ourselves to the following tenets:

• to be responsible citizens of Earth as well as legal citizens of our individual nations;
• to strive for all people to live in peace, freedom and have their basic needs met;
• to adopt a “Spaceship Earth” philosophy that acknowledges our fates are inescapably inter-connected with all other people; (Fuller)
• to embrace the principle that all people are created equal, deserving of respect, trust and dignity without regard to their positions or stature;
• to be responsible for the quality of life for future generations;
• to become champions of social justice, environmental sustainability and spiritual fulfillment for all;
• to approach our lives and our work with an attitude of interdependence, individually responsible for ourselves and our communities while relying on one another to maintain a sustainable “whole;”
• to challenge the status quo with its institutions, leadership and forms whenever it fails to serve society-at-large;
• to create new structures and support new leaders as necessary to fulfill the needs of the world;
• to act with integrity in all that we do, demanding it from our fellow global citizens with whom we share interdependence;
• to advocate these and similar attitudes, philosophies and actions based upon premises of interdependent global citizenship so others adapt them as their own.

The Covenant

Therefore we, the undersigned, declare and pledge publicly and to one another to stand for these tenets, resolved and committed as women and men of integrity sharing the sacred duty of global citizenship.