Upcoming issue
Consensus Volume 47, Issue 1 will give a meaningful overview of the ongoing relationship and memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Martin Luther University College (LUTHER) and the Earth Charter Initiative (ECI). LUTHER signed a memorandum of understanding with ECI in June 2019, as a way of strengthening our commitment to care for the Earth and its inhabitants. As part of the MOU, LUTHER had agreed to incorporate the Earth Charter principles into our training, and to promote Earth Charter Initiative activities. Consensus Volume 47, Issue 1 is but a fulfilling of the commitment to promote ECI activities.
The issue will feature selected lectures and papers presented at the international conference, “Planetary Consciousness, Ethics of Care and Intergenerational Justice,” celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Earth Charter held at the the Peace Palance in The Hague, Netherlands in 2020. This year, July 1-3 marked the return to the same place that witnessed the birth of the Earth Charter to celebrate all that has been accomplished since, as well as to look ahead at what more can be done to raise awareness of the Charter and address our shared challenges. The editors of the journal’s Volume 47, Issue 1 will be Mirian Vilela, the Executive Director of ECI and Mary Philip aka Joy, Assistant Principal and Professor at LUTHER.