It is designed to serve as a universal code of conduct to guide people and nations toward sustainable development. And it is a call to action in support of the environment, a declaration of interdependence and responsibility. The major principles of the pact are drawn from international law, science, philosophy, religion, recent United Nations summit meetings and an international dialogue on global ethics generated at the conference and elsewhere. Rockefeller, professor emeritus of religion at Middlebury College in Vermont, said educating young people is the key to a sustainable future. He also believes religion plays a big part in changing people's values, and thus their actions in behalf of the environment, he said.
Religion has great influence on people's attitudes.
It goes back to the idea of being more, not having more. For many people involved in the charter, it's more a spiritual vision of a better way of life. Respect Earth and life in all its diversity. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion and love. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable and peaceful.