Earth Charter Radio Campaign Manual

1. Earth Charter Radio Campaign Manual On October 24th, the Earth Charter youth network celebrates UN Day and International Day of Climate Action with its new Radio Campaign, be part of this wave for sustainability! • WHAT IS THE EARTH CHARTER RADIO CAMPAIGN ABOUT? • The Campaign, organized by the Earth Charter Youth Leadership Team, consists of four radio spots introducing the Earth Charter and its principles, to be broadcasted in numerous languages all around the world and to be accompanied by four days of action. Each of these four days will focus on one of the four pillars of the Earth Charter: respect and care for the community of life; ecological integrity; social and economic justice; nonviolence, democracy and peace. All the diverse ideas that will arise from the days of action will be gathered on a Wikispages, http://ecyg.wikispaces.com/radio , thus promoting the exchange of experiences and best practices. www.earthcharterinaction.org

2. HOW TO GET INVOLVED?ON THE FIELD... ACTION DAYS This campaign aims at promoting the integrated approach of sustainable development suggested by the 4 pillars of the Earth Charter and at catalyzing related projects from diverse places in the world on a same wikipage, thus allowing participants to share their stories and innovative actions toward sustainable development.

3. Visit our website at: http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/radio%20campaign and https://ecyg.wikispaces.com/radio • Get assistance from us to translate the radio spots in your own language • Introduce your action days on the Earth Charter Youth Group Wikispace and participate in the discussions • Create a link to the radio spots on your own website and help us diffusing this campaign widely • Advocate for the Earth Charter while taking part to the global climate change movement: 350.org/earthcharter, timeforclimatejustice.org, unep.org/unite, sealthedeal2009.org, etc. • Learn more about the Earth Charter Initiative and download resources for your action days at: www.earthcharterinaction.org • ...ONLINE ... Contacts: Jaana Laitinen, EC Youth Facilitator: youthcoordinator@earthcharter.org Namir Nava, EC Youth representative for Latin America: namirn@hotmail.com Didier Gleyzes, EC Youth representative for Europe and central Asia:dgleyzes@gmail.com

4. ... AND ON THE AIR Template of a brief for broadcasters: also available at: www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/radiocampaign Dear […], The Earth Charter Initiative’s youth network have released four radio spot messages on the main pillars of the Earth Charter to raise global awareness of the need for a global ethics to act for a more sustainable world. These spots have been created and produced by a very diverse group of young sustainability leaders that love, live and work by the Earth Charter. These spots will be broadcasted on various radio channels and websites, but also displayed in universities and at conferences around the world. You can take a look at them on: https://ecyg.wikispaces.com/radio On top of this, the global radio campaign will also be accompanied by action projects, related to one of the 4 pillars of the Earth Charter. For more information, please also check the Wikispage above-mentioned. Our wish with this campaign is to reach the highest number of persons, [also in countries that do not have much other access to media than the radio]. To do so, we would therefore be most grateful if you would accept to broadcast/upload the radio spots on your own radio/blog/website, […], which appears to us as being extremely relevant for broadcasting regarding the concerned issue. We remain at your disposal should you require any further information, and would be pleased to send you the recorded spots at your convenience. Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation. With much appreciation and best regards, […] Make it yours! You own a radio station or know people who do? Then broadcast the spots and organize interviews and debates on how the Earth Charter can change your Life! ‏