A. Worker/Professional

How might I….

• improve the work I am doing with the Earth Charter?
  
  • Establish ways we can work together
  • Introduce concept to co-workers
  • Understand more of EC goals to share ideas
  • Stay connected to others who do
  • Attend EC summits
  • Watch Wisdom television
  • Ask questions of organizers; what is needed
  • Wear globe earrings
  • Treat people equally
  • Be non-judgemental
• establish a professional code of ethics based on the Earth Charter?
  
  • Post the EC as a reminder
  • Share best practices
  • Presentation at Toastmasters
  • Network with other companies to brainstorm
  • Relate to current set of core values
  • Read a number of professional codes looking for ec resources
  • Other codes of ethics
  • Look at current “everything I learned in Kindergarten…”
  • What are current code, before and after
  • Pound the rocks 24X7 – Grudin
  • Align code of ethics with EC
• change they way I approach my work to include Earth Charter principles?
• bring economic justice into my work?
• protect the environment at work?
• promote social justice at work?
• embrace diversity at work?
• strengthen inclusive participation in decision-making?
• promote a culture of non-violence and peace at work?
  
  • Class discussions on topics
  • Talk about the issues of violence, insecurity, unhappiness
  • If you spell out the root issues it helps people to face them
  • Lessons on the results of groups that have used non-violence v. violence (Ghandi)
  • Select/award for best non-violence person
  • Wear non-violent costumes
  • Model good choices
  • Commitment to character program (ethics)
• change my career to align with the Earth Charter principles?

B. Student

How might I…

• broaden my studies with the Earth Charter?
  
  • Use links on EC website
  • Speak to the leaders of the movement
  • Look for written works by EC originators
  • Make it a scheduled activity each day.
  • Allot time to study.
  • Examine my interests and look for EC principles.
  • Meditate.
  • Take classes pertaining to EC
  • Hire a tutor, an EC coach!
  • Pick and area to focus on
  • Ask others how they are using the EC in their lives
• integrate the Earth Charter into my academic studies?
• improve student body awareness of the Earth Charter?
• influence those who teach us with the Earth Charter?

C. Retiree

How might I…

• use my time to help the Earth Charter?
• adopt Earth Charter principles into my lifestyle?

D. Shopper

How might I…

• learn more about sustainable purchases?
  
  • Read “Your money or your life” to reduce consumerism and live more simply.
  • Join the “Union of Concerned Scientists” and receive free environmental guidance
  • Live in/on organic farm for one year
  • Find out who their suppliers are
  • Read about efforts in Scandanavia
  • Ask local power company about their sustainable efforts
  • Explore what businesses you can get into
  • Visit organic farm and volunteer part time J
  • Web research
  • “Ask your angels.” –
  • “Go see Pigpen.” – Peanuts
  • Recycle
  • Join Sierra club
• reduce my consumerism?
  
  • Use library to borrow books, tapes, videos, etc.
  • Use library to use computer
  • Borrow books, etc. from friends and vice versa
  • Share living expenses and usage; get a roommate if living alone
  • Simplify, simplify, simplify
  • Reuse everything
  • Do all personal services by self: hair, nails, etc.
  • Establish quota on purchases
  • Dress smart and mix and match
  • Use half the amount of anything at each use
  • Go on a diet J
  • Ask yourself: what is really important?
  • No cable TV.  Read instead.
  • Barter with others
  • Buy nothing that is not consumable
  • Give contributions to non-profits as Christmas and Birthday gifts
  • Buy from consignment stores
  • Make homemade presents
  • Have family night with games instead of TV/movie
  • Don’t impulse buy
  • Move to remote area and live off the land
  • Reuse
  • Share J
  • Eat less J
  • Keep things longer
  • Use magazine sheets as wallpaper 
• assure that where I shop treats their employees well?
• support locally owned businesses?
  
  • Pick a category of food not to buy from a chain
  • Pay more attention to what I buy
  • Create an EC sticker for business which qualify
  • Go to independent book stores
  • Go to independent restaurants
  • Carry and distribute their business cards to friends
  • Do not go to  Walmart
  • Ask for what you need this business to carry
  • Word of mouth is best advertisement
• switch product lines?
• change how I make my purchases?
  
  • Shop Fair Trade www.globalexchange.org
  • Get information on store policies and evaluate
  • Green investing
  • Buy your sister presents from the whole earth catalog 
  • Support local organic farms
  • Think about the life-cycle costs of a product because a green product might be cheaper in the long run
  • Join co-op America
  • Boycott merchants contrary to EC principles
  • Buy organic
  • Join or start a freecycle network (www.freecycle.org)
  • Check out the Center for New American Dream (www.newdream.org)
  • Follow advice of New American Dream to shift purchases to more responsible products or to consume less
  • “If you have to ask how much it costs you can’t afford it.  Buy Green! 

E. Diner

How might I…

1. influence where I dine to use organic vegetables and humanely raised meat?
   
   • Research, ask
   • Discuss: talk about pros and cons
   • Patronize those who do
   • Raise your own
   • Become familiar with proprietor of places you would like to see changed
   • Ask if certain products are on the menu.  Make it a habit to ask for what you want!
   • Request them everywhere you go: McDonalds, Publix, everywhere!
   • Send reviews to press for favorite ec restaurant
   • Ask your friends to join you in requesting this
   • Thank those who do
   • Stickers for EC approved restaurants!
2. identify and use more locally owned restaurants?
3. eat foods that are not genetically modified?
4. prepare foods that are not genetically modified?
   
   • Research internet for lists of foods
   • Grow my own food J
   • Buy from organic stores
   • Do not microwave
   • No frozen dinners; only fresh
   • Best nutrients made purest possible
   • Check labels
   • Paul Newman products

F. Health/Well Being

How might I…

• influence healthcare providers to employ the principles of the Earth Charter?
• enhance my fitness programs using the principles of the Earth Charter?
• influence my therapist to embrace the principles of the Earth Charter?
• select my healthcare products and services based on principles of the Earth Charter?

• Locally grown organic food
• Investigate the origin of a product – who makes it, who profits
• Use real mud packs 
• Get data prior to making decision
• Be sure the product claims are accurate – eco labels are real
• Get treated by a doctor who is EC friendly
• Buy organic veggie dog food for snoopy – Peanuts
• Show EC products on her show – Oprah

G. Computer User

How might I…

• use the computer to further the message of the Earth Charter?
• organize a "flash mob" for the Earth Charter?
• spend time on the computer that brings the Earth Charter more into our lives?
• use the computer to research 100 ways to use Earth Charter?
• incorporate the Earth Charter principles into websites?
• alter computer workstations to align with Earth Charter principles?
• select computer services and products using the Earth Charter principles?
• incorporate Earth Charter principles in my electronic communications?

H. Relationships

How might I use the principles of the Earth Charter as a…

• parent?
• life partner?
• friend?
• neighbor?
• relative?
• family?
• Encourage family to participate in EC ideas
• Talk about it and why it’s good
• Serve holiday dinner with no meat
• Buy at consignment shops
• Live the right example, i.e., walk the talk
• Be nice 
• Stop discriminating against the ones with weird lifestyles
• Pick new relatives 
• Remember that we all are interdependent
• Share good ideas carefully!
  
  

  How might I …

• relate differently to others using the Earth Charter principles?
• raise my children using the principles of the Earth Charter?
• enhance my conversations to include principles of the Earth Charter?
• influence community service activities based on the Earth Charter?
  • Do volunteer literacy program
  • Encourage groups of which I am a member to participate
  • Present to EC to aligned organizations, clubs and groups.
  • Educate/introduce local alumni services to EC
  • If you find an activity connected to EC, inform media
  • Volunteer your time to show authentic commitment to principles
  • Visit organizations to learn what their principles are
  • Inspire business clients to get involved in community service

I. Fun/Recreation

How might I use the principles of the Earth Charter as a…

• bird watcher?
• gardener?
• boater?
• visitor of museums?
• visitor of zoos?
• bicyclist?
  
  • Ride bike more
  • Working on biking trails
  • Encourage friends to bike
  • Take a group of kids on a bike trip
  • Ride bike wearing a silly EC costume 
• visitor of aquariums?
• park visitor?
• movie-goer?
• reader?
• author?
• music player?
• music listener?
  
  • Support community radio station
  • Promote alternative music
  • Encourage cd manufacturers to have less packaging
  • Listen to john denver
  • Explain why clear channel is not the best
  • Play it
  • Write your own ec message
  • Sing the principles of EC in the elevator
  • Be open to new forms of music
  • Research the culture and origins of music
  • Attend concerts, local or otherwise
  • Write a song incorporating EC principles
  • Listen to world music
• traveller?
  
  • Support Eco-tourism businesses, local restaurants, green lodging, nature preserves
  • Green hotels
  • Try to use public transportation
  • Travel with EC banner on head 
  • I earned $400,000 in Tampa.  Thank you!
  • Bicycle as much as possible
  • “Good grief! Are we there yet?  Walk faster.”  - Charlie Brown
  • Eco travel
  • Conserve fuel while traveling
  • Travel next door and meet your neighbor 
  • Support local culture and entertainment events
  • Local vacation
• sports spectators?
• hobbyist?
• golfer?
• fisher?
  
  • Catch and release
  • Use bio-degradeable lubricants
  • Wade fish only
  • Clean rivers, streams, oceans!
  • Leave fish alone.  Don’t eat them.
  • Don’t touch the fish.
  • Don’t run your boat in shallow water
  • Stop polluting this water! – Gruden
  • Use barless hooks
  • Walk on the water.  
  • Protect water eco-systems
  • Invest in a hatchery or start one

How might I

1. enhance my fun based on the Earth Charter principles?
   
   • Organic pot luck get togethers and picnics
   • Skinny dipping
   • Clown outfit 
   • Attend EC Summit
   • Work on public awareness committee
   • Create non-violent sport
   • EC cooking classes
   • EC talk show and magazine
   • Visit EC art shows, etc.
   • Read books and attend movies aligned around EC principles
2. expand my recreation based on the principles of the Earth Charter?
   

J. Religious/Spiritual Person

How might I…

• help my place of worship become more green?
  
  • Inform of best places to buy “green”
  • Contact my office as we are trying to develop materials for this
  • Least toxic pest control
  • Least toxic cleaning products
  • Inventory outside and make suggestions on better planting ideas to be environmentally friendly
  • Use only candles 
  • Recycle
  • Turn lights off when praying 
  • Use skylights to illuminate the inside of the church
• incorporate the Earth Charter principles into my meditations and prayers?
  
  • We all live in a circle of life
  • We are all one 
  • Be health, kind, respect the environment
  • Namaste
  • Say one principle in a rhythmic chant, daily
  • Think how we are all connected to everything on earth, not just to people, but to all of the elements
  • Turn off lights when praying 
  • Pray for the president and Congress to act in alignment with EC.
• create a discussion group about Earth Charter principles at my place of worship?
  
  • Free organic food bar at church
  • Plan a weekly discussion group at “coffee hour”
  • Stop talking, sit quietly, listen to your heart, meditate
  • Put a principle in the church bulletin
  • Smile on your brotherJ
  • Everybody get together and love one another right now
  • Incorporate into youth group and Sunday school lessons
  • Compare religious principles to EC principles
  • Contact Earth Charter U.S. for Six sessions of Interfaith Dialogue developed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
• influence my life purpose and mission based on the Earth Charter principles?
  
  • Evaluate principles for what fits me best
  • Walk my talk
  • Wear my talk
  • Develop sustainability gardens for clean air, water, rich top soil
  • Think how you can alter what you do based on the EC
  • Think how you can incorporate EC principles into your present situation
  • Can influence other people that might not usually think about these issues

K. Money/Finances

How might I…

• alter my financial goals based on the Earth Charter principles?
  
  • Focus on money to donate rather than accumulate
  • Develop financial goals
  • Make purchases based on EC principles
  • Learn where contributions go for most
  • Learn EC principles
  • Talk  to people doing this
  • Give all my money to the guy on the right 
  • Downsize my lifestyle
  • Be happy with less
  • Being solvent provides flexibility; carry no debt
• invest in green businesses?
  
  • Check to see how they align with EC principles
  • Use your own website with a link to them and ec
  • Speak to employees about EC and its principles
  • Support them through your patronage
  • Halloween: be the jolly “green” giant 
  • Write to webmasters of related sites and suggest they add a link to your favorite green business
  • Increase their profitability by telling friends about them
  • Start one
  • Buy stock, invest in products that support transportation friendly products, like walking shoes
  • Ask your broker to give you a profile of green businesses
• invest in Earth Charter activities?
• find Co-op America and other socially responsible funds?
  
  • Ask broker
  • Look for company prospectus
  • Internet search
  • Look for “green” funds
  • Be silent and ask for guidance
  • Ask George W. Bush 
  • Dream of a better world 
  • Find one and ask about related companies
  • Writer letters to companies about company practices
• orient my investment portfolio around the Earth Charter principles?
  
  • Research companies before investing to make sure they are EC aligned
  • Invest in companies that invest in communities
  • Communicate with companies you want to invest in and be part of their voting process to stockholders
  • Understand that wealth refers to more than monetary gain
  • Investigate the silliest investments you could make
  • Meditate on all investments
  • Look locally for investment possibilities
  • Don’t support lying CEOs 
  • Look for companies that support their communities
  • Make sure their practices are in line with ec before investing
• spend money differently based on the Earth Charter principles?
  
  • Be informed
  • Spend as little as possible
  • Ask like people for ideas
  • Spend only when and where you can directly relate to principles
  • Mediate for awareness
  • Buy a hybrid car
  • Don’t buy new car
  • Don’t buy pesticides
  • Be less of a consumer
  • Buy USA
  • Don’t use paper plates, etc.
  • Support EC minded groups
  • Think about origin, where it came from and how it was processed
  • “Run Forrest, run!”  Don’t drive. 
  • Buy bulk, never convenience size
  • Buy products in recyclable containers

L. Physical Environment

How might I…

• make my own home green?
• live on less?
• select the town in which I live based on Earth Charter principles?
  
  • Clean air
  • Clean water
  • Community of children and adults
  • Schools and communities aligned to EC principles
  • Talk to locals
  • Open organic gardens
  • Walkability and other transportation issues
  • Vacation in the town and bicycle around
  • Mixed income levels and housing options
• select my home based on Earth Charter principles?
• contribute to a cleaner physical environment?
  
  • Adopt a highway to clean
  • Recycle all you can
  • Teach your children to do so
  • Talk at schools and local groups about it using the ec principles
  • Use “green” products for cleaning
  • Follow examples of others who already do so
  • Get a bunch of street sweeper costumes and have a team sweep in a mall parking lot J
  • Buy a small, hybrid car
  • Walk, jog and bike with a grocery bag ready for trash you see
  • Drive car less
  • Carpool
  • Take fewer baths
  • Start recycle at work
  • Clean house with less chemicals
  • Use 7^th Generation products
  • Recycle computer products
  • Pick up litter
  • Clean up the beach
• change my commuting patterns?

M. Diverse Perspectives

How might …

• Bart Simpson use the Earth Charter principles?
• Johnny Depp use the Earth Charter?
• Michael Moore use the Earth Charter?
• my parents or grandparents use the Earth Charter?
• children use the Earth Charter?
• Jimmy Buffet use the Earth Charter?
• Oprah use the Earth Charter?
• Mia Hamm use the Earth Charter?
• Captain Jane Way use the Earth Charter?

N. Public Awareness

How might I…

• raise public awareness about the Earth Charter?
  
  • Include EC in all communications
  • Establish real measurable goals; achieve them and notify press
  • Contact media friends
  • Participate in ec events
  • Promote to co-workers and friends
  • Give out copies at work
  • Live the life through own actions
  • Wear an EC t-shirt to prompt questions
  • Attend or belong to organization or groups who promote EC ideas
  • “That’s nice, but how does that apply to my life?” – Oprah
  • Post EC brochure to encourage questions
  • Bring it up with anyone – grocery line, car wash
  • Enlist sports figures to promote EC in community
  • Messages from TV, newspaper, radio, media
  • Use veggie footballs – John Grudin
  • Color your hair green with organic based paint color
  • Be a good example to young people
  • Wear EC costume on Dale Mabry
  • Incorporate EC into school curriculum and kids can take home to families
• participate in public awareness projects and events about the Earth Charter?
• recommend public awareness events about the Earth Charter?
• design public awareness activities about the Earth Charter?

O. Other

How might I …

• ____________________
• ____________________
• ____________________
• ____________________
• ____________________
  
  • How can the EC lead me to Spirituality/Religion?
  • Meditate/contemplate on the principles may lead to a spiritual awakening.
  • Ethical clean concepts in religion and ec.
  • The principle of the EC are the basis of most major religions
  • The principles of the EC are spiritual
  • Eat chocolate
  • Calmness
  • Silence
  • Practice, practice, practice
  • Influence you to be one with the life force that is in everything
  • Join existing group that facilitates ongoing  EC spiritual community practices
  
  

Activate a Plan

1. What are the next steps and action plans?

1. Who needs to be included in my plans?

1. Who might or should champion or support the plans?

1. What resources might be needed to continue progress?

1. How might motivation and passion be generated?