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I pledge allegiance |
In our era of multiple planet-wide challenges, from climate change and sea-level rise to terrorism, pandemics and recession, we are all responsible towards each other and to all members of the biosphere. Signing the Earth Allegiance Pledge indicates that you consider yourself not just as a citizen of a specific country, but also as a responsible citizen of Planet Earth.
As of April 2021, 1258 people had signed from 45 countries. Please add your signature below! To encourage others, please share on Facebook and Twitter.
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1,259 | Anthony Wilde | Australia | Apr 14, 2021 | |||
1,258 | Arr Gyle | Apr 12, 2021 | ||||
1,257 | Mike Lewinski | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,256 | Paul Harrison | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,255 | Rich Blegen | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,254 | Karis Burkowski | Canada | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,253 | Martin Berka | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,252 | Maria Hall | United Kingdom | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,251 | E Jamison | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,250 | Patricia Phillips | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,249 | Carole Puryear | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
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1,247 | stephen king | Englamd | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,246 | Penny Miller | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,245 | Lexi Moody | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,244 | C. Osborne | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,243 | Nancy White | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,242 | Christine Rakauskas | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,241 | Yvette Tillema | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,240 | Jynae Morton | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,239 | Barbara Humphrey | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,238 | Wendy Lee | Jamaica | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,237 | P Stepka | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,236 | Mardene Abarbanell | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,235 | Livia Eliseo | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,234 | Golda Wolf | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,233 | Connie Cuellar | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,232 | Amy Hannon | US | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,231 | Kim James Yarwood | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,230 | Jillian Jacobs | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,229 | Jamie VanHoesen | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,228 | Bonnie Bragg | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,227 | Ericka Bajrami | Nov 30, -0001 | ||||
1,226 | Douglas Gore | United Kingdom | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,225 | Samantha Crippen | U.S. | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,224 | Vinod Kumar Wadhawan | India | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,223 | Tessa Vaccaro | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,222 | Yogesh Thube | India | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,221 | patti parker | us | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,220 | Alison smithies | UK | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,219 | Nikolaus Leopold | Austria | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,218 | Kelly West | Belgium | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,217 | Susan Tatham | Canada | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,216 | Lumina Greenway | USA | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,215 | Lorene France Lorene France | United States of America | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,214 | Cindy Wlazelek | United States of America | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,213 | Kathryn Penrose-DeClark | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,212 | Susan Chandler | United States | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
1,211 | sabrina aos si | Nov 30, -0001 | ||||
1,210 | Dorothy Averbach | U.S. | Nov 30, -0001 | |||
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“I pledge Allegiance to the Earth
and all the Life which it supports:
One Planet in the Cosmos, in our Care, with Justice, Peace and Rights for all.”
We have reached a phase in human development where we all sink together or swim together. That goes for planet-wide environmental threats such as climate change and sea level rise. It applies in a globalized economy, increasingly interdependent through good times and bad. It’s true for security, as terrorism arising from local conflicts threatens anyone across the globe, while health threats and pandemics spread quickly world-wide.
The goal of the Earth Allegiance Pledge is to encourage everyone to consider themselves not just as citizens of specific countries, but also as responsible citizens of Planet Earth.
The phrasing is intended to complement – rather than replace – any national pledge. It appears on the Internet with various wordings. We chose to end with the words “With Justice, Peace and Rights for All.”
Justice refers to all kinds of justice, including the issue of economic equity in a world where inequality is increasing dramatically.
At a time when religion has again become a source of conflict, peace implies mutual tolerance within and between ethnicities and religions and people of no religion. Tolerance does not mean alignment of beliefs. It does not mean respecting beliefs that are themselves intolerant or that violate human rights. Tolerance means agreement that others have a right to beliefs different from your own, and should not be persecuted or discriminated against because of those beliefs.
“Rights for All” means working against discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability and so on. It implies all the rights assured by the United Nations family of conventions.
It includes rights for animals and their habitats as well as for humans.
The Earth Pledge is a contribution to consciousness-building.
A change in consciousness can lead to changes in behavior and action, which are needed at every level from individual to community to businesses and government, if we are to reduce or reverse catastrophic environmental changes.
Please read the pledge and sign if you agree with it. Share the link with your friends and encourage others to sign it. There are T-shirts and other gifts available.
Emails are recorded solely to avoid multiple signatures. They will not be published or shared with anyone else.
Dr. Paul Harrison
United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Laureate.
President, World Pantheist Movement
As of April. 2021, people have signed from the following countries:
Albania |
Australia |
Austria |
Belgium |
Brazil |
Canada |
Chile |
Colombia |
Costa Rica |
Croatia |
Denmark |
Ecuador |
España |
Finland |
France |
Germany |
Greece |
Hong Kong |
India |
Indonesia |
Ireland |
Italy |
Jamaica |
Malaysia |
Malta |
México |
N. Ireland |
Namibia |
Netherlands |
New Zealand |
Norway |
Philippines |
Portugal |
Russia |
Scotland |
South Africa |
Spain |
Sweden |
Tanzania |
Turkey |
United Kingdom |
United States |
Venezuela |
Wales |
A Pledge of Planetary Allegiance
We live in an era of multiple planet-wide challenges, from climate change and sea-level rise to terrorism, pandemic and economic growth and recession. We sink or swim together.
The Earth Allegiance Pledge aims to encourage people to consider themselves not just as citizens of specific countries, but also as responsible citizens of Planet Earth.
The project is the brainchild of international award-winning author Dr. Paul Harrison, who has edited many reports for the United Nations Environment Program and other UN organizations. He holds a UNEP Global 500 award for his books on poverty, environment and population.
Earthpledge is a project of the World Pantheist Movement, which promotes a spirituality focused on Nature and the Universe. https://www.pantheism.net
The phrasing deliberately echoes the United States pledge of allegiance, but it is intended to complement – rather than replace – any national pledge. “Our aim,” says Harrison, “is to spread more widely the attitude that we don’t just have responsibilities to our own nation, but to the entire planet. Global environmental changes pose massive threats to individual nations, especially climate change, melting of glaciers, and sea-level rise. So global change is an essential component of national interest and security. The sense of planetary citizenship is a crucial add-on to national citizenship.”
The pledge aims not just to encourage public and political action, says Dr. Harrison, but to remind people of the need for changes in their own behavior. “If enough people change their lifestyle towards sustainability and responsibility to the planet, we could have an enormous impact. And we can influence friends and families to do the same.”
The Earth Allegiance Pledge can be signed at www.earth-pledge.org
Dr. Harrison is available for interview. Email: worldpan@gmail.com
More information
Earth Allegiance Pledge website: www.earth-pledge.org
World Pantheist Movement website: www.pantheism.net
Dr. Paul Harrison bio: paul-harrison.com