Actions that guarantee the continuity of human beings with Mother Earth

With the purpose of creating ecological conscience in society, the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP) in Ecuador, through the International Program “Children of Mother Earth,” carried out a series of educational lectures at kindergartens, schools and universities of the country.

Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, was the place where the GEAP along with the Assistant Secretary of Education and district offices, coordinated activities that promoted the recognition of Mother Earth as a living being subject of rights.

Among the participating institutions are: Jardín de infantes Mercedes Noboa, Jardín Experimental Lucinda Toledo, la Unidad Educativa Ligdano Chávez, el Colegio Nacional Experimental María Angélica Idrobo and Unidad Educativa Mario Cobo Barona.

The Environmental Movement of the GEAP “Guardians of the Peace of Mother Earth” was in charge of the exhibitions that showed students the 22 Articles of the new proposals of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. (See: Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth).

Posters, costumes and didactic materials allusive to Earth invited students to fulfill their duties, which is to care, protect and respect Mother Earth.

A signature for the Rights of Mother Earth

Students of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, participated in the environmental marathon that was carried out in the Aula Magna, where members of this study house supported the proposal Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth with an electronic signature.

Following the tour, the GEAP volunteers dictated educational talks to the students from Colegio Nacional Experimental María Angélica Idrobo, which serves students from entry level until high school; also high school students from Colegio Fiscal Rumania..

In the city of Ambato, more than 800 students of the Unidad Educativa Mario Cobo Barona received an informative talk where they understood that it is important to recognize Mother Earth as a living being, and that it is necessary that all human beings respect her rights.

The academic and administrative task of the Institution, thanked the GEAP for the topics covered, since it encourages the youth to take care of the environment.

Marathons continue throughout the country

The Activists for Peace of Ecuador continue carrying out events in favor of Mother Earth through actions for development and sustainable future, to ensure the continuity of the life of human beings in harmony with planet Earth.