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decision makers in the community and have their voices heard to make a change.

Figure 7: The sustainable development in relations to the essential dimensions of society (PSDN 2015)
Figure 8 shows in Germany the impact of implementing Local Agenda 21 parameters on the CO2
emissions; an increase of the share of renewable energy was expected and CO2 emissions have
been decreased as a consequence of introducing electricity TAX.

Figure 8: CO2 emission in Germany (UN 2015)
3. Earth Charter: Newman (2008) defined earth charter as a document that consists of shared
values and principles towards achieving a sustainable future. It was launched in June 2000 by
local governments at the Johannesburg earth summit and thousands of people in seventy eight
countries formed the document. Earth charter shares four main values: The first value is to respect
and care for the community of life to respect earth and life in all its diversity, and care for the community by being smart in using natural resources without harming the environment when people
are given the freedom. On the other hand, they are responsible of the consequences. The second
value is ecological integrity. It’s the human duty to protect the ecosystem to sustain the human’s
needs by adopting regulations and preserve conservations. In addition to that, it’s very important

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