1. In her article “World Religions, the Earth Charter and Sustainability,” Mary Evelyn Tucker argues that it is necessary to redefine sustainable development to include poverty mitigation efforts with environmental protection. Current definitions of success are synonymous with economic growth, despite its harmful effects on the environment. As the developing world struggles to keep pace with the industrialization of developed countries, the environmental crisis has worsened. The concept of progress should be improved to include not only financial success, but also environmental health and social well-being. The perceived success of a country looks only at economic factors and does not take into account the balance of other aspects of society, such as the happiness of the very people who inhabit the country. Human well-being requires many more factors than economic profit, human beings require spiritual well-being and happiness. For a society to be balanced, progress must include economic profit, environmental health, social well-being, spiritual well-being, physical well-being, and happiness working in unison toward the same goal. The role of religion in the effort to broaden the idea of ​​sustainable development is manifested in the integration of the principles of the Earth Charter with the virtues for human-terrestrial flourishing of the world's religions. Within the religious sphere, there has been a drastic increase in his commitment to the field of ecology. As for academia, some universities offer programs that combine religious and ecology studies, encouraging the participation of religious values ​​in a subject previously predominantly oriented towards science and politics. Furthermore, the religio......middle of paper......struggled and damaged even more. The religious response to social, economic and social justice is about moderation in personal behavior as well as the accumulation and use of resources. Furthermore, religious virtues encourage alleviating the suffering of poor people through charitable donations and the elimination of social inequality. Finally, regarding democracy, nonviolence and peace, religions specify that democracy must contain a fundamental sense of responsibility towards a flourishing planetary future and encourage the renewal of inner and outer peace, both human and non-human. (Tucker,125-127) In conclusion, the union of the Earth Charter and religious values ​​has the ability to impact "long-term policies, programs and practices for a planet that is not only ethically sustainable, but also supportive of energy human." "(Tucker, 127).