1. In her article “World Religions, the Earth Charter, and Sustainability,” Mary Evelyn Tucker argues that there is a need to redefine sustainable development to include efforts to combat poverty. mitigation with environmental protection. Current definitions of success equate to economic growth, despite its detrimental effects on the environment. As developing countries struggle to keep pace with industrialization in 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 only takes into account economic factors and does not take into account the balance of other aspects of society, such as the happiness of the country's inhabitants. Human well-being requires many more factors other than economic profit, humans need 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 towards the same goal . The role of religion in the effort to expand the idea of ​​sustainable development is manifested in the integration of the principles of the Earth Charter with the virtues of world religions for human-Earth flourishing. In the religious field, there has been a drastic increase in its involvement in the field of ecology. As for academia, some universities offer programs that join studies of religion and ecology, encouraging the participation of religious values ​​in a subject previously primarily oriented toward science and politics. In addition, religio...... middle of paper ......loos and becomes even more damaged. The religious response to socio-economic justice and justice concerns moderation in personal behavior and the accumulation and use of resources. Furthermore, religious virtues encourage alleviating the suffering of poor people through charitable donations and eliminating social inequalities. Finally, regarding democracy, non-violence 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, human and non-human peace. . (Tucker, 125-127) In conclusion, the union of the Earth Charter and religious values ​​has the capacity to impact "long-term policies, programs and practices for a planet that is not only ethically sustainable, but also sustainable for human energies.” » (Tucker, 127).