The Earth Charter Preamble – The Vision of the Earth Charter in Irish

The beautiful, inspiring introduction of the Earth Charter is above.

The official ISO standard Irish translation was completed 18 June 2025 by Irish artist, Gaeilgeoir and mother, Phoebe Cope.

It was launched at an Earth Charter talk, hosted by the County Carlow Environmental Network and An Gairdin Beo, The Living Community Garden, Carlow town with Dr Cathy Fitzgerald and US Professor Emeritas Peter Blaze Corcoran (in attendance via a webinar).

Cathy Fitzgerald presented the Irish translation of behalf of all people living in Ireland and for the Irish diaspora, at the 25th celebrations of the Earth Charter, 1 July 2025, at The Hague, The Netherlands.

The final lines of the Peoples’ Earth Charter

Acknowledgements

Translation by Phoebe Cope MFA Partly funded by Haumea Ecoversity, The Drummin Bog Project and Creative Ireland for Creative Drummin, for the Drummin Bog Project, Carlow, Ireland.

Commissioned by accredited Earth Charter Educator Dr Cathy Fitzgerald at HaumeaEcoversity.com.

In memory of Fearghal Duffy, an inspiring mythopoetic medieval Gaelic scholar and passionate advocate for Ballybay wetland’s restoration, Monaghan, Ireland and keen supporter of Haumea Ecoversity.

Certified by transferendum.eu Ireland, September 2022, and 2025.

Background to the Official Irish translation