Welcome to the Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley (eccolov) website. We are Connecticut's Earth Charter Community! Organized in the town of East Haddam, we are building a state-wide network of connections - at least one in fact, in every town.

We are a Connecticut regional community affiliated with the Tampa-based earthcharterus.org the national link to the larger, original international initiative. There are dozens of groups like us in the U.S. who are working to make the Charter a set of common guiding principals for sustainable living in every walk of life. Eccolov (see map) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, educational organization dedicated to spreading the message of the Earth Charter itself.

Simply put, the Earth Charter is a peoples’ declaration of basic principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society. As a worldwide effort it focuses on four basic core values:

• Respect & Care for the whole Community of Life
• Social & Economic Justice
• Ecological Integrity
• Democracy, Non-violence & Peace

To read more, visit earthcharter.org.

If Earth Charter sounds like a connection you would like to make, we’d love to have you aboard. Come join us or, for further information about our activities, please email us or call 860-873-8989.