Charter for a Living Planet

Hello my relatives. I greet you all with a good heart and a handshake.
My English name is Rhiannon White Plume and my Lakota name is Uŋpaŋ Pežuta Čhaŋupa Wiŋ

which means Female Elk Medicine Pipe Woman.

I Know that our Ancestors and our children, to seven generations, thank us for living up to Lakota values for all life.

In the Lakota Way, in the sacred hoop of life, we have many core values but I will tell you four important ones to me that you are fulfilling in this good work:

The first value is Wóksape, which means Wisdom

The second value is Wačhante Ognake, which means Generosity.

The third value is  Wowačiŋ Thaŋka, which means Fortitude.

The fourth value is Woóhola (wo oh hola) which means Respect..

Wopila - Thank You for hearing the Earth and the Ocean,
For all living things, for all the generations that have been and yet will be.

❧  Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ - All My Relations  ❧

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Footnote:
World Magna Carta Planet Earth & golden ankhs logo by Rhiannon White Plume

 

During our conversations on the subject, Rhiannon (who had already contributed her  'voice of indigenous youth page for World Magna Carta), began to see some possibilities; what if we used the ankh.., or multiples.., overlaid on a picture of the Earth... Rhiannon was ready to try, and promptly set to it..
The draft was not quite right, try again, not quite right, abandon and revisit..

Summer turned into Autumn. Finally, finally, the image emerged that satisfied every criteria; there needed to be a space in the middle, where the bottom of four ankhs met up so that the Earth could be seen in the centre. The colour of the ankhs could not be black, it transpired; they needed to be golden.., and hand-painted.

 

Now the graphic had passed muster, a fitting logo.

What had emerged was the essence and the promise of the World Magna Carta for the 21st century.