Better
way
charter.
Better
Way
Charter.
The inaugural Better Way Conference held in May 2022 in Bath, UK, was a forum bringing people together to co-create new ways of living and working that promote health, sense-making, and well-being. Participants included health, law, and environmental experts, human rights advocates, independent journalists, and laypeople from around the world, both in person and online.
Together, we invited each other to step away from fear and into community. We learned from each other and engaged in lively discussion with respectful curiosity and openness, embodying the better way we wish to see for ourselves and generations to come, welcoming, compassionate, inclusive, wise, and joyful.
This document sets out the issues and actions proposed. It is a reference point for World Council for Health partners, communities, and individuals everywhere to continue this exciting work of co-creating a Better Way, one step at a time.
We act in honour and do no harm
We do our best to live by this law, and enact the principles within this charter by it.
We are free beings with free will
We take responsibility for, and control of, our lives, our choices and our health.
We are part of nature
We recognise that the well-being of people and planet are interdependent and we nurture both in equal measure.
Spirituality is integral to our well-being
People are spiritual and we thrive when life has conscious meaning and higher purpose.
We thrive together
We are inclusive and value our diverse, integrated, and collaborative community.
We value different perspectives
We celebrate respectful discussion as the means to ever more refined knowledge, compassion and wisdom.
We use technology with discernment
We recognise technology used respectfully will enhance learning and wisdom to benefit people and planet.
/law-activism-committee/We do not tolerate the violation of people’s inalienable rights and freedoms*
Nor profit, power and influence coming before the well-being of people and planet
* freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, the right to free and
informed consent, the right to bodily integrity, and that everyone is innocent before proven guilty.
From Conversation 1 of the Better Way Conference: Reclaiming Science Together
From Conversation 2 of the Better Way Conference: Managing C19 Health Consequences
From Conversation 3 of the Better Way Conference: Fostering Active Communities
From Conversation 4 of the Better Way Conference: Reclaiming & Revolutionizing Media
From Conversation 5 of the Better Way Conference: Law, Justice, & Human Rights
From Conversation 6 of the Better Way Conference: Health, Environment, & Sovereignty
From Conversation 7 of the Better Way Conference: Innovate, Integrate, & Meditate
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