[SustainableTompkins] guiding principles for sustainability

[Katie Quinn-Jacobs]

I'd add:

Build resiliency and self-sufficiency into households, workplaces and 
cooperative networks.

-- Katie Q-J



GayNicholson at aol.com wrote:

> 
> 
>On October 12, 2006, participants in the monthly Sustainable  Tompkins 
>gathering explored the many dimensions of what we will have to do to  co-create a 
>more sustainable society.  One of our exercises was to explore what principles 
>we should use to  guide our choices.  Below is the  list that we started that 
>night.  Please feel free to add your ideas via our listserv.  They'll reside  
>in our archives until we can add this to our website layout. 
>GUIDING  PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABILITY 
>(what principles for making  decisions would help ensure that outcomes lead 
>to sustainability?) 
>
>    1.  Use  local resources  
>    2.  Equity  for all  
>    3.  How  much is enough?  
>    4.  Balance   
>    5.  Closed-loop  design  
>    6.  Precautionary  principle  
>    7.  “And  then what?”  -- ecoliteracy and  systems testing  
>    8.  Waste  not, want not.  
>    9.  Right  livelihood  
>    10. 7  Generations decision making  
>    11. No  regrets decision making  
>    12. “The  economy and society are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the 
>environment.”  
>    13. Enough  for all.  
>    14. Participation  in decision making  
>    15. Renewal  not consumption  
>    16. Buy  local  
>    17. Build  adaptable communities that can accommodate needed change in 
>the future  
>    18. Design  for a restorative economy and culture  
>    19. Learn  from the particular wisdom and assets of your place – your 
>bioregional and  local cultural heritage  
>    20. Link  conservation to reduced cost of living  
>    21. Justice  for current and future humans, species, and ecosystems
>
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