Stewardship of the Whole

People and organizations, including businesses, have shared responsibility for whole systems at multiple levels. That means long-term care and stewardship of the wellbeing of humans everywhere and in all statuses and of local to global planetary resources, which is our shared global commons.



Regenerativity, Reciprocity, Circularity

Production processes and use of natural resources recognize the Earth’s capacity for renewal (regenerativity), mutually beneficial relationships within and between communities from local to global (reciprocity). There is a systemic understanding that waste in one part of a system needs to equal food in another (circularity). 

Co-creating collective value

Businesses, governments, and civil society institutions have as their central goal the optimization of collective value. They work for the wellbeing and dignity of humans and non-human beings in harmony with nature regenerativity capacities, bringing the idea of wealth back to its original meaning of health, wellbeing, and prosperity.



Relationality and Connectedness

Humans are caring, social beings living in community with each other and in integral relationship with and as part of nature. Everything in human and natural systems is seen as connected to and interdependent with the life-giving properties of our living Earth. 

Cosmopolitan-localist governance. 

Governance is organized in a local to global framework, with decision making taking place in the most local context reasonable. People in mutually-supportive communities are sharing knowledge, skills, ideas, technologies, cultures, and ecologically sustainable resources. Community-based self-sufficiency and reciprocity between the local and global levels is promoted. 



Equitable Markets and Trade

Markets and trade are designed for fairness, access, and equity. They offer fully-costed and contextually-appropriate products and services, while allowing for local to national self-sufficiency as desired.