Ecologic Foundation is based on this statement of our core values and identity.
We believe that all pathways to sustainability must respect and harmonise three sets of principles - those concerned with Ecology, Economy, and Ethics. These are the three Es of sustainability. Developed in a mutually supportive way, they can offer a new, multidimensional model of what we mean by wealth or progress.
We can claim sustainable progress when measures of economic, ecological and ethical well-being are all improving together - and not otherwise.
three Es mean to us:
~ We believe that ecological well-being arises when people live in harmony with nature, and safeguard the interests of future generations, by sustaining fundamental natural processes over time. Ecological well-being is based on a respectful relationship with nature, something the world is gradually re-learning the need for. This philosophy supports the careful use of natural resources for human benefit, but requires the avoidance of undue risk to ecosystems and their components, including humans.
~ We affirm that economic well-being is vital to enable fulfillment, opportunity, and freedom. We embrace the potentially positive roles of technology, innovation, economic growth and globalisation. We seek practical, enduring and least-cost solutions to the problems and challenges of the development process.
~ We believe ethical well-being is a characteristic of a society which affirms and develops the highest human qualities. A contemporary understanding of the character of an ethical society is one that shows and fosters respect for all people, considering their needs, values and interests; which cultivates mutuality, civility, personal integrity, openness, good faith, cultural expression, and respect for science and reason; and which links freedom with responsibility to others. |
