The 7th Generation Principle is an invaluable approach to sustainable resource management which states that:
“In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
The Seventh Generation principle is based on an ancient first American philosophy of the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee, the founding document of the Iroquois Confederacy, the oldest living participatory democracy on Earth.
“We have a duty of care not only to our own children, but to the land and sea that feeds us, and seven generations on.”
The oldest living democracy understood this. It is critical that we understand and apply this now also.
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
