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Development That Lasts
True development serves the present without diminishing the future.
Gains won by depleting the natural world, or the prospects of those to come, are borrowed rather than earned. We favour development that is regenerative — strengthening communities and ecosystems together rather than trading one against the other.
This means preferring solutions rooted in local stewardship and long time-horizons, in the knowledge that human and ecological well-being are finally inseparable.
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”Proverb
In Practice
Prioritising locally-led, regenerative approaches.
Funding with patient, long-horizon time-frames.
Weighing the well-being of future generations in every decision.