WE BELIEVE THAT:

· Humankind is especially responsible for the care of the planet, holding it in trust for all other living things and for future generations.

· No activities, which may cause irreversible damage to our environment or planet, should be undertaken.

· In a world of finite resources, uncontrolled economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. As valuable resources become scarce competition for those resources will grow.

· Our society must greatly reduce its unsustainable dependence on nonrenewable energy resources and develop a renewable energy technologies and a low-consumption economy.

· The equal rights of all people to food, shelter, clothing, health and education should be protected, irrespective of nation, colour, sex, sexuality, age, and physical or mental ability.

· We should work for world peace rather than prepare for war.

· Laws which protect the planet, which increase rather than diminish individual freedoms, rights, choices, and which, when necessary, mediate between peoples where those freedoms and rights conflict must be agreed on and supported. Increased personal freedoms and rights must be balanced by increased personal responsibility.

· Economic activity and work should be personally fulfilling and geared towards the benefit of the individual and the local working community, not only the profits of absentee owners or shareholders.

· Progress should be measured in terms of quality of life for all the world's inhabitants' personal freedom, human fulfillment and spiritual growth rather than centralized power, uniformity and material wealth.

· The values of caring, cooperation, nurturing and sharing must be encouraged to replace the values of competitiveness, domination and aggression, which have characterized our society for so long.

· Our policies must reflect the interdependence of all living things and the interconnectedness of all political and social activity.