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Sustainable development principles
of the Projet de société
- all deliberations must be informed by respect for
nature, including the rights of other species and future
generations;
- all persons should be able to participate in transitions
to sustainability;
- the process should be based on anticipation and
prevention;
- issues related to sustainability should be neither won
nor lost, but resolved;
- informed decision making must consider the full cost of
actions;
- the process should take into account social,
interregional, and intergenerational equity;
- the process should be a dynamic learning one.
From: Canadian Choices for Transitions to Sustainability.
Ottawa : Projet de société. Final draft, May 1995.
Chapter 1.
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