This will involve holistic approaches to the environment, social justice, health, participatory democracy, and local economies. We envision a sustainable, regenerative society, based upon enduring wisdom and careful steward-ship. We envision a future characterized by a self-healing environment, honorable and ethical behavior, self-determination, and secure freedoms for a diverse people. We recogni
ze that we are woven within an intricately balanced web of life, and human activity is rapidly degrading Earth's ability to sustain the complexity and beauty of that web. As members of the Alliance, we feel compelled to organize intensely and to act appropriately to secure maximum vitality for nature and ourselves. We envision a future characterized by honorable and ethical behavior, self-determination, secure freedoms for a diverse people, and a self-healing environment. We join together to foster a sustainable, regenerative society, based upon enduring wisdom and careful stewardship. The personal and societal changes required to reach our goals will be profound and challenging. We affirm that these difficult changes will be lifesaving, deeply satisfying, and fulfilling. The process of achieving this vision is holistic, organic, and gradual. Working in alliance, we can intervene in peaceful ways to remove obstacles to that process, preserving fragile pathways toward recovery. We recognize the subtlety and complexity of biological, physical, and chemical processes across the Earth. While human disruptions in these cycles imply problems of global reach, choices made locally, such as those in food production, transportation, or energy use, can have im-mense positive results. We pledge to give equal attention to processes and goals as we strive to holistically influence the development of our communities. We therefore choose to initiate and support education, working examples, and community outreach programs. We seek to combine multiple and inter-dependent interests and to collaborate with diverse people on issues of mutual concern. With abiding respect for nature and humanity, with enduring deep commitment to conceive, research, and implement much better solutions, we vow to foster the required sensitivity and ingenuity for successful stewardship of the living Earth. We eagerly anticipate the opportunity to implement a society guided by wisdom and proudly conveyed to future generations.
