Ten principles
As a result of its first stage of structured assessment, which included a qualitative content analysis of 238 document sources, GANE has identified and elaborated ten ecological, social, political economy and holistic principles cutting across 38 economic approaches.
They include:
- social–ecological embeddedness and holistic well-being;
- interdisciplinarity and complexity thinking;
- limits to growth;
- limited substitutability of natural capital;
- regenerative design;
- holistic perspectives of people and values;
- equity, equality and justice;
- relationality and social enfranchisement;
- participation, deliberation and cooperation and
- post-capitalism and decolonization.
These approaches are discussed in detail in a publication in Nature Sustainability.