Social Sustainability
Seventh Generation Principle
The Haudenosaunee principle that decisions should be weighed for their effects on people seven generations into the future.
Definition
The Seventh Generation Principle is a teaching attributed to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) Great Law of Peace, holding that leaders should consider how their decisions will affect people seven generations into the future. It expresses intergenerational responsibility as a governance discipline: every significant decision is evaluated against the welfare of descendants far beyond any political or market horizon.
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