Goals
THE LAUDATO SI’ GOALS
Ecological Economics
Ecological Economics acknowledges that the economy is a sub-system of human society, which itself is embedded within the biosphere–our common home. A proposed set of actions to make progress towards this goal includes the following (to be finalized in the coming months).
- Building and supporting the circular economy by launching trading communities and purchasing from retailers that use recycled materials.
- Ensuring financial investments are ethical and sustainable by divesting from fossil fuels, investing in socially responsible enterprises, amd choosing ethical banking and insurance companies.
- Practicing fair and sustainable purchasing by supporting ethical businesses, taking a “total cost of ownership approach” to purchases, making a sustainability shopping list, and purchasing from local retailers.
- Ensuring the dignity of workers by supporting good jobs with liveable wages and benefits, supporting cooperative management practices, supporting those who perform “care labor,” and buying from cooperatives and other ethical enterprises.
- Participating in the gift economy by teaching gift economy values.