Welcome, Guardians of the Future.

This is an interactive site to develop the idea of Future Generation Guardianship and record its progress.

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What is Future Generation Guardianship?

People who live today have the sacred right and obligation to protect the commonwealth of the Earth and the common health of people and all our relations for many generations to come.

Future Generation Guardianship is one way to do that. It is a new twist on an ancient idea.

It's the Seventh Generation Principle of the Iroquois linked to the active role of guardianship. Read the The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship to see how this idea was expressed in 2006, based on consultations with Indigenous people.

Guardians of future generations take specific responsibility for our common future.

Future Generation Guardianship can become law and personal practice. Communities, religious groups, and organizations can take specific responsibilities for the wellbeing of future generations. We can all become guardians in our own backyards.

Developing this idea calls for everyone's help, wisdom, and experience.

People are only beginning to put future guardianship into practice. Explore this site freely and register to add your ideas. See How to use this site.

Read Background, Some ideas about Guardianship, and
The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship for an introduction to Future Generation Guardianship.

Visit the Living Library for stories about guardianship, ideas of how to put it into law and practice, and much more.

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How to use this site

Background

Some ideas about Guardianship

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

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