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Apologizing to future generations

Implementation

A letter of apology to the future was presented in 1993 on World Environment Day by the Conservation Foundation (UK) on the launching of a Year of Apology and Pledge. The letter was represented on the 1994 World Environment Day and buried in a time capsule.

Claim

We have not inherited the Earth from our grandparents; we have borrowed it from our grandchildren Chinese saying).

Broader

Apologizing
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Constrained by

Sacrificing present generations for the future
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Abstaining from the future
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Facilitates

Researching futures
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Articulating future vision
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Uniting generations
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Holding society accountable to the past and future
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Envisioning future development
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Ensuring government apologize for errors
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Enlarging community social vision
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Creating desired futures
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Channelling future generation energies
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Facilitated by

Predicting future costs of present policies
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Protecting rights of unborn children
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Advocating for posterity
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Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(F) Exceptional strategies
Subject
  • Society » Family
  • Policy-making » Future
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J2830
    DOCID
    12028300
    D7NID
    208278
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/apologizing-future-generations