The Examined Path Through Indigenous seventh-generation thinking

The seventh-generation principle, found in several indigenous traditions, asks decision-makers to consider the impact of their choices on people seven generations hence — roughly 200 years in the future. It is a radical reorientation of the time horizon that most contemporary decision-making operates within. As a framework for environmental and social responsibility, it asks something genuinely difficult: to act with care for people who will never know your name.

The course sequence, in order.

Each step builds on the last.