- Protect, preserve, and restore the natural environment and ensure clean, healthy living and working environments for all people.
- Recognize that a healthy environment is integral to long-term economic interests and is supportive of new enterprises and jobs.
- Establish equitable pricing policies to reflect all long-term environmental and economic costs, not just those of the current market.
- Maximize conservation and develop local renewable resources, so that resources and opportunities are available for future generations.
- Ensure that government, business, and communities recognize and are accountable for the environmental and social consequences of their policies.
- Make all environmental decisions democratically, involving participation of all socio-economic, cultural and racial backgrounds to ensure environmental equity.
- Encourage all sectors of the population to work together to create and implement policies in support of the above principles.
The above principles were developed by the Southern California Council on Environment and Development in 1993.