The ocean covers 70% of our planet. The Blue Economy asks what it means to build commerce that honours, restores, and is sustained by our waters — from fisheries to shipping, from coastal communities to deep-sea stewardship.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Ocean regeneration and marine ecosystem restoration

• Sustainable aquaculture and food systems rooted in water stewardship

• Coastal community livelihoods and indigenous water knowledge

• Blue carbon sequestration and climate-linked ocean initiatives

• Clean water access and water justice movements

The Giving Economy reimagines value exchange — moving beyond transaction toward reciprocity, generosity, and mutual flourishing. It is the economy of people who give because it is the right thing to do, and who build systems that make giving structurally possible.

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Causes we fund within this economy:

• Philanthropy infrastructure for underserved communities

• Platforms enabling micro-giving and community-led giving circles

• Campaigns connecting donors directly to impact in real time

• Education initiatives making purposeful giving accessible at all levels

• Legacy gifting and intergenerational wealth transfer toward social good

The Human Economy centres people — their dignity, their wellbeing, their potential. It is built on the belief that economies should serve human flourishing, not the other way around.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Dignified work and fair labour systems in underrepresented communities

• Mental health and human potential programmes for leaders and communities

• Education access and systemic literacy for underserved populations

• Grief, healing, and trauma recovery infrastructure

• Initiatives supporting women's economic empowerment and leadership

The Friendship Economy is built on trust, connection, and shared purpose. It recognises that the most resilient systems — economic, social, ecological — are built through relationship, not transaction.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Community-building platforms and cross-cultural connection programmes

• Business networks rooted in values and mutual support

• Mentorship ecosystems connecting emerging builders with experienced leaders

• Cooperative models that prioritise relationship over competition

• Peacebuilding and reconciliation initiatives using commerce as a bridge

Micro-finance has proven for decades that small capital, delivered with dignity, can change lives. The One Earth Global Fund expands this model — not just for poverty alleviation, but for purpose-led enterprise at the grassroots.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Micro-loans for community enterprises aligned with regenerative values

• Impact-adjusted repayment models linked to Purpose Currency

• Women-led enterprise development in emerging economies

• Financial literacy and economic sovereignty programmes

• Cooperative lending circles and community capital pools

Health is not a product. It is a system — one that must integrate body, mind, community, and environment. The Integrative Health Economy funds the builders who understand this, and who are designing healthcare around wholeness rather than symptom management.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Integrative and preventative health models in underserved communities

• Indigenous healing practices and plant medicine research

• Mental health infrastructure for conscious leaders and communities

• Programmes linking ecological health with human health outcomes

• Wellness education and health sovereignty movements

The food system is one of the most powerful levers for planetary transformation. The Nature-Led Farming Economy supports the farmers, growers, and land stewards who are proving that regenerative agriculture is not idealistic — it is the only long-term solution.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Regenerative agriculture and soil restoration programmes

• Indigenous and traditional farming knowledge preservation and scaling

• Agroforestry and food forest development

• Seed sovereignty and biodiversity protection

• Farm-to-community supply chains removing extractive intermediaries

The Law Economy reimagines legal systems as instruments of justice, rights, and regeneration — not gatekeeping. It funds the lawyers, advocates, and legal innovators building frameworks for a world that works for all people and all species.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Environmental law and rights of nature legal frameworks

• Access to justice initiatives for marginalised communities

• Legal infrastructure for purpose-led enterprise and DAF structures

• Indigenous land rights and sovereignty legal advocacy

• Corporate governance reform toward stakeholder accountability

The Village Economy is a return to something ancient and something future: the belief that the most resilient, human-scale economic systems are built at community level. It is localisation without isolation — rooted villages connected to a global movement.

Causes we fund within this economy:

• Community land trusts and affordable housing co-operatives

• Local currency and time-banking systems

• Village-scale renewable energy and food sovereignty

• Intergenerational knowledge transfer and elder wisdom programmes

• Rural regeneration and depopulation reversal through purpose-led enterprise