EIP

EIP stands for Ecological, Institutional, Political.

This graphical approach maps well onto the Triple Bottom Line.

Here the term "Ecological" encompasses the geological aspects of life on this planet, the biological aspects of life on this planet, as well as the interconnectedness--the ecological aspects.

The term Institutional stands for all the man made semipermanent organizations of people that have purposes and take action toward those purposes.

I take my cue from Elinor Ostrom's work on institutions. Well worth everyone's study. In this context the Ecological is the real commons.

The term Political encompasses the social world and its' structures and areas that people have created in order to govern themselves--in order to make decisions that affect themselves.