Buen vivir

Buen vivir (literally "to live well" in Spanish), sumak kawsay in Quechua or vivir bien is an indigenous concept with a universalist vocation used in particular in Ecuador. Buen vivir is based on the principle of a harmonious relationship between human beings and nature, of a community life made up of mutual aid, shared responsibilities, collective production and distribution of wealth according to the needs of the members of the community. community. In Bolivia, a similar concept of Aymara origin is used, suma qamaña (to live well). In his book Buen vivir: to imagine other worlds, Alberto Acosta Espinosa (es) defines it as follows: “It lays the foundations for a harmonious relationship between man and nature, breaking with the degradation caused by economic model based on consumption and growth. It is developing a democracy of a new type which, in addition to taking into account future generations, integrates historically excluded segments of the population: women, immigrants, inhabitants of lower-income neighborhoods… ".