We really want our work on spiral investing to be as accessible as possible. When it comes to writing about spiral investing - and especially when our audience often includes our peers in the foundation and funder world - we know we sometimes use words or phrases that feel exclusive, or act as barriers to understanding.

Here, we’ve listed out some terms which you’ll find elsewhere in our spiral investing Notion hub, and which we think could probably use a line or two of explanation! If you come across other words you’re not familiar with, let us know, and we’ll add them to the list (hopefully it won’t be too long!) Equally, if you read any of our definitions and think they can be improved or tweaked, drop us a line at [email protected] - we’re always learning!

For ease, we’ve listed the terms alphabetically:

• Buen vivir
• Community wealth building
• Degrowth
• Distributive and regenerative (by design)
• Eco-centrism
• Endowment
• Extractivism
• GDP
• (Institutionalised) philanthropy
• Just Transition
• Knowledge commons
• Neocolonialism
• Ontology
• Polycrisis
• Post-extractivism