A few years ago, everyone was talking about the triple P, People, Planet and Profit. Those were the 3 pillars for sustainable development. Lately they have become less of the bingo words that often used. But that does not mean that this triple P is not still a crucial pillar of sustainable development. Without these 3 pillars, a regenerative design will also fail. History The three pillars people-planet-profit (called the Triple bottom line ) seem to have been devised in 1989 by John Elkington . It is interesting to see that at first sight these seem to correspond reasonably well with the 3 basic principles of the permaculture movement as formulated by Bill Mollison in his book 'Permaculture A designers manual' from 1988: Care of People, Care of the Earth, and Setting Limits to Population and Consumption; later these were popularized as people care, earth care, fair share. Although both are about money, Fair share is a different approach than Profit.