Dr. Michael Beckwith (star in "The Secret") describes a new paradigm of commerce in terms of energy, where we give and we receive until we realize that giving and receiving is one in the same thing. Listen to this quick audio by pressing the play button below.
Entertaining cartoons explain money, banking, bailouts, and solid solutions for ethical commerce. Watch "Money As Debt II: Promises Unleashed".Do business with local merchants like Business Networking International or Referral Quest instead of people you don't know, franchises or faceless monopolies. Support the arts, and buy tickets to the events hosted, produced, or marketed by your friends.
In any ethical marketplace, value is associated to physical products, common services, unique knowledge, or special ability/talent. What it also posses is an element of social credit (networking, it's who you know, or reputation -- who knows you). Our current mainstream monetary system has both these huge elements, which is why our monetary system seems like an ethical system in general.
It's always a good idea to invest in yourself (consciousness, knowledge, ability), and social credit (helping others, giving to community). This is more important than acquiring monetary wealth because when our current system crashes / as we transition into a new one, it will be your intelligence and your relationships that will quickly build your new wealth. Gift the article, 7 Totally Different Ways to Give Big to People.
Participate in grass-roots movements like Seed Your City. Engage with emerging neighborhood projects like the inspiring Fireweed Universe-City happening in Detroit, Michigan. Grow and/or buy local food. Have a well-balanced, healthy diet and use supplements and nutritional products like those from Vemma and TriVita. E-Foods Direct is a great resource to stock and consume foods that are very good for you. Melaleuca is a wellness company that offers eco-friendly cleaning, laundry, bath/body, dental, and beauty products.
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The general rule of community commerce: If you do register on any of these web sites, always use: A) The name of the person who may have in the past told you about that particular product/service, first. B) The name of the person who told you about this web site, second (they may not be registered, in which case you can register them). And, C) If they don't want to participate, register under Danish Ahmed (creator of this web site).Take time to know how the current mainstream monetary system really works. Give all the people at your local bank a copy of "Money as Debt" (DVD) to awaken them. For more information, visit "Hug Your Bank".
There are several alternative and completely ethical monetary systems we can use. Here's a currency based on your time called Time Dollars. Here's the Digital Coin created by Paul Grignon.
Founded in 2003 by Lynne Twist, the Soul of Money Institute is a center for exploring and sharing the best practices, theories, and attitudes that enable people to relate to money and the money culture with greater freedom, power, and effectiveness.
GlobalMojo is a new web browser that helps you generate money for your favorite causes (including millions of registered charities and non-profits around the world) simply by browsing the Internet the same way you do every day, and at no cost to you.
It doesn't take money anymore to get mass exposure. What it does take is a collective consciousness of individuals committed to a common purpose. Now there are FREE full-day workshops around the world that will teach you financial intelligence. If you can read, but don't, you may as well be illiterate. So join us at the next Millionaire Mind Intensive Weekend.Instead of seeing a doctor, visit a holistic nutritionist, an intuitive/spiritual healer, or alternative professional equivalent. Don't see a psychiatrist, see a psychologist or psychotherapist. Rather than inject pharmaceuticals, uncover meet-up groups on the Internet which have the challenges you face.
Research alternative medicine and natural remedies. Look into Montessori and other forms of alternative education for your children, or institutions like The Transformational Arts College for your continued education. The Graduate Institute offers programs in emerging fields of academic inquiry.
Did you know how socially and politically aware Generation We is? Support them financially, because they have the genius and drive to change the world. Maybe you have Indigo children? Embrace their wisdom.Don’t spend your time or consciousness trying to save $5 (you're probably spending more money in gas, not to mention all the inconvenience/frustration). Instead, learn about taxes and interest, because they are the two biggest expenses of your life. The best way to avoid both of them is to barter whenever possible, or join barter networks. "Local Exchange/Employment Trading Systems" (LETS) allow people a hybrid system of currency exchange with local bartering.
Joint-venturing (like being an affiliate partner) is a great way to do business, eliminating transaction cost and fostering more community/co-creation.
Invest in people you know and organizations you care about. You don't need a lot of money to make a difference. There are lots of new business models which allow you to make a big difference with very little money. For instance, fund movies made by movements, such as "The Shift Movie".Become knowledgeable about the multi-level/network marketing industry. These organizations are much more ethical (not perfect) than the brands you’ve been brainwashed to feel so good about -- and you’d be supporting your family and friends (and their families, and their friends, etc., etc.).
See how the media deliberately portrays MLMs as negative, in this short video called "The Media Virus".
There are many health-oriented MLM companies with products that are not available in the mainstream marketplace simply because they are "magical cures" that would hurt the pharmaceutical companies. Some products have known to degenerate cancers and build stronger immune systems. You can look into Vemma and TriVita.
Tragedy and Hope creates and incubates holistic, sustainable projects targeted at addressing mankind’s most urgent concerns; while laying an unshakable foundation to carry Us into the future while empowering all people with the information to make informed decisions in their lives.
Forget about lawyers. Write contracts for the sake of effective communication, and choose to do business with those whose word you trust. The only ones who win in a corrupt legal system are the lawyers who have no incentive to authentically transform your situation.Social Entrepreneurship
When you leave your money dormant in a bank, it isn't dormant at all. Institutions are leveraging that money (multiplied by 10 based on our fractional-reserve banking system) to fund wars, genocide, and corruption. There are so many more noble things you can do with your money, especially as the dollar rapidly declines to nothing. Put your money to work -- on the things you believe in.
Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change.
Rather than leaving societal needs to the government or business sectors, social entrepreneurs find what is not working and solve the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution, and persuading entire societies to take new leaps. For more information, visit the Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation.
The Centre for Social Innovation is a dynamic space in downtown Toronto, Canada. Our mission is to spark and support new ideas that are tackling the social, environmental, economic and cultural challenges we face today. We’re creating the spaces that social innovation needs to thrive and we’re contributing a few of our own ideas along the way!
Become a social entrepreneur. Humanity Unites Brilliance is an organization that helps fund social entrepreneurs. You can do well by doing good. Earn a living by giving. Participate in our economic engine to fuel all charities and non-profits of the world. It's a new paradigm in business and humanitarian living. It is shifting our economic constructs from an acquisition and control model, to the new emerging gift economy.
If you would like to engage in this culture, buy books, DVDs, or magazines, visit Conspiracy Culture.If you believe in our mission of social justice, world peace, and personal fulfillment for everyone, then, in addition to supporting illegal wars with your tax dollars, consider supporting us financially as well. All of us in this movement still need to use the current monetary system and would really appreciate you funding us in whatever capacity that works for you.
