This Spring I presented at an event called The Meaningful Work Retreat. One of the co-presenters, Brenna Atnikov was working with a cool Calgary group called Thrive. It was the perfect example of becoming a hub that I talk about so much. It’s in the non-profit context but I thought you might be inspired by […]
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A new documentary looking at economics through a whole new lense. ‘Both hard hitting and inspiring, ‘The Economics of Happiness’ demonstrates that millions of people across the world are already engaged in building a better world – that small scale initiatives are happening on a large scale. The film shows that countless initiatives are united
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I don’t think there’s anything that matters more than empathy in marketing. Really understanding someone else’s life. Understanding other people’s experiences. Here’s one of the best ‘big pictures’ on what it’s like to be alive and conscious these days that I’ve heard. Could you do the same for your clients? Could you map out the
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I do marketing consulting for hippies. I work with green, eco-friendly, holistic and otherwise conscious entrepreneurs to help them get more clients and increase their cash-flow. I help them find sustainable livelihoods doing the things they love. And I have a confession. I don’t think the Green Economy is sustainable. I don’t think it’s the
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We are trying to build a new conscious economy. The old suicide economy isn’t working. But in making something new – we must always be careful to not just recreate the old one. And I think J.R.R. Tolkien has some important words about this. “We are going to inherit the earth. There is not the
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Key Lessons from this Ad: This commercial is so rich in watchable content that everyone in the local scene is going to spread it far and wide. What if you made your marketing so useful that people in your scene used it to further their own causes? [vsw id=”CRfjMOjrfnI” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] If
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Adbusters March-April 2006 Michael Shuman, author, The Smallmart Revolution If Mohandas Gandhi were a typical North American activist these days, he would probably be wearing a three-piece suit and working in a plush office with his law degree prominently displayed. He would have little time to lead protests, since every other week would be spent
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Perhaps the best resource on this is the Business Association for Local Living Economies (www.livingeconomies.org). Here’s how they put – see if this doesn’t resonate deeply with you: A Local Living Economy ensures economic power resides locally, sustaining healthy community life and natural life, as well as long-term economic viability. A Living Economy is guided
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“The solution to globalization is not to throw rocks at big businesses like Wal-Mart but to build the alternative,” says Shuman, author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age. The “alternative” that Shuman is talking about includes not just businesses that are planted on Main Street but entire economies that are locally
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(This blog post is a compilation of the writings of David C. Korten, Victor Bremsen and Judy Wicks). David Korten: Having reached the limits of an Era of Empire, humanity is compelled to accept responsibility for the consequences of its presence on a finite planet, make a conscious collective choice to leave behind the excesses
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