 In community, NikiAnne Earthaven Ecovillage Member Co-Director at Earthaven Ecovillage’s School of Integrated Living (SOIL) Are you a sustainable economics geek? I certainly am. ‘Round here we often talk about sustainability as three legs of a stool—environmental, social, and economic. I’ve noticed that there’s a ton of interest, both inside and outside of our village, in two legs of the stool: the environmental (our homes, our farms, our food, our common areas) and the social (relationships, potlucks, conflict resolution, agreements, etc.). But overall there’s less interest in how our economy works. Is it because folks find economics confusing? Or boring? Or both? The truth is that if we don’t find ways to create viable economies, then ecovillages and other land-based projects cannot survive. Yet, as usual, we have to recreate these systems from the ground up. We don’t want to use the models of economics offered by our larger dominant culture. We don’t want predatory lending, or trickle down theories, or the rich-get-richer scenarios. We want fair-share policies, and right livelihood, and living wages, and cooperative ownership models, and a world (and village) where everyone is thriving economically. Are you also interested in envisioning a new story about time, money, and wealth? If so, join us for our online workshop, Village Economics at Earthaven Ecovillage: The Ins and Outs of Money and Wealth online workshop on May 8 from 3 – 5 pm Eastern Time. Here’s to real wealth for all of our holistic movements. |
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