[OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-20 Thread Kerry Napuk
Dear Listers Thanks Raffi for introducing SACRED ECONOMICS. If we can find a way to get rid of money by reinventing the way we exist, the banksters will disappear along with all the greedy and selfish people who have accumulated the world's riches on the backs of others through the shibboleth of

[OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-22 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Kerry, Thanks for sharing those other links to Eisenstein. I'm also enjoying listening to his earlier book, Ascent of Humanity (which of course is freely available as an e-book and as audio). As for what we can do- I think that is a great question. Part of it for me is simply learning to live in

[OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-23 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
miguel-jan, doug-jan, kerry-jan and all, salam! miguel thanks so much for sharing the berlin story. beautiful, simple, and elegant one! and inspiring. at the end of may, i am planning on taking part in the Village Building Convergence in portland, oregon. as i've shared on the list before, i th

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-20 Thread facilit8 - Amanda Bucklow
Kerry speaking as someone who frequently feels a sense of 'pushing water up a mountain with a fork', one answer to your passionately posed question is actually full of irony... ... for thousands of years, humanity has been self-organising into tribes in search of protection from the uncertaint

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-20 Thread Brett Barndt
So important these questions and these topics. The kinds of crises that are precipitated and arise from these kinds of economic times merit the attention now of anyone who wants to positively contribute to change. Michael Rowbotham's book "Grip of Death" does an interesting job of showing how inse

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-21 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Reading the posts on economics and especially the part about bankers made me look into "Tales from Open Space", a grand little collection HO published in 1995. There is a report of bankers of the World Bank in open space (Lessons from Open Space at the World Bank by Giles and Robbins Hopkings).

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-22 Thread doug
Raffi-- Tell us about your birthday gift circle: who did and did not do what? :- Doug. On 04/22/2013 08:56 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: Kerry, Thanks for sharing those other links to Eisenstein. I'm also enjoying listening to his earlier book, Ascent of Humanity (wh

Re: [OSList] sacred economics 101 and the future

2013-04-23 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
I also like the question of what I/we can do. What is a real prerequisite is a "burning business issue". Seems that those critters pop up in our suburban neighborhood for decades and have always brought people together with ensuing action. Two examples: ---In the early nineties of the last centu