Sacred Commerce

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Sacred Commerce

November 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Archives, Bright Green Economics | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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It is more than coincidence that two books with the title Sacred Commerce have been released at nearly the same time, and also at the time of this emerging global financial recalibration.

I recommend both books,

Ayman Sawaf and Rowan Gabrielle’s, Sacred Commerce: The Rise of the Global Citizen can be further researched and purchased from their website; http://www.sacredcommerce.com.

Founders of Cafe Gratitude, Mathew and Terces Engelhart’s, Sacred Commerce: Business as a Path of Awakening can be purchased from their website; http://www.cafegratitudestore.com/sacredcommerce.html

Whether you purchase these books as gifts for friends, family, your own development or you merely read the descriptions; both of them speak to the currency of checking in with our deeper sense of value.

In the process of drafting a proposal for a revolving loan fund with a friend and colleague, we came across an amusing acronym in articulating the quadruple bottom line; FESS. Financial, Ecological, Social and Spirit, adding UP for Unlimited Potential, and thus we had FESS UP, a playful and sincere collective invitation. Shortly after that I came across PASS, in the text of Cafe Gratitude’s founders book, standing for; Profit, Awakening, Sustainability and Service.

With or without clever acronyms, we are onto something and it is a truly an emergent, intuitive Win-Win capacity.

To catch some other fresh perspective on these emerging potentials relating to micro-lending and more, visit this blog, http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/prosper-a-microlending-model-f-001760.php,

and have fun exploring and articulating the 4 Deep bottom line.

Do your voting everyday, with your dollars and sense.


Bright Green Design Solutions for a Win-Win World

September 30th, 2008 | Posted in Archives, Bright Green Economics | Tags: , , ,
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I decided to do a little web research on the meme of Bright Green in order to feel out the field that I am emerging with, and also to ascertain if it is indeed the right tag.

I found some interesting links:

On Bright Green Leadership I found this site, http://www.brightgreenleadership.com/, with this set of five principles;
Bright Green Principles
” * A passion for solving environmental problems
* A positive vision of the future
* The conviction that business and technology can provide practical solutions
* The determination to use leadership to promote sustainability
* Increased profitability and employee engagement combined with a decreased carbon footprint ”

I really resonate with the role of leadership. I was thinking about this in regards to global politics and the idea of modeling peace and a regenerative economy. Clearly in the United States we have a powerful opportunity, and some would say a responsibility to model a peaceful planetary solution. I am clearly called to participate in and promote cultivating the Culture of Peace.

In the process of fleshing out the idea for creating a repository for Bright Green start-ups as a Citizens Solution offering, I came up with this basic list of design priorities;
Bright Green Business
* Creates Jobs
* Regenerates Ecology
* Improves social conditions, quality of life
* Meets and helps to shape market demands
* Supports transition for existing infrastructure and business
* Is Education in Action

As far as taking on urban scale in China, this Wired article covers some of the depth of the challenges and opportunities in Bright Green design for the urban scale.

I would also like to see more retrofit designs and DIY (do it yourself) scale solutions, perhaps they would land in the same repository.

It probably was about four years ago when I first got turned on to Worldchanging, their tagline, “Another World is Here”, was and is music to my ears. I actually stopped tracking that site regularly before they printed the book and made major changes on the site. After a recent visit, seems like a powerful resource and growing, or should I say glowing, Bright Green.

The last stop on this brief tour of Bright Green potentials is an article written for What is Enlightenment? A Brighter Shade of Green Rebooting Environmentalism for the 21st Century
by Ross Robertson

That’s a great intro the Bright Green Meme, now let’s take it to the next level!


Gratitude for Services