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INITIATIVES
ENGAGED ECONOMICS Engaged Economics refers to a collaborative process of reciprocity in which those involved determine the form of exchange based on their unique capacity to give and receive. Engaged economics involves participatory and consensual forms, processes, and rates of exchange including standard currency, alternative currency, sliding scale, pay-as-you-can, pay-it-forward, barter, trade, time-for-services, time exchange, work exchange, gift economy, donation, and other creative, consensual, and collaborative exchange processes. A natural follow-up to mindfulness training now becoming available in schools is Reflective Dialogue, a form of interactive meditation and self-organized participation informed by Bohmian Diaogue, Nonviolent Communication, nondual traditions, and self-reflective processes. Reflective Dialogue deepens awareness and communication, and establishes a foundation of self-awareness, deep listening, and compassionate communication that supports participatory, self-organized approaches to living and learning. An omnidisciplinary educational program for kids imbued with creative processes based on an integral, sustainable, innovative, and intuitive approaches to learning. The Institute supports organizational dynamics based on transparency, creative consensus, self-design, sustainability, open communication, equitable practices, humanitarian values, engaged economics, and evolutionary processes. The Institute supports the development of collaborative, nature-based learning communities involved in self-designed learning programs based on creative, cooperative, intuitve, and natural approaches to learning as a living process. The Tetrahedron is an international architectural project comprised of four sixty-foot tetrahedral structures designed to be built near Mt. Haleakala, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Fuji, and Mt. Taranaki, forming a large spiraling tetrahedral template around the Pacific Rim, comprising an interactive structure for peace and understanding based on the deep creative essence and wisdom at the heart of all cultures, traditions, and disciplines. |
