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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. Self Reflective Dialogue is a form of interactive meditation and self-organized participation. Informed by Bohmian Diaogue, Nonviolent Communication, nonduality, and self-reflective processes, Self Reflective Dialogue deepens awareness and communication, and establishes a foundation of deep listening, self-awareness, and compassionate communication that supports participatory and self-organized approaches to living and learning. The Art and Architecture of Consciousness for Kids is an transdisciplinary approach to education for kids based on individualized and creative approaches to learning that support the deepening of awareness, sensitivity to the subtle world of nature, and integral, self-designed, creative, sustainable, innovative, and intuitive processes of learning. Organizational Dynamics refers to organizations that base their dynamics on transparency, creative consensus, sustainability, open communication, equitable practices, humanitarian values, engaged economics, and evolutionary processes. Learning Communities embrace collaborative, cooperative, nature-based, intuitive, creative, and natural approaches to living as a learning 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. |
