Dear Listers<br><br>Thanks Raffi for introducing SACRED ECONOMICS.<br><br>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 globalisation. There is something disastrously wrong when
the three richest people have more wealth than the poorest 48 countries
in the world. How did 0.5% of the population amass 38% of the world's
wealth when 68% of the population have only 4.2%? <br>
<br>How can capitalism, which depends on consumption economics to create
more and more growth, continue when the earth's resources are finite
and the environment is ravaged to produce yet more wealth for the few.
In our hearts we know the old system is bankrupt and corrupt, so
something must change. Eisenstein's book is one attempt to look at what
the transition might involve.<br>
<br>For some years I have believed there is another way we can move away
from production and consumption of quantity by focusing on quality,
making and doing things that last and allow people to feel good without
using more and more precious resources.<br>
<br>Do you have any thoughts?<br><br>More specifically, does Open Space have a role to play here? How do we get from Bruce opening space from his park bench in deep winter to transforming the world?<br><br>Peace<br><br>
Kerry<br>Edinburgh<br><br>PS For more conversation with Charles Eisenstein, ust
click on the 12 minute film which will take you to YOU TUBE. The other
two films are further conversations with Eisenstein.<br><a dir="ltr" title="Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZkQv25uEs&playnext=1&list=PL5D65912B81EB9D7B&feature=results_main" target="_blank">Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein</a>
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<span>by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/777Bluewhale" dir="ltr" target="_blank">777Bluewhale</a></span>
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</div><div><ul><li><div><span>•</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZkQv25uEs&playnext=1&list=PL5D65912B81EB9D7B" target="_blank"><span dir="ltr">Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film</span></a></div>
<span>(12:09)</span></li><li><div><span>•</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKLXx6ZCcw&playnext=1&list=PL5D65912B81EB9D7B" target="_blank"><span dir="ltr">Sacred Economics - Charles Eisenstein Part 2</span></a></div>
<span>(9:22)</span></li><li><div><span>•</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4LsktuiaOU&playnext=1&list=PL5D65912B81EB9D7B" target="_blank"><span dir="ltr">Sacred Economics - Charles Eisenstein Part 1</span></a></div>
<span>(10:35)</span></li></ul></div><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D65912B81EB9D7B" target="_blank">view full playlist (3 videos)</a></p><br>