We’re going to Iceland!
Yes, we’re taking the Gratis Basis camera and our selves to beautiful Iceland! Why Iceland? Well, because the people of Iceland got fed up with fear, scarcity, competition, conflict and control, and have willed to co-create a world based on trust, abundance, cooperation, harmony and freedom in their country! They did exactly what Gratis Basis...
Finding Your Life’s Purpose
What I came to understand from my life lessons is when you keep doing things that are not your life’s purpose, something inside you will nudge you, a gut feeling, if you will. And it continues to nudge you until you realize and get engaged in what you came here for. So you have to...
Mark Boyle – The Moneyless Manifesto
Here is a great short film with wise words from Mark Boyle. That we need money to live – like it or not – is a self-evident truism. Right? Not anymore. Drawing on almost three years of experience as ‘The Moneyless Man’, Mark Boyle not only demystifies money and the system that binds us to...
“See the world you want to see”
We see the world through colored lenses. Nothing in this world has any intrinsic value or meaning as its attribute. It is only our perception – our way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something – that gives meaning or value to whatever we see or experience. Then, where do our perceptions come from? Throughout childhood,...
Sacred Economics – Charles Eisenstein
In his latest book, Charles Eisenstein traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great...
The Venus Project – Imagine a world without money
This short excerpt from the movie ‘Zeitgeist: Addendum’ by Peter Joseph, questions the current monetary system as it addresses the areas of: Work, Incentive, Civilization. It introduces the resource based economy, a system that works for the common good of everyone. Visionary and self-taught architect, Jacques Fresco’s Venus Project offers a comprehensive plan for social...
Smile Cards – a shift from “Me” to “We”
Nipun Mehta created “Smile Cards” in 2003 as a fun way to prove the interconnections of life. What started out as ‘positive pranks’, receiving a Smile Card would mean that you have been tagged with a random act of kindness, totally unconditional and from an anonymous stranger. Based on ‘pay it forward’, by receiving kindness...
Transition Town in Fujino, Japan
Transition Japan: Interview with Hide Enomoto, Transition Town Fujino