April 17, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Personal Development, Syntropic Enterprise
The Money Series Part 5. Real financial literacy In 2006, I realised that while I was pretty conversant with the global economy, my true financial literacy was very poor. By this, I specifically mean that I, like almost everyone else, made a series of unquestioned...
April 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
The Money Series Part 4. Societies focused on the long term view through complementary currencies To recap so far, we have discussed what money is, what its functions are, the difference between Yin and Yang Currencies, the archetype behind money and why all of this...
April 15, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
The Money Series Part 3. The archetype of money and why that matters Our society under today’s money system is polarised by either greed or scarcity, arising from a pool of fear. I have yet to meet anyone with a stable, neutral relationship to money. Take the...
April 14, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
The Money Series Part 2. Male and female currencies Buckminster Fuller said as one of his generalised principles that Unity is Plural, at minimum two. To go up, we must also come down. To move in, we move out. To have colour, we must have black and white. To have...
April 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A short series on money and how it has become central to our existence Money money money… How did we get to a place where we have elevated money to be central in our Universe? Where, instead of considering how best to educate children, we start with how much it...
April 10, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
What is money? And other questions we don’t ask What fascinates me in life is the things that we humans take for granted, without question. One of the reasons I fell in love with the work of Buckminster Fuller was that right out of the gate, he challenged...
