Sacred Economics: Resource List for Faith Organizations
Books:
New Economy Coalition: https://neweconomy.net/
Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy (CASSE): https://steadystate.org/
Post Carbon Institute: https://www.postcarbon.org/
Post Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/
Schumacher Center for a New Economics: https://centerforneweconomics.org/
New Economics Foundation (Europe): https://neweconomics.org/
The ReThink: https://therethink.org/
Unity EarthCare resources: Facebook page. Youtube Channel.
Greenfaith
Interfaith Power and Light
Blessed Tomorrow
Beyond GDP Metrics:
Organization Actions:
What do we want the economy to do for us, as individuals, as society?
Growth of What and For What?
What is Enough? How much consumption is optimal?
What are the properties of a sacred economy, a restoration economy?
Sources of Less Sensationalized, and even POSITIVE News:
Yes! Magazine
Positive News
Good News Network
Books:
- Sacred Economics, by Charles Eisenstein (also check out his website
- What’s the Economy for Anyway?, by John de Graaf
- Creating A World That Works For All, by Sharif Abdullah
- Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari (at least chapter 16 on Capitalism)
- The Soul of Money, By Lynne Twist (also her Soul of Money Institute)
New Economy Coalition: https://neweconomy.net/
Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy (CASSE): https://steadystate.org/
Post Carbon Institute: https://www.postcarbon.org/
Post Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/
Schumacher Center for a New Economics: https://centerforneweconomics.org/
New Economics Foundation (Europe): https://neweconomics.org/
The ReThink: https://therethink.org/
Unity EarthCare resources: Facebook page. Youtube Channel.
Greenfaith
Interfaith Power and Light
Blessed Tomorrow
Beyond GDP Metrics:
- Gross National Happiness Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness
- Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_progress_indicator
- Human Development Index: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi
- Doughnut Economics. Kate Raworth’s TED talk.
- Dwell in the concept of ENOUGH.
- Question Consumerism: How much is Enough?
- PLASTICS!
- Local and Reused
- FOOD!
- Divest
- Invest
Organization Actions:
- Divest
- Waste-free purchasing strategies
- Use your voice and platform (political does not mean partisan!)
- Spiritual/Sacred Activism
What do we want the economy to do for us, as individuals, as society?
Growth of What and For What?
What is Enough? How much consumption is optimal?
What are the properties of a sacred economy, a restoration economy?
Sources of Less Sensationalized, and even POSITIVE News:
Yes! Magazine
Positive News
Good News Network