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Beyond Green Economy - SACRED ECONOMICS Conference in Copenhagen

Sometimes your life is changed in most unanticipated ways. And sometimes you do have a premonition about that there is going to be a life changing event in your life - and you make sure that you are in the right place at the right moment. A moment like that happened to me last sunday when I attended the conference BEYOND GREEN ECONOMY @ Copenhagen Business School.

I have for a while now looked into the Transition movement as well as the concept of Circular Economy. Concepts that looked like the only way out of the economic dead end our world is stuck in today - but as much as I wanted to believe these concepts could work I could not entirely understand how? We can not proceed as before, fantasizing about how more economic growth will save us all, when there are clear limits to growth, as there are in any ecosystem. The Earth is no exception - and we have reached the limits of Homo sapiens' growth curve.

What follows can only be a decline until a stable population size is established. When we look at bacteria in a Petri dish, this is merely a scientific fact. But when we look at the human population the prospects become gruelling. Is this what we want? To try to push the limits, until the limits are pushing us back and we are at the point where truly only the strongest survive?

And who will be the strongest at that point? Real human individuals or the power mastodonts of our age: Corporations? It seems as if the corporations already have won the arms race, for we blindly believe that we MUST work harder, longer and in boring & unrewarding corporate jobs, to buy more and more and more things and services that the corporations produce.

Am I not right? Or who do YOU work for? For you? For food to eat, a place to live, time to spend with your family, friends and with yourself? Or for more and more things and services that cost money? And how are we going to cope globally if money ceased to exist in the form and with the financial banking system as we know today?

If there was a Basic Income guaranteed for every human on the planet, will it not result in chaos and competition (more than the chaos and competition already caused by our global economic system)?

Interesting thoughts like these were ewoked during the conference, and especially during the very inspiring talks by Charles Eisenstein, the author of Sacred Economics.

I realized that I was right in believing in that more spirituality in our daily lives was the answer. I realized that I am so right, in my fight against the separation we have endured - from nature, from our children, from our family and friends, and from our own bodies and spirits.

I feel more at peace now. I believe - more now - that things will be alright.

GREENHUNTER will continue to work actively on the green transition of our consumerism, on the reconnection to our true human nature, and the reconnection to our origin: the Universe. 

Join me in the search for information for a positive future for us. You might want to look into the links posted here, and especially the concepts of: Gift Economy, Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and read the book Sacred Economics.

CLICK HERE for more info about the conference

Charles Eisenstein - Author of Sacred Economics

Classic Capitalism encourages people to focus on maximizing their profit on every thing they purchase. Gift Economy makes people focus on maximizing the size of the gift they want to give. Think about it - it's basic human nature :) Wouldn't you act the same way if you considered giving a gift to someone?

Moodboard: Organic food - Ethical fashion - Safe cosmetics

This is what I am blogging about - This is what I'd love to create more of in our world <3

New in @ my pinterest board: Ethical Fashion

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

Source: riverandraven.com via Greenhunter on Pinterest

H&M Conscious Exclusive SS13

Apart from the 'regular' Conscious Collection, this spring H&M has launched a collection of more exclusive clothing that has been sustainably produced. Consisting primarily of evening gowns and matching accessories, these items are produced with more individual ornaments and are also priced higher than the usual H&M garment.

I was out browsing in H&M's biggest shop in Copenhagen (Strøget/Amagertorv) with best friend M the other day, and this is what I stumbled upon:

 Here's a lovely, heavily ornamented 50's looking dress complete with a matching box purse. I am trying to save some money at the moment, otherwise this purse most def was going to come with me. At retail price 250 Dkr it's a steal. (Made of recycled polyester).

Mannequins clad in the Conscious Exclusive collection.

 Something for the fellas....Conscious shoes in the men's department. Don't expect any barefoot feeling in this puppies though. ;)

Lovely kimono and matching loose pants. They look like silk, but are in fact recycled polyester. Price accordingly: only about 300 Dkr / piece.

And here I am, wearing the conscious item I ended up buying, it's a pale denim shirt made of Tencel with click on glass-colored buttons. Casual and comfy, also a color that fits anything (and, most importantly all the trousers I have planned wearing for this summer :) And speaking of trousers, note the pair I'm wearing; army colored organic cotton conscious pants with (a lot) of golden zippers. They're cropped, but on a shorter woman like me, they work perfectly as ancle-long pants.

Case story: Eco men's jacket

This is a challenge I accepted from my friend R, who is currently looking for a new jacket. Here follows a cool selection of eco-conscious men's winter/spring jackets, greenhunted by yours truly. Maybe you would love a free green styling for you, too? Drop me a line why you qualify in the comments section, and you just might get it! Love, Greenhunter

Shop Hemphoodlamb
Shop A Question Of
Shop @ Greenbalance.dk
Shop @ Organicdesigns.dk

Funktionsjakke – fra H&M

http://www.hm.com/dk/s/051L80

BRICK LANE BIKES/CONSCIOUS COLLECTION. Jakke i vindtæt og vandafvisende, åndbar kvalitet. Jakken har aftagelig hætte med løbegang og tapede sømme. Åbning med lynlås i siderne og lufthuller under armene til ventilation. Brystlomme med velcrolukning og forlommer og en baglomme med klap og knaplukning. Meshstykke i ryggen og skulderparti med knaplukning. Elastikbånd indvendigt i ryggen, så jakken kan bæres som rygsæk. To indvendige lommer med knaplukning.

www.hm.com

Eco Fashion World - search directory for ethical fashion

Today I stumbled upon a fantastic website, that makes it possible to search and browse through various brands and webshops that sell ethical fashion (why haven't I found this earlier??). The site is not information only, as the brands searchable have to pay to be included, however there is a huge amount of information and inspiration for you that want to find new interesting eco fashion to shop! Ethical categories include: Veganism, Ethically produced, Craft/Artisan, Custom, Fair Trade, Organic, Recycled, Vintage. Almost all these are welcome alternatives to regular fashion production, that has great negative impact on the environment, lives of the people producing it and the health of the users. Search, browse and get inspired! Happy shopping :)