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The New Story: Charles Eisenstein in conversation with Satish Kumar

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Two delightfully articulate and insightful change makers in conversation about the new story. Charles Eisenstein, the author of Sacred Economics talks about the need to shift our economic model to one which does justice to the real needs and desires of humanity. Satish Kumar draws on Buddhist teaching and discusses what we can learn from Nature as we transition to a more just and equitable way of living on this finite planet. Presented by The Gaia Foundation and Resurgence & The Ecologist. Watch video

Interview | Nipun Mehta: Acting from the Heart

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Jacob Needleman talks with Nipun Mehta, the founder of Servicespace.org. Nipun started his career at Sun Microsystems. Dissatisfied with the dot-com greed of the 90s, he went to a homeless shelter with three friends to give with no agenda. That was the beginning of ServiceSpace. On his personal website Nipun writes, “My life is an attempt to bring smiles into the world and silence into my heart. I want to live simply, love purely and give fearlessly.” Continue reading

Documentary Illuminates the Power of Gift Culture

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New Story Summiteer, Marie Goodwin, interviews Robin McKenna on her film Gift.... "I recently met Robin McKenna, the director of GIFT, a film about different facets of the gift economy through the lens of Lewis Hyde's book The Gift. I was struck by how dedicated McKenna is to this project and by the interesting gift-based initiatives from all over the world that she features in her film. "Gifting as a concept can seem so abstract. I get a lot of people commenting to me that gift economics … Continue reading

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