Gift Ecomony
Dear readers,
In these times where the unexpected is so present, where it is so important to support each other, we would like to explore new ways of exchange, new ways of thinking in money terms.
I have very little experience with commercial activities of life. I have been a voluntary worker in Auroville, India, for more than 26 years, and have almost exclusively worked in service areas.
It often has been almost miraculous how I have been able to live outside the system of economic exchange.
So this website is also not set up commercially as you can see. Personally, I’m trying to dream the new….letting the new come to me from a point of stillness, and maybe together with you.
If we stay still, just a little, we will all know that the way the world functions right now is not how we wish it to be. We may also discover hidden gems of new ways of functioning and good intentions,
We begin by offering you a book called Glimpses of Wonder on gift economy, and hope new things will emerge soon, like an online course, and hopefully new activities in Auroville too.
We continue to offer the World Game for children, which is a way of expressing and not forgetting the dreams for the future.
We will explore the ways of donation or/and gift economy in certain activities and see how it works.
Partially we will also continue fixed contributions till we know gift economy becomes sustainable. It might sound like a dream, yes, and it is good to keep on dreaming.
If you feel something touches you when reading some of the articles, or watching pictures, or videos, please feel free to make a donation by contacting me at spiritandnature@auroville.org.in.
Your support of ongoing work is very much appreciated.
In togetherness,
Aikya