Declaration of Interdependency

Independence without separation = Interdependency

Our bodies are made of the earth… our bodies shall return to the earth…

The earth is made of star dust… and so are we…

We are connected to each other and to the cosmos…

Our heart is our closest star… our Sun is our closest galactic star portal…

We are stewards of our body, hearts and earth…

Watch this wonderful video laying out a description and dedication to just that…

“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

We, Spiritual and Compassionate Beings having a human experience, living on Planet Earth at this time, collectively assent in the recognition of the Laws of Balance, the interdependency with all forms of life, the basic understanding that we are all One inside of Mother’s / Father’s heart.

“The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

We voluntarily agree to protect Life in its diverse manifestations; to guard and safeguard the purity of our environment; to respect and preserve cultures, sacred grounds and natural reserves as true patrimonies of Earth’s Humanity.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
~ Albert Schweitzer

To be a World Server, diligently assisting the anchoring of a culture of Light based on harmony, unity and love; we commit to follow with Integrity, Honesty and Dignity in the conduct of our Actions, being ever mindful of our attitudes, thoughts and actions, and to pursue the Practice Spiritual Transparency.

We promise to adopt compassion to be the motivating force behind your actions; ever cultivating a position of pure and altruistic Love.

“Relativity applies to physics, not ethics”
~ Albert Einstein

We commit ourselves to collaborate for the well being of every sentient being, always fomenting a culture of Peace, nonviolence, and sustainable policies to all; and we collective pledge to seek out solutions that maintain or restore the dignity of individual humans and their communities.

We assume the role of one of the keeper of the earth for the sake of the future generations.

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

We voluntarily promote Peace, we believe in Peace and we wish for Peace to all Beings.

“I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

If you’ve never failed… you’ve never lived

Protected: Fund Raising & Marketing Gems

Jeff Skoll talks about the planet and folks that can make a difference

Participant Media, the production powerhouse behind films including “Waiting for Superman,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” and “Charlie Wilson’s War,” bills itself as a company that “exists to tell compelling, entertaining stories that also create awareness of the real issues that shape our lives.”

Tanking about his mentors, philantrophy, and how he created financial independence was given one pivotal point of advice”
“Bet on good people doing good things.” – Jeff Skoll

Entering Global Consciousness – Marti Spiegelman

Marti does a wonderful presentation about entering the conversation of Pacha (world) through thriving, connecting and being within and without… our job is to become portals for the stream of consciousness or intelligence…

Marti Spiegelman, MFA is a training professional, mentor, speaker, and founder and host of Awakening Value™: Shamanic Technologies of Consciousness and Success on the VoiceAmerica™ Web Radio Network.

TEDxBerkeley 2011 – Engaging the World – took place on Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at UC Berkeley. Nearly 1400 attendees and 200,000 live-stream viewers enjoyed the day.

Social Capital Investor Conference

Mapping the Social Investing Space: Failure and Criticism
Join a candid discussion from the frontlines of managing social change as Kate Cochran, and Premal Shah, President of Kiva, speak with Jonathan C. Lewis, Founder of MicroCredit Enterprises and the Opportunity Collaboration, on how social enterprises have weathered the “negative publicity” storms originating from SKS, Unitus, Kiva, Compartamos and Shorebank. How does negative blowback affect the social investment climate? What are learned lessons, what can we do differently and what does it mean for the future of social capital?

Premal Shah, Kiva. Kate Cochran, Unitus. Jan Piercy, ShoreBank International Ltd. (SBI). Jonathan Lewis, MicroCredit Enterprises

SOCAP 2010 – Overview

Investing in women making a change while embracing tradition – Kavita Ramdas

Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women talks about three encounters with powerful women who fight to make the world better — while preserving the traditions that sustain them.

Kavita Ramdas is president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, a publicly supported grantmaking foundation that advances human rights by investing in women-led organizations worldwide. Over the past 22 years, the Global Fund has provided more than 7,000 grants, reaching more than 3,000 groups. Since Ramdas took the reins, the fund’s assets have more than tripled — and so has the number of countries the group works in, now at 170.

The Global Fund for Women contributes to groups that improve women’s economic security, work to end gender-based violence, increase access to education at all stages of life, provide critical health services and encourage women to take leadership roles in the public sector. In interviews, Ramdas has said that grantmakers can learn as much from applicants as applicants do from them. This is a philosophy she employs at Global Fund, where grants are often given with as few strings attached as possible, and proposals are accepted in any language. Her vision stands to change the game, not only in women’s rights but in philanthropy as a whole.

“Being a philanthropist doesn’t mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions.”
-Kavita Ramdas

Investing in a better world – Geoff Mulgan

As we reboot the world’s economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies — and make the world a little bit better?

Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation, a center for social innovation, social enterprise and public policy with a 50-year history of creating new organisations and pioneering ideas in fields as varied as aging, education, healthcare and poverty reduction.

Before the Young Foundation, Geoff Mulgan has held various roles in the UK government including director of the Government’s Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister’s office, and he was the founder of the think-tank Demos. He is chairing a Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland. His most recent book is The Art of Public Strategy: Mobilising Power and Knowledge for the Common Good.

A feminine response to Iceland’s financial crash – Tomasdottir

Financier Halla Tomasdottir helped rescue Iceland’s financial system after the crash — by applying 5 traditionally “feminine” values to financial risk. At TEDWomen, she talks about these values and how to balance them.

Halla Tomasdottir, co-founder of Audur Capital financial services, has been instrumental in rebuilding Iceland’s economy since its collapse in 2008.

Connection – Brene Brown -Tedx Houston