Financial Permaculture

In the interview for Interdependent Radio, Ernest Callenbach that I wrote about in my last post, Ernest agreed that permaculture and bioregionalism offer us a unique pathway towards a vibrant and sustainable future.
But at times, as we teeter on the edge of peak everything and careen towards oblivion, the next steps to take us away from the fear and loathing of a crazy world, and towards a culture of peace justice and sustainability are unclear...shrouded in a fog of uncertainty and doubt.
Bioregionalism asks us to honor place and create cultures grounded in the ecosystems within which they reside...permaculture shows us the design science to mimic nature and provide abundance for human culture.....

But heretofore a transition grounded in the economic realities of the globalized trans-national gotterdamerung crazy world has eluded the visionaries and activists who are bustling about creating a new reality.

There have been attempts, manifestos like Bernard Lietaer's excellent treatise (ridiculously priced but revolutionary), The Future of Money and Margarit Kennedey's Interest Free Money offer us glimpses of a potential future, and principles to help organize in a new way...but no real steps forward...Paul Hawkin's Natural Capitalism offers us a less radical and more approachable model...and also a valuable view into the self organizing movement towards change, but unless we can ground green business models into sustainable communities so that they build up the social and economic equity of a place by empowering ethical investments, we will still be stuck in a crazy system designed to suck every ounce of life from the planet and convert it into wealth. How do we escape the matrix?

Catherine Austin Fitts, a storied Financial adviser and evolutionary economist offers us hope...grounded and step by step, decentralized and democratic, empowering and practical. Catherine's design for Solari circle is firmly based in the wisdom of a diverse portfolio invested in liquid and non-liquid investments that help to create localized sustainable communities based in the real economy of place. Taking us step by step through the incentives and imperatives of ethical investments in her Audio Seminar Series, Catherine then empowers people to create circles of trust and reciprocity called Solari circles, made up of individuals who educate themselves and invest as a group according to their individual vales and needs. These Affinity groups closely mirror Heart Circles, Wisdom Circles and other models of self organizing affinity groups that can empower the creation of a culture of cooperation.
Solari Circles are the intersection of cooperative culture with the competitive culture of Wall St. encouraging us to take control of our lives and our destinies...

When combined with the wisdom of permaculture Solari investing strategies offers the perfect road map towards creating a sustainable future today...no need to wait.
And the beauty is it's not just for the rich, or just for California...it is for anywhere USA...and also for anywhere .gobal
Something that is inclusive enough to empower the visions set forth by other thinkers...but not caught up in the vision, merely taking the next steps to make it possible. Making Financial Permaculture a reality. I will be writing more about what financial permaculture is and the principles and pathways towards it in upcoming posts.