The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
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The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
I want to be part of a system in which wealth means having enough to share, and where the gratification of meeting your family needs is not poisoned by destroying that possibility for someone else.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
What if scarcity is just a cultural construct, a fiction that fences us off from a better way of life?
Robin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
From The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, on why a gift economy can help preserve the land. This example is from her neighbor, Paulie, who invited her neighbors over to harvest serviceberries for free in order to help them learn about a wonderful berry, and to offer them an opportunity to care about them.
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I don’t think it’s pie in the sky to imagine that we can create incentives to nurture a gift economy that runs right alongside the market economy.