Abundance (over scarcity)

Enumerating the gifts you've received creates a sense of abundance, the knowing that you already have what you need.

Recognizing ‘enoughness’ is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry

All flourishing is mutual

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry

In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away.

In fact, status is not determined by how much one accumulates, but by how much one gives away.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry

Abundance is fueled by constantly circulating materials, not wasting them

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry

Abundance is created by recycling, by reciprocity

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry