Bounty from the Gift Economy

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The  movie, “Pay It Forward,” explored the concept of giving to people and, instead
of asking them to “pay you back” to pay somebody else forward. With Service Space,
Nipun Mehta has made the “gift economy” a reality worldwide. To read more see
our blog.

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Lessons from the Clearcut

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In 2003, six years before the founding of Radical Joy for Hard Times, four people spent a
week in a clearcut forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This article, by RadJoy
founder Trebbe Johnson, which appears in the current Powers of Place Initiative website,
tells what they learned.




Repercussions

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Painting by Avis Strong Parke. Photo by Steve Brown.

The  2011 Global Earth Exchange at Red Lily Pond in Craigville, Massachusetts inspired local artist
Avis Strong Park to found the Craigville Painters group, a weekly gatheringof artists who met at
various sites around the pond to pain. To read about this and other results of the event, see our blog.

 
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