CommunEcology has been created to promote a comprehensive and integrated series of services and programs addressing needs on all levels, linking these needs with an integrated delivery system translated into all levels; professional, business, physical, psychological, social, and educational.   

CommunEcology exists to support the quality of Life in all its manifestations.  

We encourage, sponsor and support projects that show ability to serve Life. While activities may focus locally or on a global scale, the company’s clear and conscious aim is to serve the common good and as such profits are not the driving motivation for the organization. 

In achieving this purpose, CommunEcology embodies these values: 

·         Reverence for life and celebration of its continuously unfolding miracle 

·         Commitment to sustainable ecology and accessibility of basic resources 

·         Recognition of the inherent unity and interdependence of all beings 

·         Commitment to sustainable justice 

·         Appreciation of our human and natural diversity 

·         Respect for the free will of all sentient beings 

·         Opportunity for full development and positive expression of all human potential 

·         Respectful, effective communication and a cooperative spirit in all interaction 

·         Openness to new ideas and fresh approaches while building on the past 

CommunEcology Design Values to promote: 

v  Use renewable resources...Reduce energy and resource gluttony 

v  Food self-sufficiency along with production of bamboo, hemp and other valuable fiber products 

v  Energy and currency self-sufficiency with maximum recycling of resources 

v  Little or no pollution in manufacture 

v  Use reversible, recyclable materials and processes  

v  Increased access to nature 

v  Leave natural systems intact 

v  Emphasis on quality, durability and specificity of function 

v  Empower indigenous cultures and individuals 

v  Commitment to sustainable justice 

v  Appreciation of human and natural diversity 

v  What we reveal heals! 

v  Anticipating and preventing problems is better than trying to react and fix them after they occur. 

v  Accounting must reflect all long-term environmental and economic costs, not just those of the current market.  

v  The best decisions are those based on sound, accurate, and up-to-date information. 

v  Live off the interest our environment provides and not destroy its capital base 

v  The quality of social and economic development must take precedence over 

quantity. 

v  Respect nature and the rights of future generations 

Such values, exemplified in productive action, expand our possibilities and offer our best hope for a transformed civilization. CommunEcology is envisioned as a seed for the inspiration of multiple "topias" or places where the local and universal can co-create and the community can function interdependently with the whole. 

With knowledge that only good means create good ends, CommunEcology’s mission is to promote peace, prosperity, and well-being for Humanity and All Life affected by it, using whatever peaceful, voluntary, and compassionate means present themselves for that purpose. 

CommunEcology will use received resources to promote and/or fund unfolding projects, research and development activities and business ventures of integrity and viability. Our focus is on supporting activities that are viable, sustainable and capable of benefiting humanity in the long view. 

As far as possible, CommunEcology activities will be organized as co-operative ventures. It will operate based on a bottom-line of increased quality of life for the most possible people for the longest possible time. Long-term benefits for humanity will always take precedence over short-term profits.  

CommunEcology commits to responsibly... 

v  Gather and disseminate relevant information for the situation being addressed 

v  Set-up effective management systemsreflecting sustainable Values 

v  Engage excellent personnel, volunteers and project directors 

v  Acquire and use sustainable technologies and strategies 

v  Seek, secure and manage contributions 

v  Match selected projects with suitable resources 

v  Manifest ethical standards 

v  Establish viable coalitions and networks for collective good 

v  Operate as a learning organization, continuously improving its quality of expression 

v  Value and build on the contribution of others 

v  Encourage and enable new ideas and creative innovations 

v  Model respectful, cooperative and effective communication 

v  Fully develop and positively utilize all human potential 

To be considered for support by CommunEcology, projects must fit with the general aims of the foundation in being beneficial to humanity, respectful to life, and ecologically sustainable. Furthermore, projects need to be planned to be viable and sustainable in and of themselves, whether they are existing or start-up activities. It is not the aim of CommunEcology to have to continuously fund projects but rather to act as a catalyst in making them work in and of themselves. 

The whole lifecycle of projects must be planned, including the processes that carry them through as well as the resources that are involved. The aim is to evaluate projects with maximum integrity and effectiveness and minimal bureaucracy. CommunEcology is quite willing to support pioneering, innovative projects with uncertain probabilities of success, as long as the potential benefits warrant it and the projects are of sound integrity. 

Projects that are of an open and co-operative nature are preferred over projects that are closely controlled or proprietary. Projects are generally not just supported as a one-way flow but become part of an inter-connected network of projects and activities that provide support to each other. 

The center of CommunEcology will be to maximize the preservation and growth of the available resources and minimize the risk of interference from any local or national government. These project trusts will be the entities holding and disbursing funds. Furthermore, a network of non-profit or for-profit corporations will be formed for the different activities planned and described in this Overview. 

The longer-term strategy is to arrange CommunEcology to consist of legally independent units forming a network in order to avoid the fallacies of centrally controlled hierarchies that risk falling apart if the top goes into disarray. Its network will consist of units that will be able to function independently, both legally and practically. 

A significant percentage of contributions will be invested in activities that will be viable in themselves or that will return a cash flow, enabling CommunEcology to continue and expand its work indefinitely. It will also, when appropriate, invite joint ventures with non-profits, corporations and governments that demonstrably share our aims, either within a specific area or wholly, thereby leveraging the resources at our disposal. It is, however, fully expected that the activities of the organization in the long term will generate cash flow in all regards. 

CommunEcology has a Board of Directors who will set the overall direction of the organization's activities and organize the implementation of its aims. This is a working board, consisting of individuals of high integrity and with a comprehensive whole systems overview of many fields. It will also have an Advisory Council of qualified experts in different fields who will advise the Board of Directors. 

The Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and support teams establish the infra-structure for the organization that draws on the intelligence, creativity, and specific knowledge of a widely distributed network of participants. Decisions on local activities are, as much as possible, taken locally by those who are closest to the actual situation. When the Board of Directors needs to make decisions, they will, whenever possible, do this in concert and consensus with representatives of local operations. 

The body of the organization is formed out of an inter-connected network of teams acting as units or cells. Each team has its own area of focus, defined by geography, subject or activity. A team can and does operate independently and interfaces with other teams and with the overall network. Groups of 3-12 teams form bigger units. This can be repeated to any number of levels. 

Teams interface with other teams, as necessary, by providing information, cooperation or resources. Each team is responsible for summarizing its work regularly for the sake of other teams and for the benefit of higher-order team groupings. Teams send representatives to meetings of team groupings, which meet less regularly than the teams themselves. 

Participants of CommunEcology can be found in different categories: 

v   Full-time salaried staff members 

v   Individuals in an advisory capacity, meeting occasionally 

v   Community members or employees of sub-organizations or communities of the    

 overall network 

v   Independent hired contractors 

v   Collaborators and allies 

KEY AREAS 

HEALTH 

·         Supporting the availability and administration of effective health approaches, including neglected alternative approaches  

·         Supporting modalities that are holistic and natural and that truly seek to alleviate human illnesses 

·         Establishing healing centers in different parts of the world, making natural or energetic healing freely available 

·         Documenting or passing on to younger generations the knowledge of local, indigenous, and demonstrably effective therapies 

AGRICULTURE 

·         Promoting the consciousness of community-agriculture interconnections 

·         Fostering the development of sustainable farming – specifically such alternatives as organic methods – and making sustainable agriculture accessible to local communities 

ARTS AND MEDIA  

·         Establishing or supporting environments that enable artistic expression and creativity for all individuals, including self-expression development programs for children 

·         Developing an alternative multimedia communications network and separately developing an immersive environment entertainment and educational network 

 CHILDREN 

·         Supporting programs that ensure the human rights and welfare of children, as well as programs that cultivate the creativity and positive development of children in all parts of the world 

COMMUNICATION 

·         Creating an alternative world-wide communication infrastructure that bypasses the existing monopolies and provides electronic communication for communities, humanitarian organizations and disadvantaged regions throughout the world 

·         Supporting programs which facilitate respectful, effective communication and a cooperative spirit in all communications interactions 

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE  

·         Development of a CommunEcology network of focused communities designed to provide centers for the coordination, integration, and support of many of the elements of the different CommunEcology programs 

·         Creating new model communities for balanced sustainable living, including the acquisition of land for development of these communities in all parts of the world 

·         Initial funding for community infrastructures such as education, support and communications connections with other communities  

·         Creating "Transformational pockets" within the present civilization that will be self-sustainable and capable of being independent though not isolated from the infrastructure and community of the surrounding society 

·         Connecting all communities and common solutions via effective communication and resource database networks using state-of-the-art Internet/satellite collaborative technologies, thereby facilitating initiatives to move humanity forward in its cultural and community development, as well as creating personal and collective motivations for the advancement of society 

ECOLOGY 

·         Supporting projects to secure and regenerate the health and integrity of the ecosystem, particularly in endangered areas – and in some cases acquiring areas of rain forests or other vital local ecosystems 

·         Development of ecologically sound methods of agriculture, energy production and transportation  

·         Research and development of projects to reduce or eliminate toxic (nuclear, chemical and biological) waste  

·         Independent environmental impact studies to support corporate responsibility incentives, especially for CommunEcology development  

·         Promoting programs and activities to encourage individual responsibilities toward the environment, other species, and the long-term welfare of humanity 

ECONOMICS 

·         Supporting the development of alternative economic systems such as local time- based exchange systems, local and/or non-interest bearing currencies, micro-loans, and other concepts 

EDUCATION 

·         Supporting new and existing forms of education that are in alignment with the needs of society, ecology, and humanity in the present and future  

·         Expansion of existing curricula to encompass voluntary access to vital areas of information that are otherwise being neglected  

·         Promoting literacy programs  

·         Fostering worldwide free and easy availability of information – without censorship or limitation by special interests – including specifically, providing high quality free education and information over the Internet 

EMPOWERMENT SERVICES  

·         Self-responsibility citizenship projects; neighborhood empowerment cooperative initiatives; food and shelter programs that empower livelihood creation for homeless and other displaced persons  

·         Creating effective programs for helping and empowering people in need 

·         Creating structures that can allow people in need to move towards a sustainable and humane existence 

ENERGY 

·         Research and development of energy sources that are sustainable, inexhaustible, ecologically sound, and locally controlled  

o   This would include research, development and implementation of free energy devices, solar and hydro sources, and other alternative forms of energy. 

HABITAT 

·         Developing less resource intensive building methods 

·         Supporting energy efficient ergonomic projects that produce low-cost housing that can be constructed in short periods of time using eco-friendly building methods and materials 

·         Provide housing and habitat education, comprehensive designs, and dwellings as appropriate 

LEGAL AFFAIRS  

·         Supporting experimentation into new models for social order, regulation and ethical conduct 

·         Creating institutions that research and monitor existing or proposed legislation in many regions, and subsequently inform the public about threats to their freedom, health or happiness. 

PEACE 

·         Supporting peace projects, events, monuments and publications  

·         Promoting activities that envision peace, unite people, and support the human right to live life in peace 

·         Facilitate programs that find common cause and provide effective conflict resolution 

QUALITY OF LIFE 

·         Supporting programs and activities that promote positive attitudes, personal empowerment, inner motivation, celebration of life, and general well-being 

·         Supporting the dissemination of good news, the availability of personal development tools, and centers of positive motivation and cooperation 

·         Organizing local festivals, world-wide events and media productions that motivate and inspire people to work together and to improve conditions around them 

·         Support programs that improve the quality of dying and provide alternative, healthy perceptions of death for all ages 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  

·         Supporting research in alternative areas of science that hold particular promise, in particular, science that enables local communities to be self-sustainable such as advances in free energy production, local agriculture, and alternative health 

·         Supporting research and development incubator labs for low-cost, high-impact innovations to be "franchised" into regional, community-based distribution points for life-enhancing technologies 

TRANSPORTATION 

·         Research and development of vehicles and transportation methods that aren't dependent on exhaustible and polluting fuel resources 

·         CommunEcology efforts in transportation will depend, in great part, upon strong cooperation between our Strategy teams of Transportation, Energy, Science, and Technology, in addition to the essential underlying structuring of Community and Culture, Agriculture, Ecology, and Economic Teams.