First-off, sorry for the relatively rough edit on the video this week. I am running out of memory on my computer, so I had to make a cut without the benefit of rendering to see how I did before printing the video.
That said, I think you'll enjoy!
ERIC has a Facebook page here, and a mailing list here. Here is our lovely website. Please join us!
For now though, here is what we aim to do:
The Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) is a growing collaboration of experts, visionaries, inventors, and entrepreneurs dedicated to creating a model for economic and environmental sustainability that can be adapted to cultures worldwide. By taking responsibility for the process that created a product, policy or practice, individuals as well as companies and governments can use their economic power and social interaction to ensure the rights of people and the health of the natural world.
ERIC is currently causing this change through five projects:
The App
Giving consumers the information to choose products based on their environmental and human rights records empowers them to use their economic leverage consciously. With the click of a button or a quick barcode scan, the app will instantly compile this information and put it in the consumers hand before they put a product in their shopping cart.
The Map
Local economies are healthy economies. Helping consumers to see and support the rich network of local businesses in their area contributes to the health of their community. These interactive maps will be built and maintained by local partners, and will be pushed through ERIC and it's partners to ensure that wherever you are, you can find and support the local economy.
The Wiki
Finding transparent, verifiable information on product sustainability is difficult. Using the open, crowd-sourced model that powers Wikipedia to collect sustainability information on companies and , and subject it to oversight by anyone including the companies themselves, is a much-needed vehicle to see the forest of a company's record from any particular tree.
The Store
Some companies and products take sustainability so seriously that their products are on par with ones ERIC seeks to develop. For these companies and products, ERIC will offer its endorsement and a platform for sustainability-minded consumers to purchase products with the full confidence that they a using their economic power in the best way possible.
Island Conference Center
Located on an island a mile off the coast of Washington, 80 miles North of Seattle, is the future site of ERIC’s sustainability research and conference facility. The facility is being designed by a team comprised of the top minds in sustainability from a wide range of disciplines. The island itself will be a showroom of sustainable technologies and practices, both cutting edge and rediscovered, as well as a collaborative workshop to foster breakthrough innovation.
The Center will focus on sustainability in the following three fields:
1 Environmental
o Energy: Powering the island exclusively from renewable sources
o Agriculture/Micro Farming: Producing food for the guests and staff
Developing partnerships with local sustainable food growers & producers
o Water: Utilizing wells and rainfall to meet water needs
o Shelter: Designing and building housing that will provide for modern convenience while remaining true to the mission
o Waste Management: Reuse all waste
o Land Management: Assimilate the facility into the existing ecosystem
2 Economic
The Center for Economic Studies will focus on establishing and promoting macro and micro economic theory as well as business models for practical implementation of sustainable economics.
o Conscious Capitalism: Working with businesses to adopt the triple bottom line (profit, people, planet)
o Consumer Driven Change: The power of the consumer to determine the means of production
o Sustainability Metrics: Examine the adequacy of current methods of assessing sustainability
3 Social
The Center for Human Potential will focus on the balance between mind, body and spirit.
o Philosophy: Applying value theory to environment and economy
o Spirituality: Belief systems. Awakening of consciousness
Meditation Center
o Creative Expression: Arts, Literature, Music
Resident Artist, Writer & Musician programs
Recording Studio, Sculpture Garden
o Active recreation: Yoga, kayaking, hiking, etc.
Again - I need your help. Please join us.
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