Eco April Alignment

Uniting Community Honoring Life

The Eco April Alignment is a network of intergenerational and cross-cultural organizations, groups, and individuals.  We are interconnected and focused on honoring all living things and uniting our community by aligning with extraordinary events in April 2008 in the Seattle area.     The principles that guide our participation and partnership are as follows ...learn more

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Created: Dec 24, 2007

Updated: Nov 24, 2009

Membership: Open

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Common Good Banks™
democratic economics for a sustainable world
Problem: BRIEF: Concentration of wealth, corporate domination, war, poverty, hunger, environmental devastation.   From Website:   Common good banks are designed to save the world from corporate domination and give control back to the people.   Here's how (follow links for details): Establish community-based democratic economic systems, as a seed for the world of our dreams Community Division, a nearly independent local common good bank, with investment priorities and distribution of...
Publisher: Common Good Finance
Updated: 3 months ago
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Problem:   The project was envisioned by Débora Rieger and taken by her to the community leadership course of Campo Grande. Débora formed a group with five other partners that rented and renovated a house to establish a headquarters, where the project Subtle Aroma is based. Since then, they work as volunteers sharing all duties and receiving applicants, which already are numerous.   Year the project began:2002 Posted at:5 months Country:Brazil City:Rio de Janeiro Community name:Vila Paciência and sur...

Action: Objectives: To offer professions and financial progress to the community in question. Target population: Men and women from the community interested in the perfumery sector. How many would it reach?:160 people directly and 1,600 indirectly. Services Offered: Perfume making and training in the art of perfumery.
Updated: 3 months ago
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Problem:   El proyecto fue idealizado por Débora Rieger y llevado por ella para el curso de liderazgos comunitarios de Campo Grande. Débora formó un grupo con 5 compañeros que alquilaron y reformaron una casa para fundar la sede donde funcionaría el proyecto Aroma Sutil. Desde entonces, trabajan voluntariamente dividiendo todas las funciones y recibiendo a los inscritos que ya es un grupo numeroso.   Fecha de comienzo:2002 Posted at:5 months País:Brasil Ciudad:Río de Janeiro Nombre de comunidad:Vila ...

Action: Objetivos del Proyecto: Ofrecer ocupación y progreso financiero a la comunidad en cuestión. Población Foco: Hombres y mujeres de la comunidad que se interesen por el ramo de la perfumería. ¿A cuántas personas alcanzaría? :160 personas directas y 1.600 indirectas. 160 personas directas y 1.600 indirectas Servicios Ofrecidos: Fabricación de perfumes y capacitación para el arte de la perfumería.    
Updated: 12 months ago
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S.A.V.I.O.R.
One Reason. On Life. One Savior.
Problem: At the Special Session on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) in 2001, countries unanimously endorsed the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, which set forth time-bound targets to strengthen the response at the global, regional and national levels. HIV/AIDS affects us all, regardless of gender, racial or ethnic identity, income, or even where we live.STD’s, and the deadliest of them all, HIV/AIDS, continually advances humanity on a path to extinction. Anew form of co...

Action: Overcoming such obstacles – and strengthening global resolve to achieve universal access – will requiresignificant, long-term financing, in addition to sustained political support, increased national capacity, and reliance on strategies that have proven to be effective in addressing HIV and AIDS. Even though these challenges appear daunting, the movement towards universal access must begin now with a 21st century S.A.V.I.O.R.© “Responsibility Awareness” campaign!   “S.A.V.I.O.R.© ” is a new F...
Publisher: Kurt Reid
Updated: 12 months ago
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Integrated BASE/Tax
Social security linked taxation system
Problem: Creating an integrated taxation and social security system that guides the invisible hand of the market to help everyone.

Action: A fair system for setting tax rates using the average earnings of the population and by linking the use of tax revenues to the cost of providing the basic services that underpin society.   In order to form a more perfect tax system that represents these principles and is readily adopted and embraced, LIFE proposes an income tax structure that is based on two clearly observable features of a society: the average income of a citizen and the cost of providing those services that are deemed to be...
Publisher: Standards of LIFE