THE FUTURE OF MONEY Bernard A. Lietaer - library.uniteddiversity ...

Cardon Cartoon 'Remaining locked in the prevailing interpretation
of money...'
However, another outcome is also available - one that would lead to
'Sustainable Abundance'. Sustainable Abundance provides humanity
with the ability to flourish and grow materially, emotionally and
spiritually without squandering resources from the future. A
synonym could be wise growth. It is characteristic of a community,
society, country or global system that gives people the opportunity to
express their highest creative calling, without diminishing the
prospects for coming generations to enjoy the same or a better way of
life. It is about having our material needs met so that we can explore
our highest potentiality as human beings.
With such a fundamental commitment, it would be considered our
birthright to have a fair chance to develop our true potential -
unhampered by a lack of money. Sustainable Abundance addresses
issues ranging from grinding poverty in the Third World to the
bleakness of community decay the industrialized areas, from
ecological breakdown to the wasting of a child's mind due to lack of
educational opportunity.
Sustainable Abundance is not about taking away from the haves to
distribute to the have-nots. On the contrary, it is about giving
everybody a fair chance of nearing new wealth. By learning the
principles of Sustainable abundance, you can become a part of this
quiet but momentous evolution.
'In times of extraordinary change,
It is no failure to fall short of realizing all that we might dream -
the failure is to fall short of dreaming all that we might realize.'