Rich Blundell
Building on decades of research and reciprocity within the natural science and creative sectors, Oika has developed a novel approach to recoupling ecological health to economic wealth. While this may seem like a contradiction, it’s because we’re between paradigms.
Oikanomics is an economic paradigm developed by Dr. Rich Blundell to be grounded in the deep principles of ecological intelligence. In the old economic paradigm, profit arises from overly extractive and transactional modes in order to accumulate profit disproportionately in a small number of corporate shareholders.
By contrast, the Oikanomic paradigm begins in creative, right-relational dynamics (as opposed to transactional) and we take care to maintain these relationships throughout the prosperity chain. In other words, the Cultural Creatives who hold Oika principles and generate cultural value are considered value shareholders and are thus compensated in proportion to the ecological health of the entire Oika ecosystem.
We are living into transitional times that are forcing change across many of our beleaguered systems. The years ahead will challenge our political, social, energy, communication, ecological, and economic systems. If we can muster some extra civility, there is no reason we can’t see these as exciting and productive times as well.
Demonstration project underway at the Hondo Wetland in Spain
Oika Star Certification is a brand of highly-curated people, experiences, goods and services that have been identified by the Oika Council to hold the Creative Life-Force of nature and cultivate Oika. Cultural Creatives, institutions, businesses, and brands in good-standing within the Oika ecosystem can display the Oika certification star (✴︎).
Using the Oika certification star communicates an understanding of the principles of Oika and self-alignment with the Creative Life-Force. Our presupposition is that to know these principles is to be implicated by them. Thus, certification signifies an explicit and implicit adherence to Oika principles. There is no other way of achieving the Oika Star designation than understanding and acting on the power of nature to heal and bring prosperity to all life on Earth.
The Creative Life-Force, and thus Oika, also operate on the Starkeeper Principle. Not only does one have to be willing to receive, create and hold the light of the Creative Life-Force, they have to also give it away. That’s the only way a dark world gets brighter.
For examples of Oikanomics in action, see our Projects section.
The Creative Life-Force resides in us all; Oikanomics is about building a reciprocal ecosystem that will allow ecological power to flow and spread into all corners of the world.
We are a growing ecosystem of "meta-creatives" that currently includes:
Whether you work on projects or offer products, we want to hear from you!
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