∞ I created this website immediately after a near death experience in 2004. Everything I was trying to do with this site & the Viridian REVELution site which also grew out of that experience has now written itself into a trilogy of feature film screenplays entitled "Apocalypse Near". The first part is now available in print on Amazon. I urge you to explore my websites as they are all in a way ONE. They all have the intent of averting the possible environmental collapse that I saw while dead & directing us toward the possible symbiotic relationship between humankind & our ecological container that I also saw. Both of these are our possible future but which occurs is our CHOICE. You are part of creating that future through your choices in the marketplace, so please explore this site to help direct yourself on that path.

I use journalism & other media in an effort to create what I call environMENTALism™ I've also added what I call a 'Symbiotic Shoppingtm' area to try to raise funds to help meet the costs of presenting this website. Nobody pays me to do this. So far this site hasn't made me dime; in fact it's cost me lots of them.. However, leading people to buy products that help them live a better life while also helping our environment is part of the mission/message of this site.

  This site is intended to get consumers. (meaning YOU!; unless you don't eat, drink, breathe, or buy anything, ever), to simultaneously upgrade self & planet by supporting progressive businesses that use environmentally conscious practices in the production of advanced goods & services. Learn about these issues by clicking the topic links on the top of each page, or by considering my E=C2 equation, devised to encapsulate my philosophy for peaceful macro economic & cultural progression.. OR jump to the News Features page to see a quick list of my articles on these issues.
    I'm just one idealistic guy (read about me), who thinks he can do something to help save what's left of the planet from the unconsciously consuming humans ;-> , so help support this work by Symbio - Shopping tm for technoculturally advanced products in my MindfulMall tm where you can find cutting-edge products to show to off to our fellow humankind to hopefully lure them into conscious consumerism. I've deduced that the largest impact an individual can make is by transforming their homes & businesses to renewable energy systems. I'm therefore working less as a journalist / educator & more toward becoming an Energy Consultant involved in the direct sale of such systems.. Besides I have to do something to support all the work I do on this site or it's over.

Another guy making a heroic effort to raise environmental awareness is Leonardo Dicaprio who is releasing a film called The 1th Hour this August. Go to his website to learn about it & please go see the film!

Sign up for the E•mail group to receive my free E-Zine... Or, If you really want to help, donate directly to this cause of moving toward a homeostatic relationship with our biosphere.

    This is not your typical, environmentalism. So click whatever interests you or check the businesses listed in the right column. These go to other sites, so please bookmark me & come back. Learn, interact, live well & prosper via truly higher technologies. Drop me a line to let me know what you think, or let everyone know what you think in the forums. Stop waiting for government & industry to clean things up... YOU ARE, as I AM, partly responsible for the messy state of this lone planet by what WE CHOOSE to consume. We're all in this 2gether.. In Love ∞, E.haase

    Still confused? Read Jacob's quote to the left & contemplate how this site intends to, through various methods, integrate humankind's consumption behaviors into both the biosphere & technosphere. I hope you'll then interact with this site to accomplish this lofty goal. (See more mission statement ramblings below).

I believe an informed consumer culture will help a growing trend of "natural capitalism" take root in more companies by creating a demand for cleaner, more efficient products & services. This can help bring an urgently needed, energy efficient, new industrial revolution to fruition.

    This site is part of a portal of others I'm developing to foster a culture of consumers who use their dollars to vote for a healthier, wealthier future for themselves & their children. Towards that end, I hope you will become involved with this virtual community & my social engineering/planetary transformation mission by contributing your insights, ideas for stories, & your wisdom. This site is set up to be yours, So become part of it.. That's why the apostrophe is after the "S" in Conscious Consumers' Network. It's plural possessive, so make it yours.

You may be asking, what the heck can I do?

    Meet others & express your opinion in our World-Town-Meeting forums. Or start directly getting behind the mission, & support natural capitalist & socially responsible businesses by doing some browsing/shopping in the "Mindful Mall." Click the "News & Issues links at the top of the page to educate yourself on the many things you can do to make your personal world better while making the whole world better. C2 = C-squared. By this I am trying to state my belief that there can be exponential benefits from small actions on a mass basis. Check the equation I formulated to encapsulate this idea.

    You may also contribute to the letters & opinion area. Report any errors & omissions you find in my articles. Also, please share this site with family, friends, & as many other people as you can. Above all we hope you will learn, live long & prosper.

  This site is growing. Please sign up for the e-mail group to get updates. Or just aimlessly click around to see how "We The Consumers" can participate in co-creating positive change for ourselves & our neighbors.. And if you think you can help me with anything, please contact me. I'm just one guy with a big, idyllic vision & I need all the help I can get to keep me going with the crazy idea that someone might still care about reality instead of just reality T. V. Peace be unto you... Eric Haase - Creator of whatever this is.