Conscious Consumers Network blog

by E.  originally published on The Conscious Consumers Network  Monday, 12 April 2004

   The Environmentally Conscious Consumers Network is dedicated to helping consumers find news & information for use in making globally conscientious choices in the marketplace. The intent is to help create an affluent, sustainable techno-culture based in renewable energy & natural capitalism. “The aim is to give consumers the information they need to make those decisions as well as a shopping area to begin supporting natural capitalist businesses. 

      Envision an economy that gratifies humanity’s desires better than current systems do without destroying humanity’s life support systems in the process. This is possible with the collective consumer consciousness focused on this outcome.

As you shop anywhere envision a balanced, renewable resource market economy where business supplies the products society needs at a fair price while not destroying the natural resource base. Then support only businesses similarly focused.

    It’s time consumers realize their strength. ‘We, The Consumers’, are powerful masses shaping our world each time we make a purchase. We can conscientiously vote for change with our dollars everyday. I hope this site will empower consumers with several ways to co-create positive change.

    In our capitalistic marketplace, manufacturers have always sought to quickly respond to the will of the masses (demand) with a product (supply) that beats out the competition’s. This can be the key to peaceful mass change.

My grandiose vision for this site is that it will somehow touch off a chain reaction experiment in economic democracy where the consumer is constantly engaged in corporate futurism & driving product development to meet their needs. The goal is to help form & thereby “own” the next industrial revolution, keeping in mind that ‘We, The Consumers’ bare partial responsibility for its consequences; because as long as we’re stuck on this 3rd stone from the sun, We’re truly all in this together..

   Sound crazy? Well, maybe so, but I can’t think of anything better to do with my time right now, so I’ll aim high, shoot & hope others will join in my idyllic vision. Click here to read about mE & why I’ve taken on this quest.

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. C = 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 & omissionsyou find in my articles. Please share this site with 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… E.- Creator, C2 Network