Flow Internet: Social Enterprise, media and community support for Transition Culture

Flow Internet Café in conjunction with Café Society and Agora provides start-up
services for those who want to set up their own Sustainability Group – supported
by www.Eco-Campus.eu.

You can work either independently as an LLP or as a Co-

venture as a members’ Co-op.

The Flow Internet Collective recommends subscription to

Resurgence Magazine.
Resurgence subscribers receive access to “seed” resources,
contacts, expertise, introductions and support via the
Members’ Intranet. This is designed for those who want to
work towards financial independence, providing services for
Social Entrepreneurs, and promote Transition Culture.

Our points of reference

Take a look at the people who inspire us, the organisations whose values we
share:

 Agora Trust
 Resurgence Magazine
 The New Economics Foundation
 Satish Kumar
 Schumacher College
 The Hub
 Flow Internet Cafes
 Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
 Zen Cafes
 Joost Bar
 Transition Culture
 Alliance for a New Humanity
 FLOW
 Centre for Human Ecology
 Cafe Society
 International Business Leaders’ Forum
 The Spirit of Life Centre
 Study Direct
 Zaadz
 Eco-Campus
 Slow Food
 Bordeaux Quay
 The Soil Association
 Fair Trade Foundation

For those who want to set up their own Fair Trade Coffee Bar – on an
independent basis – franchises are available from: www.beyondthebean.com
starting at £15,000.

Members of Eco-Campus
Alternatively, as a member of Eco-Campus, you can reduce your exposure to risk.
Members of Eco-Campus can apply to work as a Co-venture, delivering
membership services by subscription to local students, professionals and their
organisations and householders, to enable them to realise the benefits of work-
life balance and eco-living.

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Core Revenues
Your core revenues, as a Co-venture, come from:
 Film Club memberships
 Sandwiches, coffee, juices, and café bar services
 Water coolers, office supplies and corporate
services
 Desk space rental to Co-ventures who you invite
to work with you
 Enterprise Support services – to professionals
and their organisations
 Career Support services to students and
individuals

Barefoot Holidays for Social Entrepreneurs

If you are interested in working with us you can
access business orientation for setting up
independent Social Enterprise Co-ventures by
visiting Eco-Campus -SOL Community at The Spirit
of Life Retreat Centre, Mani, Greece.

Those who complete two weeks at the Retreat

Centre learn about the principal components of
ethical enterprise based on Community principles
and informed by a perspective derived from perma-
culture. This is suitable for those interested in the practice of Right Livelihood and
Community (Sangha).

This is not a management course or commercial agenda. The programme is a

creative break from reductive, analytic thinking and for those individuals who
share a commitment to work-life balance and living and working for People and
Planet. It is suitable for those with an active interest in Dharma studies and
Dharma practice, and Right Livelihood.

All you need do, when you apply is to let us know which town
or city, or towns and cities in Europe or Asia where you want
to set up your Sustainability Group.

We will work with you in preparing the resources, contacts

and support that will enable you to deliver support services to
individuals, professionals, Social Enterprises and
entrepreneurs on a membership subscription basis.

Alternatively, you can learn about sustainable enterprise on a

study week at Schumacher College. (Prices start at £500 a
week).

Sustainability Groups
To initiate your Sustainability Group you will need:
1. A website
2. A Protocol
3. An address
4. Products and services to provide locally
5. Cards and loyalty cards
6. Internet resources
7. Online membership fee collection

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8. Self-employed associates who you recruit locally

Sustainability – in principle
You will need to be familiar with:
 Good Business, Flow, Leadership and the Making of Meaning
 www.TheSystemsThinker.com
 www.MargaretWheatley.com – Leadership and the New Science
 Dr Patrick Dixon www.globalchange.com
 Reading the Marketplace
 Transition Culture
 Small is Beautiful – E.F. Schumacher

Sustainability – in practice
You can earn additional revenues from running:
 Creative Workshops - leading The Creative Life
 EFL
 Language learning
 Leadership
 Multi-cultural understanding, nvc,
 Project management and kai-zen.

Your colleagues
To work with you as a Co-venture Associate you will need a
cadre of seven key people who share your ethos and can
benefit your membership base by working collaboratively on a co-operative basis.

Additional services you can offer

You can deliver lifelong services by providing:
 Local staff (household help)
 Talking Green Pages
 Holidays for Social Entrepreneurs (Barefoot Holidays)
 Design, brand management and media services
 Learning services – tutorial support on demand

Learning services from Eco-Campus

We provide “seed” resources and contacts for you to run your
own subscription services to local professionals and businesses.

You can offer learning services, EFL, language learning to

students on a membership basis.

Language learning curricula, Lingua Vista and Career Support

services are available through Flow Internet Cafes.

Curricula can be localised to support European and Asian

languages.

The Spirit of Life Centre

SOL Community is committed to the principles of Whole Person Development,
human-scale education and eco-learning.
As a SOL Community Member you can offer teacher training for those who want
an independent career as a tutor, coach, mentor or education provider.

Media Services
Eco-Campus Publishing and Media services are designed for independent
educators to publish their own courses for students.

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See: Eco-Campus and Sustainability PDFs.

Schools services
We recommend access to the following online resources:
www.bigpicture.tv, Sapere, Barefoot Books,
www.teachersupport.info, www.teachers.tv, Authentic
Education, www.filmclub.org and Study Direct.

Our schools’ service provides media services for education

providers who want to develop Curricula in conjunction with
the principles of Human Ecology and Eco-learning.
Courses in media and publishing are available to graduates of
Eco-Campus and those developing curricula in Sustainable
Enterprise Development.
Film Club membership is available for schools and educators who want to set up
their own screenings on a membership basis, using Zen Café Central Film Library.

Transition Culture
Those working in Transition Culture can work with local venues to run smoke-
free, alcohol-free, drug-free “barefoot Boogie” nights for all ages.

This is designed to create revenues to subsidise meditation classes, Dharma

workshops, urban retreats on a subscription basis.

This option is suitable for Right Livelihoods and those providing yoga, meditation,
aikido, tai chi and holistic arts on a Sangha basis. See SOL Community. PDF

Publishing diaries
Planners, yearbooks, school workbooks, handbooks and diaries are available
through our Curriculum Development service and Study Direct.

We work with designers and content providers and those who want to draw on
Zen Central content for access to courseware in EFL, language learning,
Leadership, Human Ecology, Dharma studies and Eco-learning.

Juice Bar
Freedom Cola and Juice Bar training is
provided by our Juice Bar partners, Juice
Engineers in Bath. See: www.joostbar.co.uk.

Publishing services and Independent Media

orientation is available via Suit Yourself
Magazine.
Student services are from Skype Tutors.

The next step

Contact us to access the Café Society Handbook for setting up your own Juice Bar
as a Social Enterprise co-operative.

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