Sustainable Development Association/ www.IndigeneCommunity.info

Sustainable Development Association SDA is a Canadian Non-Profit Corporation since 1994, with www.IndigeneCommunity.info (1983) IC as a subgroup. Our focus on sustainability & Circular Economy is through the eyes & heritage practices of all humanity’s worldwide ‘indigenous’ (Latin ‘self-generating’) ancestors everywhere. The indigenous Circle-of-Life is an interdisciplinary view of sustainable ‘community’ (L ‘com’ = ‘together’ + ‘munus’ = ‘gift-or-service’) ‘economy’ (Greek ‘oikos’ = ‘home’ + ‘namein’ = ‘care-&-nurture’). https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/home/indigenous-circle-of-life Our focus is quite different from most institutional organizations & corporations in that; we start with the people, not the cause, goal or product. IC focuses upon integrated Participation between the Domestic, Industrial & Commercial economies. We start with Human Resources 1st as talents, then goods, services, resources & dreams. Our main project is focused upon CELEBRATING & SUPPORTING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS FOR MOST PEOPLE We can as individuals & extended families take a very ancient ‘indigenous’ (Latin ‘self-generating’) approach of living in Multihome-Dwelling-Complex (eg. Longhouse-Apartment, Pueblo-Townhouse & Kanata-Village-cluster) proximity. 70% of people in Canada & worldwide live in Multihomes with an average of 32 dwelling-units or ~100 people. 20% of Multihome dwellers live intentionally in extended family proximity for social & economic mutual-aid. Multihome extended family collaborative-care contributes some 1 trillion dollars per year to the North-American economy as well as the strongest core to ‘community’ (L ‘com’ =’ together’ + ‘munus’ = ‘gift-or-service’). As a Canadian non-profit since 1994 our Indigene Community group has developed DO-WE-KNOW-WHO-WE-ARE-? a Community-Economy web-software for Multihome animists to help people celebrate who they are individually & together. Humanity’s worldwide indigenous modelled, web-based Community Economy is transformed into a web software program so average residents & neighbours can easily: 1) CATALOGUE our individual & business talents, goods, services, resources & dreams as complementary-talents, 2) MAP collaborative relationships, 3) ACCOUNT for transactions & contributions, 4) COMMUNICATE locally /c record keeping, agreement/ contract development, bridge building & conflict resolution among family, friends & neighbours. Our Web-Software programmers have developed Do-we-know-? so each person’s specialized gift becomes an expert capable asset/value for the Multihome community & society at large. When communities show their strengths & leadership, then government gladly follows. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/structure/9-do-we-know-who-we-are