Awakin Calls team member and new resident of Canticle Farm, Zilong, just posted this beautiful reflection on 'non-status-quo' economies:
 

Beyond the materialist confines of "economy" and "capitalism," there are nascent movements (always built upon timeless wisdom and ancient traditions) to create a new collective consciousness, a new culture. As someone wise one said, "there is no system so good that the people in it do not need to be good."

Two inspiring models are the Giftivism embodied by ServiceSpace community, and the Great Turning showcased at Canticle Farm in East Oakland, California.

In these two communities, I have seen more "truth" than anywhere else, because the people here are leading their outer transformation with inner transformation, and are being the change they want to see in the world. They are guided by spirit such as:

Service doesn't start when you have something to give, but rather when you have nothing left to take.

and:

To provides a platform for the planetary shift from an industrial-growth society to a life-sustaining society -- one heart, one home, and one block at a time.

Indeed -- "If you want to be a rebel, be kind."