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A Gift Economy at Karma Kitchen

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Imagine a restaurant where you pay-forward for the person after you. How long might the chain of generosity last? At Karma Kitchen, in three cities around the United States, it has gone on for close to 25 thousand people -- and is still going. Katie Teague provides a thoughtful and hopeful portrait of how gift economy can work.
Be The Change
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Read how a volunteer at Karma Kitchen Chicago experienced her first-time volunteering at KK.  Sign up to volunteer yourself!
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Engage with the gift-economy.  Look at various projects, like a Rickshaw in India, that operate in this way.
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Think of ways in which you can bring the gift culture into your life.  Gift something today, with a trust in sacred reciprocity.
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Reflections (58)

Natalie Leek
Yes indeed it is absolutely worth finding out what our world would look like if such circles of kindness and love multiplied !!! Thank you to all at Karma Kitchen and karmatube.
Monica Castillo
What a fantastic way of being in community. This should be across the world.
Hung Vu
So profound thougts. "What we received is what we unconsciously gave"
stephane dimess
<i>it's amazing</i>
Adonia
I love the quote from the video about changing the mentality from a "me" orientation to a "we" orientation. It is remarkable.
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Abhinav
This is Moving from Inside Out literally.. Karma kitchen happens to be the vanguard of a change that has implications to move this world from egocentric economic to unbound social welfare.
becky jaine
Your site NEVER fails to inspire and educate and UPLIFT! YES! Love this video: This is exactly what I do in my work. www.beckyjaine.com/gifting I just added this video to my page. Fabulous! I'm still early days, only made $1000 sacred money last year, but as more and more people learn about how and why I'm doing it, it seems more and more people want to help me with supplies for my programs, to scholarships for women and girls. I chooose to focus on human currency and have faith that me and my family will always receive what we need. It's not easy, but it takes each of us doing what we believe to create a movement. and it's time!!!! peace!
Raj Dusad
Food not only for thought but for action too
barb ryan
I was inspired to do my business this way. I teach classes on Happiness. I talk about Karma Kitchen and then I say there is a Happy Fund that has paid for you to be in this class and then ask what can you pay forward to the next Happiness class. Everyone feels gifted and has the opportunity to give.
Thierry Plante
Awesome and congratulations.....thank you for being such a beautiful people....would love to live this experience on both side, as a client and volunteer.....wish a great great journey to all of you.
Cherby
I would so love to volunteer for this project. Financially I can't pay it forward, but spiritually I always can. Are there any places in the Ventura County area or Los Angeles county? I adore this project!!!!
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