Contributing to the Creative Culture Guide
Anyone who is committed to the Creative Culture Guide Standards and Ethics can contribute to the Creative Culture Guide. The guide has two basic types of items:
Sectors
A category or area of activity that needs to be understood and practiced well in order for a culture to thrive in a sustainable and enlightened way.Resources
An organization, tool, person, or idea that can help people address their needs in a holistically sustainable way. Each resource is part of one or more sectors.Adding A New Item
- Sign in with your email and password. (Use the link in the upper right of the page.)
- Do a search to see if the item already exists. (If it does, you can edit and improve the existing page.)
- Click add a sector or add a resource from the 'Add' menu in the upper right of the page and fill in the necessary fields.
Editing
All sectors and resources can be edited by any member. To make an edit click/tap and hold on the text that needs editing and a green box will appear indicating that you've entered editing mode. You can then make the necessary changes and click save. Members can see how an item changed between edits by using the right and left arrows in the edit header.
Contribution Karma
Members receive "karma points" for the quality and quantity of their contributions. Your karma score is shown in the header under your username.Creative Culture Contribution Contests take place periodically and members can win prizes for their contributions.
Moderation
All contributions are reviewed to make sure that they are in alignment with the Creative Culture Guide Standards and Ethics before being activated.
If you notice something inappropriate use the 'flag as inappropriate' tool (from the left hand menu) to alert a moderator about the issue.
Creative Culture Standards
Sustainable
Able to continue indefinitely without causing imbalance or disharmonyFair
Providing unbiased equivalent opportunity for all participantsLife Honouring
Care, respect, and compassion for all living beingsLocal
Fulfilling local needs with resources within a community or bioregionZero-waste
Efficient usage, reuse, recycling or ecological re-integration of materialsHolistic
Respect for the interconnectedness and interdependence of things and consideration for the wholeResilient
Adaptable to change and resistant to disruptionUseful
Beneficially fulfilling a genuine and relevant needHarmonious
With integrity, balance, right proportion, and in accord with contextThe guide is specifically about helping people live in harmony with the universe. Its purpose is to bring to light creative alternatives, not fighting the destructive nature of the status-quo. Therefore, without disrespect for their importance, we request that activist initiatives that focus on confronting the status-quo be avoided.
Your Contributions
If you choose to make contributions to the Creative Culture Guide you agree that:
- Your contributions will not infringe any copyrights.
- Your contributions will be freely available under Creative Commons or some other free license (Creative Culture Guide content licensing is currently being considered. If you have suggestions please contact us).
- Your contributions will be connected with your Creative Culture Guide account and your username may (or may not) be displayed along with your contributions.