The Eight

THE EIGHT

8 WEEK, 1 HR ONLINE

You've heard of sustainable ... how about thriveable?

In this course you'll craft a plan to go from having footprints to shrinking what you can to negating the rest while you get happier, healthier, and wealthier.

We meet one hour a week on Tuesdays for eight weeks. Next one starts in July. Sign up now or read below for more info and sign up later. Cost is $500 for eight weeks, but you'll earn that back in no time with the money-saving, smart shopping techniques that are just part of the materials (that's in week 2).

WEEKLY OUTLINE
1. Calculations and Goal Setting Find out your footprints in carbon, plastics, and slavery and how to leave footprints that net out to help the planet. Class ends with setting some goals to shrink the footprints you want to and start erasing what's left over immediately. For every week following, we'll start off each session to check in on your thriveability plan to support you in staying with your goals.
2. Savor Shopping Techniques to make sure you buy the best, least expensive, and most convenient food, clothing, cleaning supplies, you name it. One student saved $250 in this week alone. Others have saved $30 to $100, easily, per week.
3. Clothing College Learn how your clothes get made and which fabrics/materials are the best for your health and that will last the longest. We'll also go over some shopping tips and tricks to buy quality clothing at a fraction of the cost.
4. Electronics Education Find out how your phone is made, or your car, or your stereo. See how to buy electronics that last and how to recycle your electronics when you're done.
5. Vet the Offsets Feel confident that your money is going towards great causes. You'll learn tried and true tactics to find quality organizations that do fantastic work.
6. Water, Wonderful Water Discover ways to make your life more serene while optimizing water usage for the bathroom, kitchen, and garden.
7. Food on the Cheap, Healthy, and Fast Find out how to make nearly instant meals for your jammed lifestyle. It is possible to eat organic and with less time spent than going out to lunch. Recipes included.
8. Beyond this Class. Final and lengthy check-in about what worked for you and didn't. Learn from others with more time for sharing and firming goals for life. You'll be invited to a WhatsApp chat with others who have gone through the learning.

THE NUANCES OF OTHER LEARNINGS IN THIS EIGHT WEEK COURSE

You'll learn how to work with your brain's natural ability to thrive during today's challenges and for the rest of your your life!
You'll live life with a sense of purpose, acting on your deepest convictions.
How to manage your money for maximum abundance. Say goodbye to buyer's remorse for good!
How to get rid of cognitive dissonance. You'll no longer struggle with what is the right thing to do. You'll know how to take action and live each day in integrity.
You'll understand the one big flaw in our economy that is a root cause for unhappiness in your life. (No wonder why it's destroying our planet!) You'll learn how use it to your advantage.
You'll learn how to live in balance with the Earth so that your lifestyle will have a net benefit to the planet and others in the world. This means that you will be on track to leave the world healthier because you were alive than if you'd never been born.

D. M.
Kentfield, CA

I was at the grocery store recently and noticed how unhappy people seemed to be. We live in such an affluent and beautiful place why do people seem so sad?

I thought to myself, "These guys should take the class I'm taking!"

This course has provided tools for me to examine where my source of happiness can be manifested. I have choice now on how to make myself feel better in ways I never knew. We all want meaning and purpose.

One of my favorite things is the weekly meetings. It's inspiring to talk to people who are concerned about the same global issues and are seizing the opportunity to find out how to be of greater impact.

Only four weeks in, I now have solid "how-tos" to help the planet. I also am enriching my life and feel more abundance every day. It never even occurred to me that this was possible. Please check it out! Become a part of the change and community that we all wish to see, especially now.

N. S.
Eugene, OR

The miraculous thing that Own It Economics has done is to show the world how to escape the horns of the dilemma of progress versus planet. Beth has shown us that living the good life is living the life of goodness. The amazing mindset reset that she teaches has already changed my life. I feel a reawakening of hope in the face of despair, a reawakening of the confidence, even, that we can and will work together to fix what ails us — and have fun doing it!

L. S.
San Rafael, CA

I was amazed to find how many times I purchased things that I didn’t need. The “Savor the Wait” technique was a turning point for me. Becoming aware of how our goods are made was also an eye opening process. Calculating my own personal carbon footprint has helped me understand I have a responsibility to offset my consumption. Making informed choices, donating to charities, and reducing my carbon footprint have now become a daily part of my life. This course should be required of every human being on the planet!!
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M. S.
San Rafel, CA

I learned I have a real impact on the world with what I buy. I have incredible power to help others and myself by using what I bought as a tool for deeper engagement. I now feel a stronger sense of Ownership about what I purchase and it feels powerful.

I feel like I went from middle school to graduate school! I learned so much, like:

1. How advertising/marketing/packaging works to make me buy stuff I don't need.

2. How carbon emissions, plastic pollution, and poverty and slavery work are kept in place and how to change it.

3. How to spend my money for maximum satisfaction.

4. How giving to charities is makes me feel great.

5. How to research to find out about what I buy and to whom I want to donate.

After researching many things I buy regularly, I lost interest in them because they were not made good enough!

I simplified my life:

I unsubbed from solicitation emails and terminated memberships.

I once found myself in Michael’s arts and crafts store with a shopping basket full of stuff and, as I was headed to checkout, I realized that I just didn’t need any of that stuff. I left the basket and walked out. It was liberating!

Spending money on stuff I didn't need cluttered up my life! By the end of the course I got rid of stuff to open up my home.

Surprisingly, as a recent widow, I found myself moving through my grief more easily during the class.

J. M.
Fairfax, CA

Own It Economics invites us to be self-empowered and addresses something that’s at the core of being human—how we can have a life that is sustainable and creative—and how can we do that on an individual level and thus change the world collectively.

M. M.
Greenbrae, CA

Own It Economics offers a powerful and hopeful alternative to the "learned helplessness" many of us feel when faced with seemingly insurmountable threats to the health of our planet. Beth taps into the deep human need for connection and to make a real difference. Her methods are a completely original scheme that invites each one of us to be fully engaged in healing the world and to live with integrity while becoming happier and more fulfilled.
*Special Note, this person now is living a negative footprint life! She committed to donating 2 tonnes a month to projects that draw down carbon and doesn't have nearly a normal American footprint of 16 tonnes a year. Way to go!