well·ness at The Commonwealth Resources
QUADRANT 4 | Solutions + FUTURE VISIONS
Sweet Water Foundation’s work and future visions are inspired and informed by the wisdom of elders, Indigenous peoples, and the writings of Boggs, Douglass, Friere, Gorz, Schumacher, and many others. A few of SWF’s Core Texts are shared below with link to FREE PDF version where available.
In the spirit of Sweet Water Foundation’s practice of Turning Wastes to Resources, the well·ness at The Commonwealth exhibit includes Bottle-Ponics demonstration systems to hack the plastic waste generated from water and soda bottles. Detailed illustrations of these systems are provided below.
Solutions for Turning Wastes to Resources
Detailed diagram for a 16oz Bottle-Ponics System
Detailed diagram for a 2 Liter Bottle-Ponics System
Core Texts of Sweet Water Foundation
It’s Time for the Essential Economy | Jia Lok Pratt
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century | Grace Lee Boggs
Belonging: A Culture of Place | bell hooks
Reclaiming Work: Beyond the Wage-Based Society | Andre Gorz
Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered | E.F. Schumacher
Root Shock | Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD
Deschooling Society | Ivan Illich
Seeing Like a State | James C. Scott