Non-Commercial Values

 Citizenship & Capitalism over Consumerism!

 These forces are manifested in our lives as consumerism. People voluntarily hand over their sovereignty as Americans and citizens in exchange for things and conveniences that sap and paralyze our ability to fight the forces that are weakening our real economy and our ability to affect change in it. 

How the language we use & how we define something can change our perspective instead of Citizens we have become just Consumers Vs Taxpayers :(  

https://www.socialeurope.eu/2011/04/america-consumerism-and-the-end-of-citizenship/

http://www.valuesandcapitalism.com/capitalism-is-not-the-same-as-consumerism/

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/escaping-excessive-consumerism/

Top 10 Anti-Consumerism Must Haves Link 

http://www.verdant.net/society.htm

http://www.toxicdrums.com/

http://lonerwolf.com/identification-war-sports-patriotism/

Realize that you’re extremely blessed to have food, clean water, shelter, clothing, plumbing, transportation, and Internet. More blessed than most people who ever existed and had to work thrice as hard as we do today in the first world. Anything beyond those necessities is gravy.

https://www.vacounseling.com/hedonic-treadmill/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/simpleliving/comments/xt0dha/how_to_avoid_consumerism/ 

I have a simple rule: 100/24. If it costs more than $100, I don't buy it until I've had 24 hours to think about it.

Blood Donation 

I have hit over the Gallon mark in the amount of blood that I have given. I think giving blood just to help other humans is very important I get no money from this I only get free juice and cookies :) http://www.bloodcenter.org/donate-blood/

Science Fiction Anime & Fan Conventions

An important distinction can be made between commercial events (often called "shows") – those run by dedicated companies who specialize in con organization, or by local for-profit firms – and volunteer-run cons.Admission to volunteer cons is usually called "membership",Fan conventions are traditionally organized by fans on a not-for-profit basis. Mindbridge Foundation runs most of the cons in the Eastern Iowa area. 

Fred Rogers & Public Media Radios and more...

Fred really influenced a lot of my thinking when I was younger & I think still has an influence today. unlike most children shows he didn't try to push products  

PBS is a non-profit public broadcaster It can be viewed via the internet or a TV that can receive Free OTA TV.

another PBS project to empower people to have non commercial values :)

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

TimeBanking 

is a time-based currency its an alternative currency where the unit of exchange is the person-hour. Time Dollars are a tax-exempt complementary currency used as a means of providing mutual credit in Time Banking. I don't see this replacing Capitalism nor would I want it too, but I do think it provides a means for people to get empowered & create an equality of opportunity. I like volunteering & building social capital i think time banking can do this.  

I was a member of the Eastern Iowa/Cedar Rapids Area TimeBank that group has since disbanded  www.thetapestry.us

Think carefully and in detail about the various reasons that consumerism goes against your values.

Are you against environmental destruction and unnecessary waste?
Are you against wasting money that could be saved to feed an entire family on something that would just be a luxury/novelty to you?
Are you against supporting the corporate machine, which essentially enslaves the middle class and corrupts the entire political system?
Are you against toxic waste and harmful chemical pollution?
Are you against supporting companies that use sweatshop labor?
Are you against unfair wages and layoffs for workers while CEOs take home billions? What other reasons do you have to be anti-consumption?

• Everyone is an asset

• Some work is beyond a monetary price

• Reciprocity in helping

• Social networks are necessary

• A respect for all human beings

http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/time-banking-allows-people-to-give-and-receive-20141022

NOAA HAM and commercial Free FM

I feel that radio and verbal commutations are interesting in how much space they are given that is non commercial compared to cell phone and TV space 

On the FM broadcast band, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reserved the lowest 20 channels, 201~220 (88.1~91.9 MHz) for NCE stations only. This is known as the reserved band 

noaa weather radio only broadcast weather information no ads nothing else can alert you when a storm is coming. Big deal in the Midwest 

ham radio community and non commercial space. 

when cable was CATV

So When Cable TV started out it was community antenna television, then it became community access television so places with a lot of hills and 

C-Span FCC mandated Local channel for all cable subscribers that only cost 6 cents a month!

BookTV.org a program from C-Span about nonfiction books of interest 

Public service, private media: The political economy of the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN)

https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/1faecb5e-0f07-4476-9f65-9d73859c1c7f  

Public-access television is an alternative viewing options instead of watching for profit commercial broadcasting system, and in order to fulfill some of the social potential of cable television its a Free Speech zone of types where anyone who wants to say anything can. FCC requires cable TV providers offer at least 1 public access ch