The economic vision
The citizens of the Federation have over 60 businesses and service activities. The majority are cooperatives, which are joined into a consortium, who offer quality products...
... created following ethical and ecological principles.
The Damanhurian activities are in many sectors: artistic workshops, glasswork, mosaics, painting, sculpture, restoration and agricultural tourism, computer and IT consultancies, publishing, therapeutic research, eco-architecture and eco-building.
The businesses are the result of the experience of the Federation, often created to respond to the needs of the communities as they grew and, a little by little, thanks to the support of a complementary currency system, the 'Credit', they have grown to become producers of quality goods and services.
The territory where the Federation is situated has need of infrastructure, new schools, libraries and services to revitalise the area in social and economic terms.
Damanhur brings back into use trades from the past and integrates them with avant-garde technologies and processes.
For this reason, an eco-society like Damanhur stimulates and permits the formation of new, diversified professions that transform into businesses and services. The experience of creating the Temples of Humankind has played a large part because during their construction, artists and craftspeople have helped those with less expertise to learn trades and discover hidden talents.
Every Damanhurian business has the vision of work as an instrument of spiritual refinement and the offering of oneself to others through one's own work. The creative aspect is important, as is and the choice of environmentally friendly materials and procedures.
The citizens who are not in Damanhurian cooperatives work in businesses outside the Federation, according to their specific professions.
All Damanhurian citizens contribute economically to the development and growth of the Federation, according to their choices and possibilities, supporting areas of public interest such as schools, art, and the purchase of new houses and territories.
