Is Gaia Inc. Trying To Usurp The ‘Green Movement’?

[we-R-one]

Last fall(2017), I spent some time researching the GAIA organization. I had meant to post the findings, but had so much going on the past 9 months, I just never got around to it. Funny thing, it’s now more relevant than ever before and I wanted to share what I’ve uncovered so people are aware! That being said, I do feel there are some good programs on GAIA, however, be alert, as I think much more is going on behind the scenes than what people realize.

Just a little background to help with the content…

What I’ve uncovered is the usurping of the Culture Creative group. It’s already obvious to myself and others, that GAIA is attempting to usurp the ufology movement, so why not the ‘green movement’ while they’re at it? I've wondered about this for quite some time. Several years ago I was researching one of these groups in New Mexico(Culture Creatives) when Illuminati favorite and UNITED NATIONS afficianado Barbara Marx Hubbard surfaced. Check out this link to see what they’re about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cultural_Creatives

Boulder is seeming more and more to be a hub for the 'Culture Creative' paradigm. When I was researching THRIVE long ago I came across two individuals who were participants of THRIVE and noted as the founders of Gaia University located in Boulder, CO...Both have strong ties to the UNITED NATIONS and its Agenda 21, FUTURE EARTH, AGENDA 2030 blueprint. In fact, one of them, Andrew,"is the author of Designing Productive Meetings and Events, a field manual for UN Agenda 21 facilitators....". Liora, the other founder "...has been a global leader in the ecovillage movement and was an executive board member of the Global Ecovillage Network from 1999 - 2003. She currently serves on its International Advisory Board and as a representative to the United Nations. She is also an advisory board member of The Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology."

http://main.gaiauniversity.org/profile_pages/founders

So likely heavy UN influence within their program. I'm wondering if there's a connection here with Gaia T.V. as they have their own program named Sustainable Futures..more research is needed.
https://www.gaia.com/series/sustainable-futures


I broke this up into a 2 part series. I did some minor editing, but basically it’s the original document.

PART I
TO UNDERSTAND GAIA IS TO UNDERSTAND LOHAS

Before I post the findings, I want to clarify what concerns me in the case of GAIA and the LOHAS movement..I have no problems being more ‘green’ conscious or incorporating a more healthy lifestyle into our way of living, I’ve been doing it myself probably for the past 3 or 4 years, so I easily fall within the category of a Culture Creative and likely most of you do too.

I don’t see this as a trend going away and I believe it’s why all these companies are cropping up in support of the LOHAS lifestyle. Wait till you see how big it truly is....And of course it makes sense…What concerns me is THE UNITED NATIONS involvement in the dynamics, as they’re doing more than usurping the buzzword ‘sustainability’ to fit their agenda, but rather taking over an entire paradigm shift perhaps the need for the likes of a GAIA INC to herd the trendsetters in the proper direction so they can be guided and ‘controlled’. This is where I see this going through all their marketing research and ‘programming’ that I'm about to share…. Unless you’ve done substantial research on Agenda 21, and the public at large really hasn’t, many might not understand my viewpoint and concerns. The blueprint for its policies and procedures have been and continually are being implemented through all levels of government and NGO’s(Non-governmental organizations).

Bottom line, the endgame of Agenda 21 in every country who gives up their sovereignty has been well stated below:

“UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development is the action plan implemented worldwide to inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all energy, all education, all information, and all human beings in the world. INVENTORY AND CONTROL.----Rosa Koire”

To see how out of control this has gotten, take some time to visit the site below. Pay attention to all the companies and organizations involved that are listed amongst the many pages …don’t worry there are many more than what’s being shown if you know where to look. This isn’t just going on in the UNITED STATES, it’s worldwide and of course GAIA T.V. also has an international following. Agenda 21 is the work of the elite and The Progressive Movement, it is ‘deep state’ because their policies and procedures are implemented minus congressional approval through treaties, executive orders and backdoor access where the public has no input on the matter. My opinion is based on what the research shows.

Notice in past videos how Corey and ‘Kids’ are pushing the LOHAS lifestyle by using proper ‘buzzwords’ and concepts identified as part of the Culture Creative crowd to draw people in? Daniel Liszt picked up on this when he was interviewing a guy I think by the name of Derek who had been working closely with the Corey group. It(LOHAS) also reflects in the GAIA programming. How many people even recognize what’s being done here? If one is not familiar with the likes of AGENDA 21 blueprint, aka FUTURE EARTH, aka AGENDA 2030, and for the love of pete, I think I’ve even seen AGENDA 2050…they will sign up hook, line and sinker not even realizing their participating in policies and procedures that eventually are meant to control every aspect of their life all in the name of green. I ‘get’ reading this may feel like chewing on cardboard, but it’s needed in order to understand what’s possibly taking place amongst the alternative community.

Honestly, it’s fcking brilliant on their(Progressives) part, how this entire marketing conglomerate of bullsh!t has been strategically orchestrated in a manner that the sheeple willingly sign up and support their future demise of their own sovereignty. So while I realize much of what GAIA is doing makes sense and is appealing, don’t lose sight of their involvement with the corrupt UNITED NATIONS, whose primary objective remains to be total control of everything and everyone. I'll define LOHAS in Part 2

Source: http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/


Additional Remarks: I bold, underline, and italicize my documents to make fact finding easier to locate for future referencing and to make the read a bit easier on the eyes. ALL CAP letters normally, but not always, are used to signify business’ corporate status.



Part 2 Coming UP…………………

[we-R-one]

PART 2

TO UNDERSTAND GAIA IS TO UNDERSTAND LOHAS

From what I can tell, LOHAS is the blueprint for GAIA as the two go hand in hand which is why I think it’s important to understand what’s being done here as it’s embedded in the branding of this company both current and future endeavors, including enticing current ‘Corey’ followers and definitely generations to come. You have already seen a bit of the ‘theme’ incorporated into Corey’s script. Let’s see if you can pick it out after learning a bit about LOHAS. Once explored, I suspect it’s a knowledge base you’ll acquire that undoubtedly will become useful during your researching ‘careers’ as this doesn’t appear to be trend, but rather a lifestyle that isn’t going away and will be heavily marketed to the public in many forms of glory. As mentioned in Part I, it’s not that it’s necessarily a bad thing, but what I think might be transpiring through their business plan and marketing, is their using the lifestyle to suck people into the whole UNITED NATIONS One World Government mentality without people even realizing their motivations. Before I go any further, let’s start with the who, what, where, how and why of LOHAS. Hopefully this will be enough info to offer a one stop shop of quick facts.
LOHAS
Definition: Life Of Health And Sustainibility

Origin of term:
“LOHAS was the brainchild of eco-goods and healthy-living products retail giant, Gaiam Inc., owned by Jirka Rysavy, once a runner-up for Inc. magazine’s prestigious Entrepreneur-of-the-Year award and an Olympic level athlete from the Czech Republic. Rysavy coined the term “LOHAS” with a hand-picked group of advisors and investors in the mid-1990s and it was circulated within that circle as an “in-house” market strategy.”

“This changed a few years later when Rysavy approached the small publishing firm Natural Business Communications with the idea of creating a business magazine based on LOHAS. Natural Business Communications was a young company. It had only recently launched its first publication, Natural Business, a financial newsletter for executives in the natural and organic products industry. Nonetheless, co-owners Steven Hoffman and Frank Lampe were eager to expand. They agreed with Rysavy that the market for healthy goods in the United States and around the world was undergoing dramatic growth. With investment support from Rysavy, Hoffman and Lampe subsequently launched the fourcolor trade magazine The LOHAS Journal and produced the first LOHAS Forum, a trade conference and exhibit. With these, the concept of LOHAS was officially released into public distribution in the spring of 2000.”

Source: Excerpt from the book ‘The Gospel of Sustainability: Media, Market and LOHAS- author Monica M. Emerich
https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/667627

Also:

“Still, Natural Business Communications intended the concept of LOHAS to serve as a type of “bridging” entity, to borrow a concept from Robert Putnam (21). LOHAS discourse underscores the importance of relationship, of bridging differences in productive ways, and examines the types of relations that can be built among people (Jean-Luc Nancy qtd. in Willson 156). This has been especially important in LOHAS because of organizers’ attempts to bring together mainstream and alternative organizations and ideas. The Collective Conscience 161 The early organizers of LOHAS made it clear in the mission statements of the journal and the forum that LOHAS was intended as a set of practices and language that could generate a collective of new partnerships as well as dialogues among...”

Wouldn’t ya like to read the rest of that statement? lol

Great link if you want to read more portions of this book:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/18403


Who is Natural Business Communications?
“Natural Business Communications, founded in 1996 by Steven Hoffman and Frank Lampe, launched the Natural Business LOHAS Journal in March 2000. The magazine tracks the $230-billion “Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability” or LOHAS market. The company publishes the LOHAS Journal Weekly electronic news service and produces the annual Natural Business Market Trends Conference, now in its seventh year. Natural Business Communications also recently partnered with the Natural Marketing Institute to produce the seminal market research study, Understanding the LOHAS Market: Identifying the LOHAS Consumer & Business and Branding Opportunities.”

Source:
http://www.newhope.com/supply-news-a...ious-media-inc
Steven Hoffman has since moved on from Natural Business Communications to capitalize on the LOHAS movement. You can read about him here:
http://www.compassnaturalmarketing.com/steve-hoffman

Notice the name ‘COMPASS’ and the symbol in the left hand corner? AGENDA 21 is known for ‘buzzwords’ that are repetitively repeated over and over again via participating NGO’s, governmental organizations and initiatives. No doubt this is a marketing procedure to acclimate potential participants who will be drawn to words of familiarity. This is part of an enormous web being created before your very eyes.

Here’s an example:
“New York, September 26, 2015 Companies now have a new tool to help them navigate and contribute to a new set of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations on 25 September.
Launched today at a UN-business event at UN Headquarters in New York, the SDG Compass –developed jointly by GRI, the UN Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – guides companies in taking a strategic approach to the SDGs and enhancing their contribution to sustainable development through core business activities.

The SDGs, which will shape the global development agenda from now until 2030, explicitly call on business to use creativity and innovation to address sustainable development challenges, such as poverty, gender equality, clean water, clean energy and climate change”

Source: https://www.globalreporting.org/info...UN-Goals-.aspx

Natural Marketing Institute
www.nmisolutions.com

Here’s where you’ll find the connection to the UNITED NATIONS. Their initial role with GAIA INC was to create the first market study of LOHAS, which was then presented to THE UNITED NATIONS in 2002 via Paul H. Ray, one of the ‘Culture Creative’ founders and Frank Lampe of National Business Communications.

If you look at the team members, you can see they have both worked with large corporations and government organizations tied to UNITED NATIONS, such as PEPSI, DOW CORNING, DUPONT, the FDA, EPA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL. These guys are all collaborators to the socialist policies of Agenda 21.
http://www.nmisolutions.com/index.ph...aging-partners

List of some of the companies they’ve worked with:
http://www.nmisolutions.com/index.ph...s-a-industries


For your additional reading pleasure…lol:
“2017 State of Sustainability in America®
An annual consumer research study devoted to understanding consumer values and behaviors across health, the environment and corporate social responsibility, and their impact on purchase

This report is the fifteenth annual U.S. report NMI(National Marketing Institute) has published on the state of the sustainability market, providing unparalleled insight and expertise in what drives this market and how to communicate with consumers, and identifying the strategic opportunities. It describes how consumer attitudes, behaviors, psychographics and lifestyle activities are evolving and changing as consumers try to become increasingly aligned with a more sustainable lifestyle.

Many companies have been involved and are becoming more involved in the sustainability space, taking measures to ensure they are mindful of their impact on society, the environment and local and global communities. Some uncertainty arises for companies, however, in how to measure what type and how much of an impact, if any, these sustainable initiatives are having. This report discusses how sustainable initiatives adopted by companies and brands can impact consumers’ initial trial, purchase intent and willingness to pay a premium and ultimately provides background and consumer insights to begin the ROI journey.”

Ya….I’m assuming the ‘sustainable initiatives’ include all that are being crammed down our throats minus congressional approval via policies and procedures embedded in both local and government agencies and corporate organizations who have signed on to push the agenda…..

Source: http://www.nmisolutions.com/index.ph...ity-in-america


LOHAS Milestones

March 2000 – LOHAS Journal first published by Natural Business Communications

Spring 2000 -- First LOHAS market research published by Natural Business Communications, The Natural Business LOHAS Report: A Study of the Market for “Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability”

Fall 2002 -- Natural Business Communications, working with NMI, publishes the first LOHAS consumer research, Understanding the LOHAS Consumer Report

Fall 2002 – Paul Ray, Ph.D., and Frank Lampe introduce LOHAS to the Japanese business community at an informational seminar held at the United Nations University in Tokyo and sponsored by E-Square Inc.

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY in Tokyo
https://ias.unu.edu/en/

July 2003 -- The New York Times, in a full-page article, introduces LOHAS to mainstream America and American business.Click for a Word document of the article.

April 2004 – To help introduce its new hybrid SUV, the Ford Escape Hybrid, The Ford Motor Company provides major sponsorship to the annual LOHAS Market Trends Conference, held in Marina del Ray, Calif.

February 2007 – Silvercliffe Media and NMI (National Marketing Institute) publish the first update to the original LOHAS market research, redefining the categories and focusing more tightly on values-based consumer purchases.

SOURCE: http://www.habitat.org.tr/ecovillage...-is-lohas.html


I don’t think my interpretations of what the evidence shows are way off base and I feel it’s more than obvious what’s really going on with the future development of GAIA INC. I would like to find additional evidence and encourage others to keep investigating. It would be helpful to have access to more of GAIA’S inner agenda and dealings with additional business organizations. No doubt, BOULDER, COLORADO is a hub in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, of the Progressive AGENDA 21 SUSTAINABLE movement. I do find for such an up and coming organization in the forefront of the sustainable community, the founder Jirka Rysavy seems to be more than elusive. As they realize and suspect they’re being ‘outed’ you can bet finding substantial connections to be more difficult. The challenge in presenting such information is one has to read quite a bit of material to understand how this LOHAS marketing plan is being orchestrated.



***Disclaimer***
I do the best I can to get the facts right, however I’m human and could make mistakes, miss something, or misrepresent because I might have overlooked or been unaware of a piece of the puzzle. My intentions aren’t malicious, like you, just trying to get to the truth here. As always feel free to question the findings, maybe you find the missing link I didn’t. Then share with the rest of us.


MORE INFORMATION:
LOHAS FORUM
http://www.lohasexpohk.com/?lang=en

UNITED NATIONS AND NMI(NATIONAL MARKETING INSTITUTE) MARKET STUDY ELICITS SIMILAR RESULTS
https://www.sustainablefoodnews.com/...?news_id=14785

THE KEY WORD IS LOHAS- MARCH/APRIL 2006
https://www.jef.or.jp/journal/jef_co....asp?c=3110&t=
Nominated as one of the most popular words during 2005-LOHAS products and services are popping up everywhere in Japan……LOHAS is spreading fast in Japan and it is a word you definitely do not want to miss if you want to succeed with your business in Japan. According to research by the Natural Marketing Institute (USA) and the environmental consulting company E-square Inc. (Japan) released in June 2005, approximately one in three Japanese adults (29%) have adopted a LOHAS lifestyle. LOHAS basically describes a lifestyle focused on health, the environment, social justice, personal development, a sustainable economy and sustainable living. All in one, it is an “evolved” expression for the United Nations definition of Sustainability: the balance between “nature” (environment), “people” (society) and “money” (economy).

8 REASONSWHY LOHAS IS THE BEST GREEN BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE US
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2010...nce-in-the-us/
Look at all the business’ attending including GAIA and THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Zak247]

You may be on to something here.

Maybe Gaia’s job is co-opting any fresh, original, legitimate movements, new age type paradigms from UFOlogy, ecology, to spirituality for the elite thought controllers.

As I described in another thread the great site Zaadz, started from the ground up and sprouted forth some sincere, dynamic and original spirituality and they came along and corporatized it out of existence when they brought the site.

They may specialize in that routine...

Let’s say one creates a novel, dynamic environmental program or a new way of approaching it and you get a massive ground up response from the people, and you’re getting a huge following and becoming effective.

One day they get a call from an organization like Gaia, who has basically made things like the environmental movement and new age movements commodities and drenched them of all sincerity and originality.

So they buy the organization and commercialize it and just make it another commodity, a product, so it loses its original spirit based energy. The movement dies. All that’s left is a shell of its original intent.

[AutumnW]

They are likely trying to delegitimize serious academic research into esoteric subjects including ufos, environmental issues etc..by making them look screwy.

[we-R-one]

Now you'll know why I was laughing on the DW resignation letter thread, when I saw this review for GAIA/GAIAM on Glassdoor.com:

https://glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employ...RVW3899151.htm

Mar 19, 2014


"Bite my LOHASS"
Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
Doesn't Recommend
Neutral Outlook
Disapproves of CEO

I worked at Gaiam full-time (More than 3 years)

Pros

Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability...yoga class on site, employee discounted products, relatively low stress job requirements

Cons

Lifestyle of Hell and Suckability...poor management starting at the top, agreement with other reviews about excessive nepotism which leads to first point, no real growth or progression as a company, good people are used up and thrown out, bad people are rewarded with management positions

Advice to Management

You need new blood badly. President and CEO should resign themselves to sitting on the Board and let fresh talent come in and revamp the whole company, including reassigning/demoting bad managers. Realize and nurture the good people.


There's a lot of unhappy people who've posted on there and while I 'get' companies can have issues now and then, it appears a lot more might be going on.

[we-R-one]

Since GAIA seems to be king of usurping corporations, or is it KING(kidding), consider the significance or purpose of buying out the local business media.

Companies bought out by GAIA:
Boulder Business Report, Longmont Business Report, The Northern Colorado Business Report and Wyoming Business Report

Boulder County Business Report to merge with sister publication
By Joe Rubino, Camera Staff Writer
Posted: 02/26/2014 05:56:28 PM MST | Updated: 4 years ago

"The Boulder County Business Report and the Northern Colorado Business Report next month will be consolidated into a single publication covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld Counties, as well as the Denver-Boulder corridor, the newspapers' publisher announced Wednesday.

BizWest, as the new, biweekly publication will be named, will launch March 21 with an initial circulation of 9,000. It will have offices in Boulder and Fort Collins, according to a news release from BizWest Media LLC."

Source: http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-b...er-publication


Looks to me that GAIA aka Jirka Rysavy is trying to be the 'silent partner'...hard to find validation.
https://bizwest.com/about-us/


Finally...found this, but don't have time to dig for more:

1988 – In December, Jerry W. Lewis, Jeff
Schott and Jirka Rysavy form Boulder Business
Information Inc. and buy the Boulder County
Business Report from Fred Ayers and investors

This:

2008 – In February, Brown Media Holdings acquires
Boulder Business Information Inc. from Jerry W. Lewis,
Jeff Schott and Jirka Rysavy. Chris Wood becomes
publisher of the Boulder County Business Report.

And this:

2011 – Chris Wood, Jeff
Nuttall and investors form
BizWest Media LLC to acquire
the Boulder County Business
Report from Ohio Community
Media LLC.

Source:https://webcache.googleusercontent.c...&ct=clnk&gl=us

[norman]

The business model is at least consistent. Spot a system and gobble it up.


Office supplies, self help videos, new age nick-nackery, Media exposure and glamour, . . . . .



. . . . . (corporate NGOs ? cloaked in all of the above?)

[we-R-one]

Yes Norman and my hope in posting this information is so the reader can watch and learn how this is being done. The pattern of usurping has been repeated over and over again and while it's not illegal, it should be concerning to those interested in the green movements/projects, as this is how they hide 'under the guise of green' and this is how they control the narrative. It's why whistleblower Derrick Faust (interviewed by Dark Journalist)commented on specific verbiage being used by not only Corey, but Corey's 'kids'. The point being to attract more 'Culture Creatives'.

As pointed out in my above posts:
"The early organizers of LOHAS made it clear in the mission statements of the journal and the forum that LOHAS was intended as a set of practices and language that could generate a collective of new partnerships......"

The average person doesn't have time to do all the research to connect the dots to even understand what's going on here....I see many Avalonians as 'messengers' and hope those who can grasp the details, will be able to share with other Culture Creatives so they can watch and be aware.