The Nectary is researching an economy of love.

Through experiments in gifting, economic intimacy, and shared-risk, we are rigorously exploring pathways for exiting the economy of fear, separation, and control. 

Through practices designed to restore our capacities for trusting life, discerning true needs, and joyfully coordinating our interdependence, we aim to nurture a sprouting culture of soulful “economy-ing” in our intimate relational web of cooperation and evolutionary learning.

The Nectary offers all of its facilitated events, documented learnings, and lodging for fellows as gifts free from any expectation of exchange. 

In order to support the Nectary’s material needs and the material needs of its hosts and fellows, we invite you to give us financial gifts here. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible gift of over $250 to the Nectary via a U.S. 501c3 fiscal sponsor, please email us. 

Learn more about what we mean by ‘soulful economy-ing’ here.

“... If you do still believe in love, then you can create unbreakable bonds between individuals, and levels of trust that are really high – and therefore, forms of coordination and organization that can actually outcompete those forms of organization that are based on mere contract. The people who are most confused, who are driving the world towards its end, are actually not capable – given their worldview – of creating organizations as powerful as the organizations that could be created by this other class of people. This class of people who are seeking the value of love, friendship, and trust as primary. In the battle between devils and angels, the angels win because they can cooperate.”

— Zak Stein