Nonprofit organization generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends.

Both types of organizations are working to achieve a better society. However, we would argue that a social enterprise is more sustainable and effective in the long term.

Most non-profits spend a large amount of their time and energy on applying for grants to keep their operations going. This by its very nature is unsustainable. A non-profit may earn income but that does not seem as important as the ability to always find donors.

A social enterprise emphasizes trade not aid. Aid recipients are not empowered; they are dependent. On the other hand, fair-trade business relationships tend to be more equal and respectful.

When a business is able to play a role in social development or environmental protection and make a profit that is much more sustainable. It gives an income to the owner. It gives good long term jobs to committed employees.

And by making a profit it is able to invest and grow without having to beg.

Oil companies are able to make lots of money and in so doing, they can pay lobbyists to change laws favorable to their interests. Social Enterprises that make money can do the same!

While we are not against non-profits we see that meaningful employment is something that is very desirable. So why not make a living doing something for people or the planet?

Maori Lovers - 19th century, South Pacific

The World Art Erotica Virtual Museum is also a part of the Hedonisia family of social enterprise projects. Our effort is to promote positive cultural and historical images and teachings on the subject of human sexuality.

This site is a response to some of the negativity surrounding sexuality that exists in much of the world. No matter how much people try to deny it, men and women from every culture and race in history have enjoyed making love.

We also wanted to have an erotic site that both men AND women could enjoy. It is okay to be a hedonist. It is okay to make love. It is okay to have fun!

I started off life in the opposite camp, as a devout member of a religion called Islam which, like Christianity promotes the idea of delaying fun and pleasure, until death. I was never quite comfortable with this idea. Delayed gratification, combined with guilt and repression, was not exactly my cup of tea!

Human beings gravitate naturally towards pleasure. We do what feels good and often feeling good is good for us. Evolution suggests that pleasure is intricately involved in our very survival. Otherwise we simply would not have such a propensity for pleasure. However, the so-called moralists try, in the name of religion, to impose guilt and repression on our natural state of being.

Islam is especially dogmatic in this respect. This wasn’t for me so I quit being a Muslim. Then I began to have some fun! Wild, sensual, ecstatic and romantic. I made love across the planet. But I never hurt anyone. Nor did I try to impose my way on others. However, I discovered in my travels that Paradise truly can be found on earth!

Making love is the essence of Paradise. It is the bringing together of all the senses (including the sixth sense), into an explosion of pleasure.

So don’t be afraid of hedonism. Your life may depend on it!

"Natural" Barcelona Architect - Antoni Gaudi

Anthony Gaudi is an amazing architect. The buildings he has done here are just so cool. Yet they would probably fail inspection by the Hawaii County Planning Dept!

Tantric Indian Lovers practice alternative forms of natural birth control.

Over the next weeks we will introduce each one of our websites and show how it is part of the Hedonisia family. Ecosensual is part of the Hedonisia family of Sustainable Social Enterprise projects. It is an example of where we try to establish an economic model that is in alignment with our ideals.

In this case the ideals we are promoting are women’s empowerment, reduction of pollution, population control, and improving the love lives of people everywhere!

Ecosensual Natural Birth Control can help improve a couple’s love life by suggesting changes to their sexuality based on the female’s natural cycles. Our effort here is to empower women sexually by giving them knowledge. For knowledge is power and when a woman truly knows her fertility it can affect her love choices, her moods, her travel plans and much more!

For with most couples no matter how much they love each other, their sexuality can become rather routine after months or years into the relationship. Dare we say it, sex can even become perfunctory and boring for some! By using the Ecosensual Love Calendar we hope to inspire couples to spice up their love lives. The site is naughty and a little risque. After all it is about joyful sex and birth control!

Eco-friendly working and playing!

Welcome to the first Blog Post of Hedonisia Hawaii!

Hedonisia LLC is a socially progressive company that has a quadruple bottom line! People, Planet, Profit and Pleasure! Our Business Plan places great emphasis on Pleasurable Activism! We believe that it is possible make a living working for a better planet and to have fun doing it!

Pleasurable Activism = Social Sustainability. We practice sustainable living locally in our eco-friendly community of travelers. However, we also practice social sustainability globally by utilizing our brains as well as our bodies and hearts through our Socially Responsible Business Web Projects.

This blog will show how we practice Pleasurable Activism through our various online and offline projects. So please subscribe to this blog. We hope to teach and stimulate people into making a living that benefits people and the planet not the other way around.