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Sentientism in action

A Sentientist worldview would have deep implications for the world of finance.

Money is one way of representing, storing, sharing and transferring value. For many sentientists, value ultimately translates back to the quality of sentient experiences.

In a Sentientist world, the way we get, save and invest money – and the systems that allow us to do those things – would change.

This page is work in progress, but there are some links below to get started. Suggestions welcome:

Sentientist Investing

A Sentientist approach to investing, like most investing, would be based on evidence and reasoning. It would also be based on having compassion for all sentient beings. That would lead to a focus on investments that improve things for sentient beings and to avoiding investments in firms that are likely to make things worse for sentient beings.

Beyond Investing has created the first ever publicly available vegan and environmentally conscious investment products, including their Vegan climate ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) and Vegan climate indices.


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The VegTech™ Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF (Ticker: EATV) is an actively managed fund designed to offer investors exposure to the growing plant-based foods and materials trend through VegTech™ Companies.

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MurderBot, Non-violent Protest & Microbial Minds

Joan Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. A Sentientism worldview conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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MurderBot, Non-violent Protest & Microbial Minds

Joan Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. A Sentientism worldview conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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Teaching Compassion

Michelle St. John is founder and director of VinE (Veganism in Education). Heather Marshall is a Senior Lecturer and Religious Education PGCE Course Leader at Edge Hill University. A Sentientism conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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Sentientism Meet-Up 25 Oct 2025 (and some other updates)

An invitation to the second ever Sentientism meetup and some updates about our education work and a potential book!
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