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Merchant of the Month - ECOLunchbox ECOlunchbox was founded out of a California eco-mom’s need and desire: a need for sustainable and non-toxic lunchware for her children’s school lunches & a desire to reduce lunchtime waste and our world’s increasing dependence on plastics. Chief Eco-Mom and Founder Sandra Harris says the [...]

Partner of the Month – Green America Since Dharma Merchant Services’ inception, our intention has been to align ourselves with organizations that have made significant contributions to educating and promoting sustainable choices that benefit people and the planet. One such organization is Green America, of which our founder has been a [...]

Support Tip of the Month - Daily Velocity Filter Welcome to the first ever support tip of the month! As the Support Manager here at Dharma, I learn something new every day and there’s never a dull moment. Every month I will be sharing the lesson I found to be [...]

What’s New! Card Associations Settlement and Mastercard Fee increase There are a couple of things to note this month about the credit card processing industry.  The first is that a number of states have filed objections to the proposed $7.25 billion settlement that is currently on the table against the [...]

5 reasons to Choose eCommerce Vs. PayPal One of the biggest questions nonprofits face when putting together their websites is whether to use Paypal to accept donations or get a merchant account with an ecommerce company. While PayPal has its strengths, it is not always the best choice for nonprofits. An account [...]

Dharma Tours Ritual Coffee Dharma partner SFMade is an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting San Francisco local manufacturer’s.  Our friends at SFMade offered public tours of its member merchants this summer to highlight merchants who manufacture, create or bake products within the city limits.  SFMade has over 350 members dedicated to creating job [...]

SFMade and Buying Local By now, the idea of buying locally is imprinted on the minds of most sustainably minded consumers.  Buying food and products sourced from local vendors and stores close to your home (and preferably within your city limits) is smart AND eco-friendly for many reasons; 1.Local manufacturing [...]

Being Inspiration is our "Being Game" of the month. The purpose of our game is to define and to hold awareness of some aspect of virtue, spirit and divinity. Each morning one of our team members will share an example of where Inspiration shows up in their life. Throughout this [...]

Every month our team here plays the "Being Game", in which we choose an aspect of the divine to hold in our attention in order to deepen our understanding of ourselves. This month's game is Being Clear. We are finding endless situations and ideas out of this month's game which [...]

This Month's Being Game: Being Connected This past month's Being Game (where we consider and hold an aspect of spirit for daily contemplation) was Being Connected. This was a particularly powerful game as we came to understand that the quality of our connection to our path, to our environment, to [...]