Global River Education is a proposed school that takes a holistic "Earth Community" approach to education. It will focus on critical thinking, systems thinking, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and whole-person development to prepare students to become leaders for social change. There is demand for alternative schools, as the public high school market was $6 billion in 2007. The proposal seeks $500,000 in preferred stock funding to help the school break even by month 13 and stay cash flow positive in the first challenging year. The funding would provide investors with 10% ownership of the school through preferred shares paying 7% annual dividends, with options to purchase more shares.