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=How to put on a "Design your own Currency" Workshop= | =How to put on a "Design your own Currency" Workshop= | ||
This page and its companion [[Community_Currencies]] were compiled (originally) by Bruno Vernier as part of the Permaculture Diploma process to learn about 'permaculture of money'. Contact: bruno.vernier at gmail.com | |||
==Learning Objectives== | ==Learning Objectives== | ||
* participants will totally get that the heart of community currency is 'community building' and 'relationship building' | |||
* participants will be able to identify, differentiate and determine the appropriate uses of a gift currency, a time currency, an unredeemable token currency, a redeemable proxy currency and a tax-collection currency | * participants will be able to identify, differentiate and determine the appropriate uses of a gift currency, a time currency, an unredeemable token currency, a redeemable proxy currency and a tax-collection currency | ||
* participants will feel enthousiastic about the growing field of community currencies while realizing it is still very experimental | * participants will feel enthousiastic about the growing field of community currencies while realizing it is still very experimental | ||
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* form a semi-circle so everyone can see the center of the circle | * form a semi-circle so everyone can see the center of the circle | ||
* Ask participants to throw whatever currency they have on themselves into the middle of the circle (throw your own collection in) | * Ask participants to throw whatever currency they have on themselves into the middle of the circle (throw your own collection in) | ||
** only one example of each currency, otherwise it can take a long time to setup and cleanup | |||
* lay down the Yin and Yang attribute cards (might be better to do that while waiting for session to start as a stimulant) | * lay down the Yin and Yang attribute cards (might be better to do that while waiting for session to start as a stimulant) | ||
* quickly explain the spectrum and ask participants to help you justify where the various currencies fit on the spectrum (place them) | * quickly explain the spectrum and ask participants to help you justify where the various currencies fit on the spectrum (place them) | ||
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==Table of Contents== | ==Table of Contents== | ||
* The Permaculture of Money: observe the flow of currency, find ways to capture and retain it, aim for inputs=outputs, share surplus | * The Permaculture of Money: observe the flow of currency, find ways to capture and retain it, aim for inputs=outputs, share surplus | ||
** explain that currency always goes in the opposite direction of goods and services | |||
** national currencies tend to pool around the 1%, creating treasure chests and stimulating long distance trading | |||
** successful CC tend to build community, stimulating local, ethical and ecologically-friendly trading | |||
** bilateral barter is only useful for the two parties involved; currencies involve the entire community | |||
* Ying Yang spectrum | * Ying Yang spectrum | ||
* Da Vinci Tai Chi | ** Yang: tax collection, competition, debt-based, quick profit, fear-based, interest (musical chairs), scarcity-requiring, efficient, treasure-hoarding, idealistic, exponential-curve pattern, long-distance trading for 10,000 years | ||
* | ** Yin: gift circles, cooperation, mutual-credit, long-term planning, trust-based, demuragge (negative interest rate), abundance, community-building, appropriate, realistic, sine-curve pattern, star trek (all imagined technologies are now real except moneyless economy) | ||
* Make Money exercise: | * archetypes: Da Vinci Tai Chi move altogether (make sure to reverse the moves when in front of the group): | ||
* Detailed | ** warrior, engineer, nurturer, lover, and integrator : upshot: we need them all; we need yang and yin currencies | ||
* the 4 components of CC success (to avoid the 80% failure rate since 1983) | * 4 stories: High Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt, Municipal Scrip 1933, Argentina, (and mention the 1000s experiments going on now) | ||
* Make Money exercise: Offers/Requests on postits; write out IOU cheque vouchers, circulate for a bit, debrief | |||
* Detailed explanations: Gift Circles, Timebank, Seedstock, National Currency, Left/Right Chiralkine Quantum Money | |||
** Gift Economies: jungle tribes, potlach, Burning Man, Seedy Saturdays, freecycle, opensource, scientific knowledge, mathematics, language, wikipedia, blood donations, homeless, monasteries/convents, nature, hundreds of sharing websites | |||
** TimeBank/LETS exercise: ask everyone to write down 3 offers; then ask them to write 3 requests (usually much harder to do); have them present to the group (point out how effortless the community-building feels like) ; ask them for homework to enter these into their nearest timebank website or equivalent | |||
** Seedstock (or other proxy currency): simulate how it works using participants as actors (businesses, Non-profits, government, supporters/volunteers, and matchmaker/catalog keeper) | |||
* 4 components of CC success (to avoid the 80% failure rate since 1983): | |||
** Constant Catalog Updates | |||
** Active Matchmaker, | |||
** Transparent Accounting (and appropriate medium: digital, paper vouchers, relationship to national currency) | |||
** Respect Gifts (do not monetize remaining gift economies, and allow natural transition of CC to gift economy) | |||
* Real live example of CC design using a participant's project | * Real live example of CC design using a participant's project | ||
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* the story of the High Middle Ages | * the story of the High Middle Ages | ||
* the story of Ancient Egypt | * the story of Ancient Egypt | ||
* the story of King Midas (everything he touches turns to Gold = monetization of the commons = gift economy) | |||
* the story of stamp scrip in USA and Austria | * the story of stamp scrip in USA and Austria | ||
* the story of Argentina 2002 | * the story of Argentina 2002 | ||
* the story of Brazil's municipal-based CC (govt study shows CC does not harm national currency; solves problems nat'l currency can't) | |||
* the story of LETS and Timebanking | * the story of LETS and Timebanking | ||
* the story of Seedstock and Transition Towns currencies | * the story of Seedstock and Transition Towns currencies | ||
* optionally: the story of chiralkine (quantum) money | * optionally: the story of chiralkine (quantum) money | ||
==Possible Extensions== | |||
* If time and interest allow, discuss Yang Money Reform from the last 2 decades: | |||
** crowdfunding, microlending, deSoto's people capitalism, ethical mutual funds, fair trade, triple bottom line, etc | |||
** compare and contrast with community currencies and pure gift economies | |||
* invite participants to take an online course in Community Currencies | |||
==Feedback== | |||
* always ask for feedback at the end: what worked , what can be improved in the presentation ? (take a good 5 minutes) | |||
* verify that everyone really got that the heart of yin money is 'community building' and 'relationship building' | |||
==references== | ==references== | ||
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[[Category:Permaculture]] | [[Category:Permaculture]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Local currency]] | ||
[[Category:Finance]] | [[Category:Finance]] | ||
[[Category:Economics]] | [[Category:Economics]] |
Revision as of 13:08, 30 September 2015
How to put on a "Design your own Currency" Workshop
This page and its companion Community_Currencies were compiled (originally) by Bruno Vernier as part of the Permaculture Diploma process to learn about 'permaculture of money'. Contact: bruno.vernier at gmail.com
Learning Objectives
- participants will totally get that the heart of community currency is 'community building' and 'relationship building'
- participants will be able to identify, differentiate and determine the appropriate uses of a gift currency, a time currency, an unredeemable token currency, a redeemable proxy currency and a tax-collection currency
- participants will feel enthousiastic about the growing field of community currencies while realizing it is still very experimental
- participants with a design background (PDC?) will be able to design a currency as a component of wholistically solving a real problem they are familiar with
Prepare before the workshop
- samples of all the various types of community currencies (and some proxy yang currencies)
- prepare Yin and Yang attribute cards (ed note: insert content of the cards here or in a separate wiki page)
Introduction
- form a semi-circle so everyone can see the center of the circle
- Ask participants to throw whatever currency they have on themselves into the middle of the circle (throw your own collection in)
- only one example of each currency, otherwise it can take a long time to setup and cleanup
- lay down the Yin and Yang attribute cards (might be better to do that while waiting for session to start as a stimulant)
- quickly explain the spectrum and ask participants to help you justify where the various currencies fit on the spectrum (place them)
Table of Contents
- The Permaculture of Money: observe the flow of currency, find ways to capture and retain it, aim for inputs=outputs, share surplus
- explain that currency always goes in the opposite direction of goods and services
- national currencies tend to pool around the 1%, creating treasure chests and stimulating long distance trading
- successful CC tend to build community, stimulating local, ethical and ecologically-friendly trading
- bilateral barter is only useful for the two parties involved; currencies involve the entire community
- Ying Yang spectrum
- Yang: tax collection, competition, debt-based, quick profit, fear-based, interest (musical chairs), scarcity-requiring, efficient, treasure-hoarding, idealistic, exponential-curve pattern, long-distance trading for 10,000 years
- Yin: gift circles, cooperation, mutual-credit, long-term planning, trust-based, demuragge (negative interest rate), abundance, community-building, appropriate, realistic, sine-curve pattern, star trek (all imagined technologies are now real except moneyless economy)
- archetypes: Da Vinci Tai Chi move altogether (make sure to reverse the moves when in front of the group):
- warrior, engineer, nurturer, lover, and integrator : upshot: we need them all; we need yang and yin currencies
- 4 stories: High Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt, Municipal Scrip 1933, Argentina, (and mention the 1000s experiments going on now)
- Make Money exercise: Offers/Requests on postits; write out IOU cheque vouchers, circulate for a bit, debrief
- Detailed explanations: Gift Circles, Timebank, Seedstock, National Currency, Left/Right Chiralkine Quantum Money
- Gift Economies: jungle tribes, potlach, Burning Man, Seedy Saturdays, freecycle, opensource, scientific knowledge, mathematics, language, wikipedia, blood donations, homeless, monasteries/convents, nature, hundreds of sharing websites
- TimeBank/LETS exercise: ask everyone to write down 3 offers; then ask them to write 3 requests (usually much harder to do); have them present to the group (point out how effortless the community-building feels like) ; ask them for homework to enter these into their nearest timebank website or equivalent
- Seedstock (or other proxy currency): simulate how it works using participants as actors (businesses, Non-profits, government, supporters/volunteers, and matchmaker/catalog keeper)
- 4 components of CC success (to avoid the 80% failure rate since 1983):
- Constant Catalog Updates
- Active Matchmaker,
- Transparent Accounting (and appropriate medium: digital, paper vouchers, relationship to national currency)
- Respect Gifts (do not monetize remaining gift economies, and allow natural transition of CC to gift economy)
- Real live example of CC design using a participant's project
Stories
- anecdotes about Bernard Lietaer the co-designer of the Euro, Michael Linton the local and global pioneer
- the story of the High Middle Ages
- the story of Ancient Egypt
- the story of King Midas (everything he touches turns to Gold = monetization of the commons = gift economy)
- the story of stamp scrip in USA and Austria
- the story of Argentina 2002
- the story of Brazil's municipal-based CC (govt study shows CC does not harm national currency; solves problems nat'l currency can't)
- the story of LETS and Timebanking
- the story of Seedstock and Transition Towns currencies
- optionally: the story of chiralkine (quantum) money
Possible Extensions
- If time and interest allow, discuss Yang Money Reform from the last 2 decades:
- crowdfunding, microlending, deSoto's people capitalism, ethical mutual funds, fair trade, triple bottom line, etc
- compare and contrast with community currencies and pure gift economies
- invite participants to take an online course in Community Currencies
Feedback
- always ask for feedback at the end: what worked , what can be improved in the presentation ? (take a good 5 minutes)
- verify that everyone really got that the heart of yin money is 'community building' and 'relationship building'