This is a list my friend AaronC of practivist.org and I came up with in a quick brainstorming about the different design elements that might make up a financial permaculture.
These elements would be arranged in space and time to optimize synergy and mutually beneficial relationship with one another to create vibrant local and global financial systems that mimicked the efficiency of natural ecosystem services like nutrient distribution.
The categories (in no particular order) for research leading up to the Financial Permaculture Course we came up with are: (please coment and add new catagories, (leave a trackback!) or visit our wiki to add your voice to the research project to create sustainable economic solutions in this time of upheavil and change.) Links are to wikipedia articles
- Microcredit
- LETS Systems
- Complementary Currency
- Alternative Currency
- Bioregional Currency
- Local Currency
- Ithaca Hours Currency
- Fair Trade
- Coop
- Carbon Trading
- Value Added
- True Cost Economics
- Ecological Economics
- Green-collar jobs
- Valuing Eco-system Services
- Slow Food
- Local Food
- Bioregionalism
- Ecovillage Model
- Transition Towns
- Cradel to Cradel
- ZERI Zero Emmissions Research Initiative Homepage
- Gift Economy
- Fourth Sector
- E.F. Schumacher
- B Corporations Homepage
- L3C Americans For Community Development Article
- Ethical Business
- Natural Capitalism
- Socially responsible investing
- Credit Union
- Local Purchasing
- Open Source
- Creative Commons
I will continue to add to this post, and these catagories will be reflected in the public financial permaculture wiki @ www.financialpermaculture.practivist.org.
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