[P2P-F] circular financing of regenerative activities

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks James!

have you talked to the ReGen people about this ?

On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 5:44 PM <jbquilligan3 at charter.net> wrote:

> Great video but... this addresses one sector - agriculture - and only
> touches on water (via streams) and has no influence on energy systems. The
> impact of the carbon sequestration factor is also exaggerated -- soil
> sequestration of carbon dioxide will still take several centuries to return
> the atmosphere to mid-20th century levels of carbon dioxide, according to
> the IPCC.
>
> The other problem is RegGen's use of blockchain to focus on market-based
> incentives without recognizing that an integrated regenerative approach
> (involving all key renewable and non-renewable resources) could actually
> restructure the monetary system and create a true circular economy. Here is
> where monetary signals (which some folks cannot comprehend) originate.
> ReGen has it right with the sensors and monitors but makes the mistake of
> turning this into financial data. As I told ReGen last June in Amsterdam,
> they haven't grasped the difference between financial and monetary policy
> and are making holistic claims that are highly misleading.
>
> Sure, it's a wicked problem but let's be clear: balancing extractive
> economics with regenerative economics requires a set of metrics that is not
> market-based. You don't solve a problem by using the same assumptions and
> methods that created the problem in the first place.
>
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> From: "Michel Bauwens"
> To: "Michel Visioning Bauwens", "p2p-foundation", "Research stream email
> of P2P Foundation"
> Cc:
> Sent: Sunday February 17 2019 4:53:07AM
> Subject: circular financing of regenerative activities
>
> I very strongly believe this is one of the key solutions for climate
> change mitigation, and more generally, about creating 'circular finance'
> mechanisms, i.e. rewarding generative, rather than extractive activity:
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> <https://vimeo.com/299326236>https://vimeo.com/299326236
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