[P2P-F] circular financing of regenerative activities

Mon Feb 18 09:26:21 CET 2019

diffused!

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:23 AM Michael Linton <michael.linton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think we might all agree the RegGen intent is laudable and worthy, but
> personally I find their propositions hardly credible, for much the same
> reasons as those James has clearly given here (and has given to RegGen
> already, and that they seem not to take account doesn't add to my
> confidence)
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> And coincidentally, I am leading a webinar on circular economies and such
> wicked problems as financing regeneration on Thursday this week at 10am pst
> / 1pm est / 7 pm cet
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> Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2347924768769206
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> REGISTER here: https://www.conferize.com/reconomy/money-patterns
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> Basically, I will outline
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> 1) that circular economies require circular systems of money, and more
> 2) how open mutual credit networks provide for such systems - REA rules
> 3) a possible way to propagate mutual credit widely enough and quickly
> enough to be useful
>
> and introduce some practical propositions. These notes
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ozhPRqdgTk_lSPmeUZM3_gDjUHlQmnlu4vb2jnU3_gE/edit>
> may give some idea of the likely content, shape and range of the webinar.
>
> Since it's a 2 hour session, it will be recorded for any interested but
> pressed for time.
>
> cheers, Michael
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> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 8:44 AM <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.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>> 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:
>>
>> <https://vimeo.com/299326236>https://vimeo.com/299326236
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