circulaire currency voor een circulaire economie

a circulaire currency for a circular economy

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Who we are

● Barry Voeten● 40● Information science● Designer

Kleureneconomie● Teacher IT

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In Short

● Lineair economics● Circular economics● Paradigms of linear

and circular economics

● Paradigms biology● Design errors linear

economics● Kleureneconomie

● Questions● Exercise “Which

Colour is it?”

● World Café “Which shift does this colour elicit?”

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Linear economics

Uit: “The story of stuff”

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Linear economy is a tapeworm

Design Error!

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Money and produce go in opposite directions

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Linear economics● Material shortage ● Waste surplus

● Recycling not a built-in feature

● Need to buy a new product

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Cycle?

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Circular economics

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Mud Jeans

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Circular economics● Optimal production and reduction

● Infinate recyclability● Production and reduction for minimal

energy cost● Biomimicry

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Linear / Euro economy Circular economy

Depletion Resilionce

Possesion Use / Responsibility

Waste Cycle

Euro Euro

Max profit Keep balance

Competition Cooperation

Large Scale Small Networks

Darwin Sahtouris

Paradigms

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Trapped in the economic web

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A circular business in a linear economy

● Required to grow in order to pay back loan / interest

● Supplyers and resellers are also required to grow

● Needs to be balanced financially

● Compete on a market where the lowest price wins

Hopping on 2 thoughts economy or ecology

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Myth

● Economy is competition. Just like nature.

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Paradigma's in biology

● Charles Darwin● 1859● Life is an endless

competition for scarce resources

● Elisabet Sahtouris● 2005● Life is continuing self-

creation

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Conclusions part 1

● We need a circular economy

● The linear system is not designed to support circularity

● Use euro -> money drain

● Circular economy is part of a new paradigm

● This new paradigm is also found in biology

● Economy = Darwinism : short-sighted.

Why is there a money drain?

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Design Error 1Creation of Money

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Money is a debt

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All Money is born as a debt

Principle of money creation● Example:

● Mortgage € 100.000.-● Money in tell € 5.000.-● New money: € 95.000.-

● Interest 1st year: € 5.000.-● €100.000 × (1+0.05)^20= € 265.329,77

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When is the interest money created?

● Money is a debt● Debt → interest● The blue money is

never being created● Pay interest = fetch

money from newly created debt

● Someone will be screwed.

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Fiat-money

● Fiat = approval● State fiats private

bank (FEB, ECB, DNB) to create money

● And borrows it● State pays interest to

private bank

● Since Babilonia● Companies fill

pockets● States are broke

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No definition of Monetary Unit

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Value of money

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“Free” market / euro-economy● Money creation with

interest● Competition● Forced growth ● Cheapest possible

production

● Definition of money. What's money worth?● Stock markets● Consumer confidence

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Kleureneconomie● Attempt to set Economy = Ecology ● Distinguish energy, material and waste in

3 dimensions : R G B

Red = Energy

Green = Material within its cycle

Blue = Material lost from its cycle

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Paradigm Colour Economy

● Economy = ecology● Defined Units of

Currency● Holistic systems

approach● Life Cycle

● Strive for balance● Transparancy● Responsiblity● Local / regional● Self organisation

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Retailer

Raw MaterialsSupplier

Producer

Consumer

Destructor

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Definition

● 1 red = energy in 100 gram sun flower oil

= 3400 kJ● 1 green = 100 gram material within the cycle● 1 blue = 100 gram material lost from its cycle

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Where to apply Kleureneconomie

● Consciousness / reclection

● Product Labeling● investment – indexing● Barter (b2b)

● Material exchange● Energie swap

● Complementary currency

● Education● Community● Cmmercial business ● Banking● NGO● Governments● …. !

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Exercise: where to put ...

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World Café “Shift by Colour”

Pick a table.● Fysical Tables Red Green Blue in the tent● Irc.xs4all.nl

– #redtable pass: red– #greentable pass– #bluetable pass: blue

Which shift does this colour elicit?

+- 15 minutes until ….

36Which shift does this colour elicit?

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Which shift does “Red” elicit?

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Which shift does “Green” elicit?

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Which shift does “Blue” elicit?

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Stichting Kleureneconomie

● Founded 2003● Bookds:

● Een evenwichtige Economie (2006)

● Colourcash (2010)

● kleureneconomie.nl

● Everything copyleft / Creative Commons

● Workshops● Courses● Custom Projects

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