Jordan Bober - Seedstock Community Currency Presentation

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Jordan Bober, Co-founder, Seedstock Community Currency presentation at the May 30, 2014 Cool Drinks/Cool North Shore. Event titled "Voting with your Wallet - Buy Local"

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the problem: money

money creation = debt

money scarcity usury (interest)

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the problem: money

money scarcity = mobility

high money mobility ≠ local reliability

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money creates patterns with real-

world impact

money

stuff

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these patterns affect our relationships

with each other and the earth

• Rush to convert scarce resources into money

• High propensity to import goods long distances

• Erosion of local relationships and economic

resilience

• Drive for perpetual economic growth

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the response = new currencies

with new patterns

• resilience of local independent business

• multiple forms of value and capital within a community

• funding for local good works and causes

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the how

local

businesses

local

causes

you

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3

2 DONATE

= value added

fundraising!

local

spending

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sustainable abundance

health

human

connection good

food

art

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where is the abundance? in the gaps!

underused capacity/resources

unmet needs

don’t run out of inches!