{"id":2921,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourplanet.org\/phil-stevens-alternative-currencies-money-systems-it-consultant-disaster-recovery-polymath\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T19:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:16:27","slug":"phil-stevens-alternative-currencies-money-systems-it-consultant-disaster-recovery-polymath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourplanet.org\/greenplanetfm\/phil-stevens-alternative-currencies-money-systems-it-consultant-disaster-recovery-polymath\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Stevens - Alternative Currencies, Money Systems, IT, Consultant, Disaster Recovery, Polymath"},"content":{"rendered":"
Time Banks, Green Dollars, Savings Pools <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n The interview initially starts with latest topics of Universal basic income, Bitcoin and crypto currencies and that people are awakening to the fact In NZ the situation today looks pretty good to the casual observer - listen to MSM and government sources and we are in a stable and robust moderately What this means that we in NZ are going to be following most of the rest of the world into 'debt deflation' which over the coming years is going to We have been a lucky country and managed to come through the recent (GFC) Global Financial Crash of 2008 along with Australia and NZ being almost alone Most small cities in NZ can do a certain amount of business locally, so that what is produced locally and the money that changes hands, gets recycled If you have a local currency, like time banks this can cycle through the localised area continuously supporting local community and business, however At present local and regional government are becoming interested in embracing forms of alternative currencies (listen to the interview for more)<\/p>\n Covering the immediacy of putting in a Time Bank, you get the community engaged, working, and creating value and worth. <\/p>\n Time Banks are able to work in very well with voluntary agencies and there are a number of them in NZ and growing from strength to strength.<\/p>\n Project Lyttlelton http:\/\/www.lyttelton.net.nz<\/a> as a time bank example, has become the glue of the community Phil also gives a narrative as to how a time bank can be set up. Once you set up with freely available software and you have your team of early adopters That Christchurch City at present is looking at the possibility of a council backed regional currency - which is a very interesting concept. Margaret Software used is called Community Weaver by Time Banks USA Also, Community Forge - Hamlets Note that the whole of NSW in Australia are on a Community Forge system.<\/p>\n Madison in Dane County is a time bank in Wisconsin USA and has over 2000 members at http:\/\/danecountytimebank.org<\/p>\n The founder of Time banks was Edgar S Cahn who was an invalid, yet he could still think and do simple tasks and he set out to create a time bank, because
\n that central bankers don\u2019t have a clue as to solve this ongoing and deteriorating crisis.<\/p>\n
\n growing economy - everything is quite good, some of our major trading partners are experiencing some head winds but … \u2018she\u2019ll be right.\u2019
\n If you rule out the dairy shock of the last 14 months and take out the Auckland property bubble but don\u2019t worry about those little wobbles, we
\n as a country are doing just fine!<\/p>\n
\n take hold with a greater severity.<\/p>\n
\n in the world because we had many trade ties to China and we did not get hammered like other countries - Australian minerals and NZ dairy were doing
\n very well. China being the last big bubble to implode and it looks like it is going to do so now as well - this is big news, for if China starts
\n to deflate, the rest of the world has nowhere to go … who is going to prop up all the bubbles and asset prices? It appears that there is
\n soon going to be a rush to get out of all the equities markets. As this has all been built on debt finance and short sighted policies.<\/p>\n
\n through the commercial areas of that town and district. however when it comes to big ticket items, money and goods or materials they may come from
\n a larger more distant source, the money that goes around in a smaller isolated town or city, has a tendency to quickly go back out of town, sometimes
\n very rapidly, hence keeping the area less financial and liquid.<\/p>\n
\n if you have a national currency it comes and then leaves and if there is a head office overseas, the money actually leaves the country. For example
\n the near on $5 billion in profit from the large Australian trading banks, and the 4.7 million NZ population, gives one cause to realise how much
\n money leaves NZ for other countries.<\/p>\n
\n that as they had been established prior to the Christchurch earthquake it was through their tightly associated team and connectivity, that they
\n were able to mobilise within minutes of the earthquake, have people on the ground and assisting hugely with civil defence, police, ambulances and
\n the fire department and council.<\/p>\n
\n you can branch out. Plus, get some of your charitable and non profit organisations onboard early because you can also assist these NGO\u2019s donating
\n \u2018numbers of hours\u2019 to them, which means that you can assist them with additional help, because of \u2018serial volunteers' - people who like to work
\n and donate their time and effort to the community. These people love to work for community and they are just living their values. This way Time
\n Banks can put their \u2018accumulative time\u2019 into a \u2018community chest\u2019 which can be called upon and used by various charities etc. But also in a simple
\n situation of a hairdresser swapping hours for their lawns to be mowed or gardening for house painting. Tuition for baby sitting etc.<\/p>\n
\n Jeffries is even talking about a UBI Universal Basic Income being included in this discussion.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/timebanks.org\/get-started\/community-weaver\/<\/a>\n <\/p>\n
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http:\/\/communityforge.net\/en\/software<\/a>\n <\/p>\n
\n he did not like being seen as in-valid!<\/p>\n