Commons Engine
The Commons Engine’s ‘Cohort Strategy’ for Regenerative Agriculture How and why we’re building for the commons When we announced the Commons Engine, we expressed a desire to create a basket of currencies backed by life necessities (food, water, housing, energy, etc.). So, why start with food? Well…everybody eats!...
Originally an idea of Thomas Greco's in the context of business barter, a Credit Commons was revisited by Matthew Slater, Tim Jenkin, and a team of peer-reviewers in an exploratory 2016 white paper. A Credit Commons is a solution, not only for inefficiencies in business...
Mutual credit is a wonderful framework for inciting exchange, especially in places where shortages of national currencies and unemployment make it difficult to meet one's needs with traditional money. Mutual credit systems not only make it easier to exchange goods and services between peers, but...
Liaising with on-the-ground climate change activists, as a technologist, gives one a fantastic opportunity to put, in direct terms, how complementary currencies mitigate the pressing climate-related challenges we face. The Fourth National Climate Assessment gave a profound portrait of the impact of climate change across the...