[GiftEconomy] Intro

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

Hi Kellia, ( cc: Jay, Alan - I feel like letting you know about the gift
economy list<http://lists.gifteconomy.org/listinfo.cgi/gifteconomy-gifteconomy.org>,
and Kellia's introduction  )

do you know about some of the video initiatives by Alan Rosenblith :

http://www.themoneyfix.org/

trailer :

http://www.themoneyfix.org/videos/money-fix-trailer

although the initial "money fix" video may have been more focused on the
"first" category you mention ( as a transition ? ) ,

I noticed Alan also seems to be considering the "second" ( non-debt based ?
asymmetric ? ) realm - see :

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/beyond-alternative-currencies-towards-asymmetric-account-systems-for-gift-based-markets/2010/10/13

I know Alan and Jay are currently also in a process of fundraising for a new
series of crowdsourced video making : http://www.symbionomics.com/

Perhaps some space for collaboration / partnerships ?

<http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/beyond-alternative-currencies-towards-asymmetric-account-systems-for-gift-based-markets/2010/10/13>I
am not sure where Alan is currently based, but I know Jay is based in
Seattle ( perhaps Alan is too ? ).

Greetings from Brussels, Belgium,
Dante

PS: perhaps this tool can also be used for fundraising :

http://flattr.com/
<http://flattr.com/>

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Kellia Ramares <theendofmoney at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Kellia Ramares and I am a 55 year-old freelance journalist in
> Oakland, CA. I see the gift economy as the way to create a just, peaceful
> and prosperous world for all on a planet that is well taken care of because
> the financial incentive to degrade the environment, e.g. BP's shortcuts in
> the Gulf to save money, will have been removed.
>
> I have recently started a project called "The End of Money", which is
> designed to get people around the world to ask the question "why must we pay
> to live on the planet we're born on?" I have a project page on
> Kickstarter.com (URL in my sig below) to raise money for a book and
> documentary on the subject. That is not as odd as it first appears because
> the world as it exists NOW demands money for projects like these.
>
> There is an introductory video on the page, which I invite all of you to
> view and distribute freely. It tells you more about why I think we need to
> go in this direction, although I talk in terms of abolishing money rather
> than gift economy. There is also an essay on the page which gives more
> information and further explains why I am asking for money to end money and
> what the money will be used for. The fundraiser is an all or nothing
> proposition. So if you like the video and are willing to send it on, I'll
> hope you will make a donation as well.
>
> I also have a website (URL below) that is free to read, download from, and
> discuss things on.
>
> Calls for  monetary reform seem to fall into two camps: The first seeks to
> reform but not abolish the concept  of money and monetary systems through
> such things as local currencies and, in the US, state banks and abolishing
> the Fed. These are good transition steps toward what I think the second camp
> advocates -- the gift economy. I'm in that second camp. I wish most strongly
> for people to examine the values that undergird the money economy
> (capitalistic and socialistic), which is why I am asking "Why must we pay to
> live on the planet we're born on?" I think that is the question from which
> everything else proceeds.
>
> If you are are Facebook, I invite you to "like" my page The End Of Money.
> (Yes, I have heard of, but not yet read, the Thomas Greco book, my full
> working is The End Of Money: A Critique of Paying, Owing and Working "for a
> living."
>
> I know of various experiments with free stores, but I am most interested in
> hearing about how you get people to discuss the value systems behind the
> practical economics.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kellia
>
> --
> Kellia Ramares
> Oakland, CA
> Kickstarter Page http://kck.st/btAWg6
> Web Site : http://endmoney.info/
> Facebook: TheEndOfMoney
> Twitter: EndofMoney
>
> Why must we pay to live on a planet we're born on?
>
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