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Comment by Claudia Siatkowski yesterday

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By reading some articles about money and alternative systems of currency I found a really fantastic example which shows the improvement of a town from third world to a first world city. The talk is of Curitiba , the capital and largest city of the southeastern Brazilian state of Paraná.

The story of Curitiba in Brazil illustrates how the introduction of a complementary currency was able to help a developing and impoverished city leverage its untapped resources to creatively solve a host of challenges and support environmental clean up, job creation and city restoration.

Jaime Lerner, who became mayor of Curitiba in 1971, did not have funds to apply customary solutions, he had to think about a different way to save the future of the city.
What Curitiba did have was an abundance of food supplies owing to the fertile lands and tropical climate of southeastern Brazil. It also had a municipal bus system that was underutilized, with many favelaresidents unable to afford public transportation. Mayor Lerner made use of these local resources to help resolve Curitiba’s urban issues.
Large metallic bins were placed at the edge of the favelas. Anyone who deposited a bag full of pre-sorted garbage received a bus token. Those who collected paper and cartons were given plastic chits, exchangeable for parcels of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables. In addition, a school-based garbage collection program supplied poorer students with notebooks. The bus tokens were soon accepted at local markets in exchange for food.
The many initiatives—environmental cleanup, city restoration, job creation, improved education, disease intervention, hunger prevention—were each tackled without having to raise taxes, redistribute wealth, issue bonds, rely on charity or obtain loans from the federal government or organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In Conclusion I would say that these system of complementary currency could be an option for other third world cities or even countries as well. Therefore some bureaucracy is of course necessary, but Curitiba shows the success if a city and its major are prepared to change a not working system to a better future.

Comment by Katrine Hoff on August 14, 2011 at 2:11pm

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Environmental Prize worth 350,000 Danish kroner awarded this year for the 16th time and theme of the price is green asset management. Environment Prize 2010 awarded to a Nordic company, organization, a media or a person in an exemplary manner to directly or indirectly affect the financial markets, asset management industry, banks or consultants to work long term and integrate sustainability into their asset management.

The jury of Environmental Prize selects and publishes award winner at its meeting in Copenhagen on 25-26th May The prize is awarded during the Nordic Council Session in Reykjavik in the fall.

Nature and Environment Prize is one of the Nordic Council's four awards - the three others are in literature, film and music. Environment Award went last year to the Swedish school activities 'I Ur och Shed' which is based on the idea that children in schools and kindergartens staying as much as possible out in nature.

Comment by Karoline Schnorr on August 14, 2011 at 1:26pm

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Agenda 21 is a fund that gives out a speciel ammount of money to "green ideas" Everyone can apply, and then Agenda 21 picks out the best ideas, and support it.
The fund supports projects that: increase the recycling, minimizes pollution, promotes environmentally friendly traffic, protects and promotes a diverse flora and fauna and enhances our recreational life conditions.
Its a relly good idea! :)

Comment by Chengyuan High School on May 19, 2010 at 2:47pm

It's a good idea that the micro-saving become our new currency.I believe it will be more convenient for our lives.

Comment by Marko Kolovrat on May 18, 2010 at 7:09pm

LOVE this mission it has alot to do with my evokation!!

Comment by Tiana Taylor on May 10, 2010 at 9:21pm

How I believe people should save money is placing X amount of money into a savings account that they don't touch for Y amount of years, allow it to increase in interest and have it to fall back on in case of emergencies or to give to their children.

Comment by Tiana Taylor on May 10, 2010 at 9:20pm

How I believe people should save money is placing X amount of money into a savings account that they don't touch for Y amount of years, allow it to increase in interest and have it to fall back on in case of emergencies or to give to their children.

Comment by Neon White on May 8, 2010 at 4:14pm

I think replacing fractional reserve banking with currency based on energy is the way to go. Money is already energy, it just makes sense to use terms of energy to define it.

Comment by Kelsie O. on May 5, 2010 at 2:30pm

since im only 13 years old, i dont kno a wh*** lot about the money problems that we have.. but i can kinda get an idea from my parents having problems and always talking about money.

Comment by Marco Ferreira on May 4, 2010 at 1:48am

Where can I tell about my experiment?

Comment by Blakee Federspiel on May 3, 2010 at 3:28pm

I think that now in this day and age people take money for granted so much . they use it and abuse it . Much like we use and abuse many other things.What will the future of money be . I dont know think it will be paper anymore . I think it will be all computer credits or something like that . maybe like the same kind of thing facebook has in its games , you get so many credits/coins for doing something . I think in the future paper is going to be like non exsistnt .

Comment by Niraj Prasad Koirala on May 3, 2010 at 7:52am

Money is vital key for sustaining the livelihoods of peoples in this capitalistic society.Those who are rich have more money and those who are poor do not have more money.Due to overgrowing population the value of money has been declining as compared to that of the materials especially in poor nations.As a result there is war between the rich and poor for money.However the wars are not affected on which format the money is utilized.So I think we should primarily focus on reducing the inflation rather than making the different forms of money.Otherwise a situation that will lead to the destruction of this capitalistic society is sure to come.

Comment by Christopher Souza on May 3, 2010 at 6:04am

I think it is crazy that money isn't even a solid object anymore. You can transfer money from point A to B and from point B to C in a matter of minutes. It used to take days if not weeks for money to transfer but now a days it seems that all this paper money isn't really backed up sufficiently and really freaks me out!

Comment by joshua A. on May 2, 2010 at 5:16pm

money makes buying stuff and selling stuff way easier for the society and economy.

Comment by Vivian Volirakis on May 1, 2010 at 6:20am

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Comment by Thys van der Veer on April 30, 2010 at 6:27pm

... Money makes buying and selling products easier ...
... But when we pay for services, how does that influence the total exchange of 'value'? ...
The idea behind money is explained in a german video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLIO1_uQY1s

Comment by Jesse Prior-Hull on April 30, 2010 at 2:34am

I think microsavings and the creation of Mahila Milan is a brillant idea to help the citizens of Mumbai figure out how to amass some wealth to help better their lives. I also think that a barter system would be extremely beneficial. It would ensure that people receive their goods not only immediately but they also will use these items for every day use. With paper currency you can save it, but is it really doing anything useful just sitting under your mattress or in a coffee can?

Comment by Roger Briggs on April 29, 2010 at 2:30pm

Hi, Daniel. Some missions will have a direct link to a blog post, but in this case you should click on Evidence at the top and then on the button that will let you add a blog post or video or picture, whichever you choose.
Welcome to EVOKE, by the way!

Comment by Daniel Blanchard on April 29, 2010 at 9:50am

I just joined EVOKE yesterday but would really like to participate in The Future of Money mission. How do I get to post a blog about it and not just a comment?

Comment by elizabeth bonsignore on April 28, 2010 at 2:39am

All this talk of money -- what did we have before it was invented? We bartered for goods and services, yes? Then money became the simple facsimile for getting a good or service, but more easily transferred/saved/traded....

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