This podcast explores regenerative finance, discussing exciting projects and ideas in the space. It also features a panel discussion on creating a sustainable future through collaborative finance. The speakers share spicy takes, examine quadratic funding, and highlight the importance of decolonization and re-indigenization. The podcast also explores the concept of cultivating a civic religion of mutual care and responsibility, and emphasizes the importance of regenerative practices and community connection.
Regenerative finance can be applied to local communities by using crypto to regenerate local spaces.
Community-based approaches to finance are important for aligning economic value with ecological value.
Redesigning monetary systems to prioritize local currencies and dynamic issuance can make them more regenerative and inclusive.
Deep dives
Regenerative finance and the intersection with local communities
Regenerative finance is the focus of this podcast episode, exploring how it can be applied to local communities. The speakers discuss the need to move from theory to action and use crypto to regenerate local spaces. They mention topics like mutualism, collaborative finance, and regenerative financial systems. Examples of experiments in blockchain, localism, and community regeneration are discussed. The podcast also touches on the potential of synthetic biology and the goal of financing and democratizing the governance of such technologies for a sustainable future.
Panel discussion on regenerative financial systems
The podcast features a panel discussion on regenerative financial systems moderated by the host. The panel includes various members of the Portland community who introduce themselves and share their perspectives on regenerative finance. The speakers delve into topics such as rethinking the concepts of finance and money, creating ecological value, and the role of composable modules in building adaptive systems. They explore the importance of community-based approaches to finance and the need to align economic value with ecological value.
Challenges and opportunities in funding regenerative projects
Towards the end of the episode, there is a discussion about funding regenerative projects. The speakers highlight the need for sustainable funding models and explore options such as grants and the use of decentralized finance. They mention potential funding sources like get coin grants and quadratic funding. The podcast also emphasizes the importance of making regenerative initiatives accessible and inclusive for individuals and communities, while acknowledging the need for political mobilization and systemic change to address environmental destruction on a larger scale.
Creating a decentralized global system
The podcast episode discusses the challenge of taking local peer-to-peer interactions and turning them into a global decentralized system. The speaker highlights the importance of reputation and trust in creating communities and suggests that reputation can be used to incentivize decentralized systems. However, the speaker clarifies that reputation is contextual and not abstract or global. The goal is to create networks of place-based communities and enable trust-based exchanges based on the reputation gained in specific contexts.
Moving beyond the current monetary system
The podcast episode emphasizes the need to move beyond the current debt-based monetary system. The speaker criticizes the current system for allowing banks to intermediate between individuals and their communities of trust, leading to issues like debt and centralized control. They highlight the potential of dynamic issuance and pluralistic forms of currency to address these issues. The speaker also mentions alternative financial mechanisms and the importance of prioritizing local currencies that benefit producers over consumers. Overall, the episode explores the possibilities of redesigning monetary systems to be more regenerative and inclusive.
This special episode was taped at the General Forum on Ethereum Locaism which was organized by the PDX DAO at Portland. The first part is a panel where we discuss what regenerative finance is, as well as projects, ideas and spicy takes surrounding the space. The second part is a Regen Fishbowl.
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