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Overview● 5' Movie Impossible Hamster ● 10' Theory "Why money has to grow"● 10' Movie Story of Solutions – Goal● 10' Short history of Banking in NL ● 30' World Café Growth or Balance? ● 30' World Café alternative currencies● 10' The movement in NL, 2014● 10' Evaluation

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Checklist Materials

● F lip-over sheets● Pencils / pens● Beamer / screen / audio amplification / laptop● 4 large tablesfor participants + 1chair for

beamer / laptop

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The Impossible Hamster

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The Impossible Hamster!

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Money is issued as debt

● All money is someone's debt● Example:

● Mortgage € 100.000.-● Cash in hand € 5.000.-● New money: € 95.000.-

● Interest year 1 : € 5.000.-● €100.000 × (1+0.05)^20= € 265.329,77● Principle of creation of money

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“The interest amount” is never issued

● Money is debt● Debt → interest● Blue money is never

issued● Someone will default● Crisis is built-in ● Only remedy: growth

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Fiat-money

● Fiat = approval● State fiats

commercial bank (FED, DNB, ECB) to issue money

● State borrows this money

● State pays interest to commercial banks

● Since Babilonia● Companies get rich● Nations are close to

broke ● Bankers &

businesses rule

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Amsterdamse Wisselbank

● 1609 -1820● First real central bank● Financial center of the World● 100% coverage● First demand deposits● “Gulden” not the only coin● Covered by the City of Amsterdam

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De Nederlandsche Bank● Silver standard

● 1847-1875● Gold Standard

● 1874-1914● 1925-1936

● Since 1814● Bank notes, credits,

public treasury● Banking crisis 1920-

ies● Nationalization in

1948

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Famous opponents of Fractional Reserve

● Abraham Lincoln● Greenbacks

– 1861-1862– 1862-1865

● John F. Kennedy● Executive Order

11110 op 4 Juni 1963 ● Debunked door Bill

Still (?)

● Member of Congress Ron Paul

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We are a Green Cooperation● We are a cooperation of green producers

cooperating on a local and regional scale.

● We work energy efficient and close material cycles.

● A “Green Bank” is supporting us with credit for our investments

● We want to be sustainable in the long run.

● Question: is this a sustainable model for the future?

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We are a Green Bank

● We invest in sustainable businesses

● They make a healthy profit and make a positive impact in society

● This is how we contribute to a better world

Question:

Does this banksupport a societythat will find an equillibrium (balance) in the long run ?

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World Café : Growth or Balance

● Each table has 1 of 2 cases

● Turn to the spirit

● Write down anything that comes to mind

● 20 minutes

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World Café : Growth or Balance -harvest

● What's been written on the sheets?● Does the bank support a balanced

society in the long run?● Is the business model used by the Green

Cooperation possible in the long run?

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Break

● until …..

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Currency World Café

● 4 tables, 20 m inutes●Which currency supports my / our intention ?

● Done => move to the next table

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Alternative Currency in NL

● LETS in NL since 1993● 90 exchange circles on Letscontact● Time Bank in Den Haag● STRO and Qoin develop money alternatives

worldwide

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De Blije B

● The Happy B...● Cooperative community b....● “B” in oprichting● No interest, but loan / price

correction● Own rate-proof coin : URA● Certificates of Participation

€ 25.- or € 100.-● http://www.deblijeb.nl

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Ons Geld

● Campaign● Political pressure● In need of volunteers● http://onsgeld.nu

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Gift Economy

● Robbert Vesseur & Petra Smolders (NL)

● Live without money● To give without

conditions → open heart

● Faith in receiving your needs

● http://geefeconomie.nl/

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Stichting Kleureneconomie

● Economie = ecologie● Fix all problems in a new design● Book, website, presentations, workshops

Online marketplace + bank (3D concept)

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Thank you!

● Final question: what do you take home?

● Thank you for your contribution!