Saudi Arabia Open to Trading in Currencies Other Than US Dollar, Signaling a Shift Toward De-Dollarization - After a 48-year relationship solely with the U.S. dollar, Saudi Arabia’s Finance M... - https://news.bitcoin.com/saudi-arabia-open-to-trading-in-currencies-other-than-us-dollar-signaling-a-shift-toward-de-dollarization/ #crownprincemohammedbinsalman #currencydiversification #monetarypolicyautonomy #alternativecurrencies #strategicrelationship #currencysubstitution #decoupling

RT @Center4NewEcon
"So let’s start by decommodifying information, and land and even the money itself by creating a myriad of #alternativecurrencies that might serve as means of exchange but not as commodity."

@davidbollier and @commonify insightful as always.
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-10-19/caring-and-thriving-the-social-security-engendered-by-commoning/

there is also the danger of monetizing everything, quantifying things that should not be quantified. what values are we building and moving towards, when we connect #sustainability with #alternativecurrencies?
now being discussed at #NODUSTalks

most interesting thing is where projects start to link #sustainability with #alternativecurrencies, such as earning 'carbon' or footprint credits when you take a city bike.
#NODUSTalks

we need to consider equal access when we build these tools (if they are #civictech apps for payment and credit) - if everyone has a smartphone or not, says Joonas Pekkanen.
#LocalCurrencies #AlternativeCurrencies
#NODUSTalks

#alternativecurrencies explored in local shared working/business space Lapinlahti (former hospital), a local #CSA, local #timebank and more, says #civictech #openknowledge activist Joonas Pekkanen in #NODUSTalks, #Helsinki. #socialcoop

Harnessing digital currencies as "an instrument of welfare" in #Finland: http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/news/2018-03-23/ #socialcoop #alternativecurrencies

#alternativecurrencies #NODUSTalks now on at Finnish Design Museum, hosted by NODUS Sustainable Design Research Group.
speakers Joonas Pekkanen from Open Democracy + Jenni Huttunen from Aalto University.
Jenni now talking about Arvotakomo Valuecraft #coop: https://valuecraft.coop/about/