Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail:
(nameatendofline)@xs4all.nl : bakensverzet
Incorporating
innovative social, financial, economic, local administrative and productive
structures, numerous renewable energy applications, with an important role for
women in poverty alleviation in rural and poor urban environments.
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen, London 1958, page 228
Edition 03: 15 August, 2006
Dan
Chiras and Dave Wann of Evergreen, Colorado (USA) devised a list of 25 steps to
help to create sustainable suburbs in developed countries which may be
applicable to urban development applications under this Model. They are cited
from the periodical The Last Straw, Issue 35, Fall 2001, p. 11. They are
mentioned for possible inclusion amongst the initiatives which could typically
be taken under the local money systems to strengthen community ties. Many of
these steps are applicable also to local development in developing countries.
The steps marked with an asterisk (* ) are already integrated in
self-financing integrated
development projects under the Model.
01. Sponsor periodic community dinners.
02. Establish a community newsletter, bulletin board and community roster.
03. Establish a "Neighbourhood Watch" programme.
04. Start neighbourhood investment clubs, community sports activities, and
restoration projects *.
05. Form discussion groups.
06. Establish a neighbourhood baby-sitting cooperative.
07. Form an organic food cooperative buying club.
08. Create car or van pools for commuting.
09. Start a community support network to help neighbours through rough times
and celebrate the good times *.
11. Establish a community bank account to finance neighbourhood projects
*.
12. Begin to tear down fences, opening back yards to create communal play
spaces, a space for neighbours to mingle.
13. Plant a community garden and orchard.
14. Establish a community composting and recycling facility *.
15. Establish a more edible landscape - incrementally remove grass in front
lawns and replace with vegetables and fruit trees *.
16. Create a car-share programme - purchasing a van or truck to rent to
community members.
17. Start a community-supported agriculture (CSA) programme in which neighbours
"subscribe to local farm's produce.
18. Begin community-wide retrofitting of homes for energy and water efficiency
*.
19. Create a community energy system, e.g. solar and/or wind.
20. Establish alternative water and waste systems - e.g., cisterns for catching
rainwater and "living machines" or constructed wetlands to treat
waste water, etc.*
21. As the neighbourhood population ages and children leave home, retrofit
garages and homes with apartments to house students or others.
22. Create a common house - purchase a vacant home and convert it to a common
house with a teen room, child-care facility, kitchen, guest rooms, weight room,
coffee shop, and a community-shared office with fax machine, copier, printer
etc.
23. Establish a full-time day-care centre.
24. Establish a weekly entertainment programme.
25. Narrow or eliminate streets, converting them to park and to edible
landscape, walkways, picnic areas, and regional art displays. Establish
peripheral parking with hand carts or golf carts to shuttle people back and
forth to homes.
List of draft projects in English and French.