Concept Palette for a circular community currency (money) based on the windmill. For the land of the Windmill. This model currency supports an ecologic economy, where the price equals the value in nature.
1. Holland equals windmills. A mill
represents the force of the wind, doing
its job. Pure energy.
1Red Mill equals 1 kWh electric
energy given by the wind . Crude oil and
atom power are not worth any Red.
A circular currency based on this
windmill allows users to express
understanding of nature in an economic
language. Energy awareness and
recycling have been built into this
monetary system from the start. Add to
this more social concepts like balance,
full transparency and interest-free and
see the 22st century economy.
Like the wings of a windmill going
round and round, the products are
going in cycles time and time again. A
watermill drains the meadows. When
the rain returns the water, the mill will
drain it again.
Te corn molen grinds the grain. Te
baker bakes the bread. Te bread feeds
man. Man feeds the felds. Te felds
give the grain. Tis closes another cycle.
100White or 100 Bales equals 10 kg
products in their closed life cycle.
Te millstone represents product that
was lost from its life cycle.
100Millstoneor 100 Blue represents
10 kg lost materials.
When someone breaks the life cycle of
a product, future generations lose these
materials. Nutrients are lost in the seas
through the sewer system. Tis loss is
like a millstone around our necks.
A Circulair Currency for the land of the Windmill