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| The following is a work in progress draft and notes for the presentation at ZDay in Brisbane in March 2017. | | The following is a work in progress draft and notes for the presentation at ZDay in Brisbane in March 2017. |
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− | == Intro ==
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− | Slide: The RBE10K Project
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− | What is The RBE10K Project?
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− | Slide: The RBE10K Project - Meta Project
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− | It isn't just a project, it is a meta-project. So what does this mean?
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− | A meta-project is a project for creating projects. A sort of project template, where the projects that spin off from this meta-project share some elements in common, such as the general objectives, and key values and principles.
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− | Slide: The RBE10K Project is about creating, proposing, discussing, documenting and planning '''minimalist RBE implementation strategies''' that aim at '''''global adoption'''''.
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− | == mRBE ==
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− | Slide: Minimalist Resource-based Economy: mRBE
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− | What is a minimalist RBE? Or an m-RBE for short?
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− | Slide: * RBE = global, hi-tech, futuristic -- * mRBE = local, available-tech, contemporary, within the constraints of local laws and regulations
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− | Whilst an RBE is generally thought as a hi-tech global economy some time in the future, an mRBE's focus is on a community (a city or town), that chiefly adopts the principles and values of an RBE.
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− | Slide: mRBE is not: an ecovillage, permaculture, a kibbutz, a transition town, a hippie commune, a share-house, communism
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− | An mRBE town is not-for-profit. That rules out a kibbutz. It is essentially voluntary. That rules out communism. It is cybernetic, which pretty much rules out a hippy commune. It is fully owned by the community, and there's no ownership of resources, which rules out an ecovillage. It has a minimal engagement with the monetary system, as little as necessary for sustainability and conformance with laws and regulations. That rules out a transition town.
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− | == Meta-project Objectives ==
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− | Slide: (back) The RBE10K Project is about creating, proposing, discussing, documenting and planning '''minimalist RBE implementation strategies''' that aim at '''''global adoption'''''.
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| == Kibbutzim == | | == Kibbutzim == |
− | As a child I learned about Kibbutzim (slide: kibbuzim population). A Kibbutz is an Israeli invention, little known around the world. It's a merger of a company owned by its employees (slide: kibbutz factory), located in a private neighbourhood (slide: kibbutz neighbourhood) where all the employees live. There's no money there (slide: kibbutz no money), and the employees have a yearly salary intended for use in holidays. (slide: kibbutz store) The company buys everything its employees need: there's a supermarket without cashier, (slide: kibbutz laundry) chores like laundry and cooking are done communally through a roster system (slide: kibbutz cafeteria). A relative of mine spent a few months in one and came back full of stories. My dream as a child was creating a Kibbutz in my home country, Argentina. But then I became a father and got trapped in the daily grind, and the dreams of setting up a Kibbutz were left behind.
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− | == RBE ==
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− | One day, however, in 2009, I bumped into this (slide: TVP circular city), the circular city of The Venus Project, what to me looked like a Star Trek-ish Kibbutz! It was love at first sight, thank you Peter for your sublime introductions to the marvellous world of a Resource-Based Economy in Zeitgeist Addendum and Moving Forward! I started doing street activism straight away, leafleting, giving DVDs away in the streets and Universities, projecting documentaries and clips in the street to grab people's attention, and finally, participating in the Occupy Movement, promoting RBE. By then, The Zeitgeist Movement and The Venus Project had sadly broken up. After Occupy Sydney failed and Z-Day in Sydney that year had a very low turnout, the chapter became inactive and I decided to take a break and heal. I was disillusioned, but still committed, looking for avenues to get anything done, and soon after developed an idea for an implementation strategy.
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− | == RBEM ==
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