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| − | {{Ambox | type=notice | text=Please check our ''''Facebook Page [http://www.facebook.com/Rbe10k Rbe10k]''', and also our '''''causes.com''''' pledge page [http://www.causes.com/causes/810005-run-an-experimental-resource-based-economy-community-in-2015?ctm=home Run an experimental resource based economy model community in 2015]. If you wish to volunteer, please read the section below '''[[#Participation|Participation]]''', and also, if you'd like to register your interest to be one of the 10,000 volunteers to live in the experimental community for the first two years please also sign the '''''causes.com''''' [http://www.causes.com/actions/1722572-volunteers-for-the-rbe10k-project-experimental-community Volunteers for the RBE10K Project experimental community].}}
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| − | '''RBE10K''' (R-B-E-10-1000 or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr||'|b|iː|'|iː}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|n|ˈ|θ|aʊ|z|ə|n|d}}) is a [[w:Simple living|minimalist (simple living)]] or [[w:Eco-communalism|eco-communalist]] experiment project seeking to implement the a basic [[Resource-Based Economic Model]] (RBEM) system. The experiment is being planned and prepared through this Wiki and other tools since 1st January 2013, and will run for two years, 2015-2016, involving 10,000 volunteers in a yet to-be-determined location, with a main objective of trialling a real world RBEM, i.e. a social arrangement engineered to satisfy premises of sustainability, equality, liberty, health, and access to the necessities of life without using money, trade, or authority or privilege systems.
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| − | This wiki is a work in progress, and it is currently in very early stages of development, with little information and almost no planning started. In order to grow and develop, this project requires the participation of interested volunteers to either plan, contribute with information, or intend to be one of the pioneers who will make part of the first experimental RBEM settlement.
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| − | Current participants of RBE10K project planning believe that a real-world RBEM system experience, even a minimalist or eco-communialist one, will help expand awareness and cause a surge in interest on this lifestyle. Once in execution in 2015, the project includes plans to regularly upload information and videos of day to day life in the community to the project's website, and several social networking services like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, assisting this way with other transition projects like [[The Venus Project]], and collaborating with awareness-raising movements like [[The Zeitgeist Movement]] and [[The Free World Charter]].
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| − | == Objectives of the RBE10K Project ==
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| − | {{Main|RBE10K/Project objectives | l1=Project objectives}}
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| − | The RBE10K Project has two main objectives:
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| − | # proving that the RBEM is viable
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| − | # providing a voluntary and realistic transition towards a RBEM
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| − | == Project schedule and timeframe ==
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| − | The project has the following stages:
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| − | # '''Planning''': begun on January 2013, and is intended to finishing before the end of 2014.
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| − | ## '''Create general information and engage activists and general public''': begun on late January through [http://facebook.com Facebook], first in [http://facebook.com/Rbe10k English], then [http://facebook.com/Ebr10k Spanish], and currently working on [http://facebook.com/Febr10k French], introducing Portuguese, and about to implement Italian and Hebrew. Also through [http://tzmnetwork.com TZMNetwork] currently only in [http://tzmnetwork.com/Rbe10k English]. The [http://twitter.com/RBE10K Twitter account] is tweeting automatically all posts by the Facebook English page, however to date (end of Feb 2013) it has no followers.
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| − | ## '''Engage participants one on one and promote participation''': this is currently done by two teams in the English ([http://facebook.com/rbe10000 Arby-e Ten-Kei]) and Spanish ([http://facebook.com/eve.herrediesca Eve Herrediesca]) support team Facebook users. The Facebook pages in other languages, to date (end of Feb 2013) do not have support teams for their users ([http://facebook.com/febierre.dicca Fèbierre Dicca] for the French page and [http://facebook.com/peiberre.deisca Peiberre Deisca] for the Portuguese page). The engagement so far has produced a few collaborators in areas like wiki support, coordination and support for Facebook participants and contributors, and translators for the non-English pages.
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| − | ## '''Prepare the wiki for teams participation''': this wiki had some basic structure at the time of project launch in January 2013. The wiki team is doing efforts for enabling the wiki for participation of teams of contributors with expertise in specific areas. Work in the wiki begun in the second week of Feb 2013.
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| − | ## '''Creation of teams and inviting collaborators to participate''': Teams of contributors with expertise in specific areas will collaborate documenting a variety of options to satisfy primary needs of people and requirements by other teams. Teams will interact with each-other as necessary to exchange information and support each other. The primary purpose of each team will be establishing the most effective option to satisfy their particular objectives given a number of conditions like settlement location.
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| − | ## '''Producing introductory videos, an a website'''
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| − | ## '''Engaging notable people and celebrities in supporting the project''': one notable person requested for support by end of Feb 2013 and awaiting for response.
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| − | ## '''Engaging universities around the world for collaboration''': the social experiment will be a likely interesting subject for social sciences in Universities around the world to experiment on.
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| − | ## '''Researching for suitable locations and engaging with governments''': by end of Feb 2013, about 30 governments were approached via email and produced no response.
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| − | # '''Inviting people to volunteer for the experiment''': requires the planning to be sufficiently mature and complete, and appear already like a viable plan, with a location established and most requirements costed and ready for purchasing.
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| − | ## ''' Engagement of a Trust bank account''': once all the necessary volunteers for beginning with the purchases and the execution of the experiment, are committed and willing to contribute their corresponding monetary or materials share, three or four collaborators with banking experience, and also being trusted by several other collaborators of the project, will engage this banking service internationally. The volunteers for the experiment will then deposit their share in the Trust bank account
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| − | ## '''Purchasing of materials''': once all the funds expected are collected on the Trust account, the team of purchases will commence all the purchases as per the plan
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| − | # '''Execution''': the settling will occur immediately after, and the social experiment will be conducted for two years, between the beginning of 2015 and the end of 2016.
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| − | ## '''Transport of first volunteers and materials''': the purchases will include transport of all materials purchased; it will also include flights, and shipping if necessary, of all volunteers committed to the set-up of the settlement, from international airports
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| − | ## '''Set-up of primary city infrastructure''': the first volunteers, along with hired experts and companies, will set-up the main infrastructure for the city, including main buildings, energy systems, and housing
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| − | ## '''Transport of remaining volunteers and materials''': Should there be any remaining volunteers or materials, these will be transported from international airports and ports to location
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| − | ## '''Finish setting-up of city''': the city will finish its set-up, including set-up of farming systems, to be fully functional. This is expected to be no further than July 2015.
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| − | ## '''Beginning of the social experiment''': even though the social experiment will commence, to some degree, at the beginning of the settlement, it will be when the full infrastructure of the city is finished that the experiment will formally commence
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| − | ## '''Beginning of the planning for the second city''': the second city will be mostly based on the plans for the first city, however the plans will require a new location, modifications due to the new location's characteristics, and a number of updates resulting from direct experience in daily life within the community. It will also require costing and engaging with new providers of goods and services required for establishing the new city.
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| − | ## '''Production of art and media material''': activities in the city will be reported to social networking sites including YouTube and Facebook, on a periodic or daily basis. Artistic material will be uploaded to art sharing websites. Technical material will be contributed in a variety of ways.
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| − | ## '''Inviting people to populate the current and the new cities''': once the plan for the new city is sound, and the experiment seems to be a success, invitations for newcomers will commence. Half of the newcomers will be directed to the current city, and the other half to the new one.
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| − | ## '''Collection of funds for the new city, and purchasing of services and materials''': this process will be similar to the process at the end of the first planning stage, and ideally no later than the end of 2016.
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| − | ## '''End of the experiment''': One half of the population will be requested to migrate to the new city and assist with its set-up, whist the other one will remain. People and materials will be transported to the required destinations.
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| − | ## '''New cycle''': for each city settled, a new cycle of ''Execution'' commences at this point, with a duration of two years. These cycles will only end when none of the cities are able to find enough people from the monetary system are willing to migrate to one of these cities.
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| − | == Differences with other projects ==
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| − | {{Main|RBE10K/Differences with other projects | l1=Differences with other projects}}
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| − | The RBE10K Project has unique purposes and strategies. Although many other projects have been attempted with apparently similar goals, the strategies have been significantly different. Even the goals pursued, if analysed carefully, quickly show that the goals are also significantly different. This project differs from The Venus Project mainly in its strategy for implementation, choosing to implement immediately with the resources available as opposed to waiting until the conditions are ripe for involving the governments of the world. It also differs significantly from The Zeitgeist Movement in that it will promote a RBEM from within one (even though a minimalist or eco-communalist one), as opposed to from within a monetary market system. There have been and currently exist many communities with sustainability in mind like transition towns, hippy communes, and projects like [[w:The Peckham Experiment|The Peckham Experiment]], however none of these have embraced both social engineering, automation, a non-monetary system, and voluntarism.
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| − | == Participation ==
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| − | {{Main | RBE10K/Participation | l1=Participation}}
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| − | This Wiki is the main platform for the engineering of the systems and methodologies that will support the community, and anyone is welcome to participate in one of many ways. The Project is open to the participation of anyone who has an interest, regardless of an intention to live in the experimental community itself. Participating in the project begins by registering as a user of the wiki, either through the [http://rbem.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=RBE10K normal registration form] or using a ''Facebook account'' by clicking on the link on the top-right of the page. The current contributors to the project are registered in the [[RBE10K/Participants|RBE10K Project Participants]] page, and anyone is invited to add themselves to the list. In line with the Project's values of openness, honesty and individuality, we request that each contributor create a personal wiki user page with their own understanding of an RBEM and the objectives sought after through participation in RBE10K. For further information, see the [[RBE10K/Participation|RBE10K Project Participation]].
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| − | == Planning for the first settlement ==
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| − | {{Main|RBE10K/Plan|l1=Experimental settlement planning}}
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| − | The RBEM system can be defined social engineering, i.e. the system is wholly designed as opposed to the emergent result of culture. The success of this project requires careful planning for a great number of things, including:
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| − | * Design and development of resource production/distribution computerised systems
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| − | * Choosing an appropriate clean and sustainable energy production systems
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| − | * Planning for sustainable water harvesting and purifying systems
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| − | * Defining and establishing the production of nutritious food that can be made abundant with little effort or resources
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| − | == Features of a RBE10K settlement ==
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| − | {{Main|RBE10K/Settlement | l1=Settlement features}}
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| − | The most important feature of a RBE10K settlement is sustainability, as understood from an RBEM point of view, i.e. living in accordance to the carrying capacity of the Earth, in a peaceful, egalitarian, voluntarist, and evidence-based decision-making community. The settlement is expected to consist of 10,000 people to ensure sufficient variety of skills to be fully self-sustainable, and to ensure the social experiment is relevant. The location for the settlement is not yet defined, however it will have to be a place where there is permissiveness by the local governments to perform as intended. The project intends to be not-for-profit and fully self-funded, however the viability of the project may require extra funding, or even the implementation of the project under a company structure. The experiment will go for two years, and it is expected it will renew for subsequent two meanwhile volunteers are still interested in its continuity. The experiment will also attempt at producing a sister experiment at the end of each term, meanwhile there is sustained interest.
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| − | Daily life in the settlement will be all but boring. There will be a significative focus in the development of health, fitness, knowledge and skills of each volunteer. The community will aim at producing rich, diverse and high-quality artistic works to be contributed free of charge through online services, including music, films, literature, visual arts. etc. The community will also aim at furthering science, and producing technology such as software, [[w:open-source hardware|open-source hardware]], and educational materials. Other activities will include refining notions of RBEM, developing this wiki for the benefit of subsequent settlements, online media for communicating developments in the community, and daily tasks for the sustenance of the community such as producing food, equipment, doing general maintenance of public spaces, and providing public services such as training, coordination, cleaning, cooking, etc.
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| − | == Current project platforms ==
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| − | The project is being primarily managed through this Wiki knowledgebase, and it is being supported by the following technologies:
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| − | * [http://rbem.org/wiki/rbe10k Wiki knowledgebase (''rbem.org/wiki/rbe10k'')] - ''Please register and create your personal page!'' (further details in [[RBE10K/Participation|RBE10K Project Participation]])
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| − | * [http://www.facebook.com/Rbe10k Facebook page (''Rbe10k'')] - ''Please like our Facebook page!'' (further details in [[RBE10K/Facebook|Facebook page]]) - ''Do rely on this Facebook page for news, articles, and information about the project in the captions of pictures and memes''
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| − | * [http://www.facebook.com/rbe10000 Contributors assistance and support Facebook user (''Arby-e Ten-Kei'')] (also by email [mailto:rbe10000@facebook.com rbe10000@facebook.com]) - (further details on [[RBE10K/Facebook/Support|Facebook support for RBE10K Project participants]]) - ''Do rely on this Facebook user for any questions you might have!''
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| − | * [https://twitter.com/rbe10k RBE10K Project twitter account (''rbe10k'')] - ''Follow us on Twitter!'' (more information in [[RBE10K/Twitter|Twitter account]]) - ''Keep up to date with news about the project with our tweets''
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| − | * [http://www.causes.com/causes/810005-run-an-experimental-resource-based-economy-community-in-2015 Causes appeal for our project] - ''Please sign the cause and share with your friends!'' (further details in [[RBE10K/Causes appeal|Causes appeal]]) - ''Causes appeals spread like wildfire, and it is a great way to get the word out there about our project!''
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| − | * [https://plus.google.com/s/arby-e%20ten-kei Google Plus account (''Arby-e Ten-Kei'')] - ''Add us to your circles and join us for Hangouts during our meetings!'' (further details in [[RBE10K/Google Plus account|Google Plus account]]) - ''Use primarily this account for your online participation in project planning meetings''
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| − | * [http://www.skype.com Skype] account "Arby-e Ten-Kei" - (further details in [[RBE10K/Skype account|Skype account]]) - ''Use this service as an alternative to Google Hangouts for project planning meetings if you have trouble with Google Hangouts in your computer''
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| − | * Newsletter (via MailChimp) in the works ([[further details in [[RBE10K/Newsletter|Newsletter]]) - ''Will provide information to those who are interested to know more about the project on occasion, but are not necessarily active supporters or use Facebook or Twitter''
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| − | * Website being planned (further details in [[RBE10K/Website|RBE10K Project Website]]) - ''The website will provide a simple front-end for introducing the project to newcomers, include news, videos and more, supporting the information already present on the Facebook page''
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| − | * [http://www.bettermeans.com Bettermeans Open, Democratic Project Management (''www.bettermeans.com'')] account being planned (further details in [[RBE10K/Bettermeans|Bettermeans platform]]) - ''This will help manage projects where this Wiki would be an insufficient or clumsy solution''
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| − | == Project needs ==
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| − | The project has just began its journey, and has many needs. Feedback is very important, as it helps enriching the content with notions from a variety of points of view. Contributors to this Wiki would be highly appreciated! The project also needs being talked about and shared with people who might be interested in participating.
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| − | Currently the project needs:
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| − | * Assistance with the Newsletter (''In the works! Do you have experience with MailChimp? We need you!'') - (further details in [[RBE10K Project newsletter]])
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| − | * A better logo for the project (''Do you have experience with graphic design? We need you!'') - (further details in [[RBE10K Project logo]])
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| − | * A video explaining the objectives and the benefits of this project (''In the works! Do you have experience with video production? We need help!'') - (further details in [[RBE10K Project introduction video]])
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| − | * A easy to learn and follow, compelling, and effective method for participation in this wiki (''Do you have experience with MediaWiki or as an editor in Wikipedia? We need you!'') - (further details in [[RBE10K/Participation|RBE10K Project Participation]])
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| − | * Participation in meetings! (''Meetings are advertised in our Facebook page. They occur regularly on Thursdays from 7PM to 9PM Sydney Time, presently in Newtown, NSW, or through Google Hangouts, or alternatively Skype'') - (further details in [[RBE10K Project planning meetings]])
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| − | * A website for the Project (''Do you have experience with website development? We need you!'') - (further details in [[RBE10K Project website]])
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| − | == Sources of inspiration for this transition approach ==
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| − | {{Main | RBE10K/Sources of inspiration | l1=Sources of inspiration}}
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| − | The RBE10K Project derives inspiration from a number of projects and movements. The most relevant is of course the work of [[w:Jacque Fresco|Jacque Fresco]] and [[The Venus Project]], and the clarity of [[w:Peter Joseph|Peter Joseph]] for developing those works and making them accessible and popular. The project is also inspired in the works of Nature through biology and ecology, notions of dynamic equilibrium and [[w:systems theory|systems theory]]. The project would not be possible without the support of the Free and Open-Source Software ([[w:FOSS|FOSS]]) community and the hacker ethics, and projects like the [[w:Linux|Linux]] and most especially the Wikipedia. Also from commercial companies which provide invaluable zero-cost services such as Google and Facebook. The project also derives inspiration in the creativity of game developers, who allows us to immerse in imagined worlds with other real people ([[w:MMOG|MMOG]]) such as Runescape. And finally all the many emergent solutions to today's problems like pollution, ecological degradation, poverty, war, injustice, sexism, poor health, mistreatment of animals, etc, which even though individually they're patchwork and miss dealing with the root causes for the problems, they help by raising awareness and stimulating individuals to take action and personal responsibility.
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| − | == Criticism ==
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| − | === Concerns ===
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| − | Advocates and activists of [[The Venus Project]] generally emphasise the need for having a concerted, global effort for implementation of a RBE, as opposed to a multitude of transition styles (one of which would be The RBE10K Project) occurring at many locations worldwide. They also typically claim that The RBE10K Project is not a full Resource-Based Economy (as Jacque Fresco proposes) and that only The Venus Project can transition to a RBE.
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| − | Notably, even Jacque Fresco himself proposed a path of action that is very similar to The RBE10K Project's<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpYkACMMd-0 YouTube: "Jacque Fresco - If TZM doesn't support through Money....We will drop them"], featuring Jacque Fresco on camera, and Roxanne Meadows behind camera.</ref>.
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| − | Advocates and activists with [[The Zeitgeist Movement]] typically emphasise the importance of not progressing into transitions just yet, and that the best strategy at this time is help raising awareness within our communities in an effort to reach critical mass, leaving action for when the time is ripe.
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| − | Some of the criticism received includes the following notions:
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| − | * An RBE settlement must not be an experiment
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| − | * The need to transition globally to RBE much quicker than 40 years
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| − | * The inclusion of money for purchasing the initial materials pollutes the concept of an RBE
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| − | * RBE must be a global initiative, and not a mix of various styles of transition (TVP view)
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| − | * RBE cannot be implemented low-tech
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| − | * If the project doesn't succeed, it may cause a negative perception of RBE in the general population
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| − | * Being essential for a RBE city to have all the basic comforts people are currently accustomed to
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| − | === Addressing concerns ===
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| − | {{Main| RBE10K/Concerns | l1=Concerns}}
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| − | The RBE10K Project intends to address all concerns raised, dealing with conflicts by documenting reasons for each claim and dispute, researching and quantifying the validity for each reason, and arriving at the best possible outcome to maximise the degree of consensus.
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| − | == References ==
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| − | [[Category: RBEM Main]]
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