RBEM/Implementation

There is no consent yet about how to implement the ideas of a Resource-Based Economic Model. Generally, there are two approaches: bottom-up and top-down. For the two general approaches there exist many potential variations, for example different degrees of interaction with the monetary market in RBEM projects to interactions with the monetary system.

Advocates of bottom-up approaches argue for starting with RBEM implementation projects soon, for incrementally developing the implemented methods and for incrementally increasing the participation, either on a individual basis or by including more and more people^{[citation needed]}. Advocates of top-down approaches rather think that people could be distracted from the general RBEM ideas because of problems that arise from specific RBEM implementation projects. They support educating as many people as possible and planning as many details as possible, before starting to implement a Resource-Based Economy^{[citation needed]}. Of course also hybrid approaches are conceivable.

Pros and Cons of Bottom-Up Approaches

Main article: Bottom-Up Implementation of a Resource-Based Economy

Pros and Cons of Top-Down Approaches

Main article: Top-Down Implementation of a Resource-Based Economy

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Training Arena

Main article: /Training Arena

RBE Training Arenas (RBE-TAs) may be an option for enabling currently established communities to begin a gradual transformation into an RBE. With RBE-TAs developing all over a web of support for experimental settlements, settlements could be like graduate school.

External links

• Sustainability Showcase: Platform to connect sustainability projects and organisations (http://www.sustainabilitysc.org/)
• Transition Network: Network for initiatives to rebuild resilience and reduce CO₂ emissions (http://www.transitionnetwork.org/)
• Ecology-minded villages: http://crystalwaters.org.au/, https://sites.google.com/site/ecodigsbris/
• Freeconomy: Sharing platform (http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/)
• Crealiity: Social semantic web to match desires and resources (currently only available in German) (http://crealiity.com/)
• Time Banking platforms: https://www.timebanking.com.au/
• Permaculture: http://www.permaculture.org.au/, http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/resources.html, http://www.northeystreetcityfarm.org.au/
• Living off-grid: http://www.off-grid.net/