On the Need for an Earth Standard Currency – Can a meaningful currency naturally regulate consumption and restructure the economic system allowing the biosphere to heal?
Source: solaris_rex
On the Need for an Earth Standard Currency – Can a meaningful currency naturally regulate consumption and restructure the economic system allowing the biosphere to heal?
Source: solaris_rex
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TLDR
Current money is infinite and imaginary, driving overexploitation of Earth’s finite resources like forests, water, and climate—leading to collapse.
Proposes Earth Standard Currency (ESC or “Gaia”): A stable global money backed by scientific indices of planetary health (e.g., soil loss, biodiversity, pollution).
Value rises with Earth regeneration, falls with damage; incentivizes sustainability and “ideas economy” growth without ecological harm. Precedents: gold standard, Euro