Responsible, Omniscient, Synchronistic, Humanistic Activity Networks

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Mandate:

TO CREATE A CURRENCY/CREDIT QUANTIFYING THE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS (SAVED) IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOST

Objectives:

  1. Create a means for compost producers to encash their positive karma
  2. Create a network of support for people who are proactive compost producers
  3. Change the meaning of garbage from something unwanted into something that has economic value

Goals:

  1. Write and publish an essay which explores a few specific environments where the alternative currencies can operate by 25th September.
  2. Frame specific goals for each of the conclusive exploratory threads of the essay by 27th September.
  3. Develop a functional prototype for each of these goals.

Stretch Goals:

  1. Frame an appropriate proposal for the prototype(s) to be scaled to an optimal level of efficiency by the end of the lab period.

Research

Exhaustive list of comparable existing projects/initiatives (with remarks)

  1. Gaming platform - Get the glass (www.gettheglass.com), Games for change (http://www.gamesforchange.org/channels/environment)
  2. Alternative Currencies
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR - one rupee … for 100 rupees per company
  4. Tax exemption - contribution to environment can be converted into 100% tax exemption
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