Episode 022 - Scaling Regenerative Economies with Local Currencies and New Markets in Natural Assets, with Luuk Weber of Kolektivo

The Ownership Economy

In this episode, Jahed and Martin sit down with Luuk Weber of Kolektivo to dive into the opportunity for regenerative, non-extractive economic designs built on tokenization of natural capital assets and localist economic principles. Luuk's story starts in Curaçao where he experienced the consequences of living on an island whose currency is pegged to the dollar, and the vicissitudes that come along with it. He was among the first people experimenting in the DAO space, using his learnings to bootstrap a local currency called CuraDAI, enabling local Curaçaons to keep their economy local in times of massive inflation. In the conversation we cover how Kolektivo is working with Celo and other entities to create new economic models that value ecosystems, land, and water for their regenerative capabiltiies, and not just their extractive, priced capabilities, with an eye to building markets that can price and provide liquidity for natural assets for people to take regenerative actions. This episode will be of particular interest to folks interested in the intersection of climate, impact, and web3.

Show notes:

• Principles of Decentralized Exchange Trading Systems - Tuido
• CuraDAI
• How Crypto is Regenerating the World - Kolektivo
• Celo hopes to invest $340m stablecoin asset backing in rainforests - Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise
• Tokenized Natural Assets | Union Square Ventures
• Automating Ostrom for Effective DAO Management | by Jeff Emmett | Commons Stack | Medium
• Episode 015 - Mutual Credit on the Blockchain: Building Local Resilient Economies with David Casey