Agriculture, Land Trusts & the Future of Wellbeing Economies

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Curious to engage with people who are currently using land trusts to create more equitable economies.

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Interesting! I lost about 15 mins finding out about the history of land trusts on the Wikipedia page :smiley:

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There are some really fascinating projects in this space that are combining land trusts with permaculture ecovillage projects and DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations). Here’s an introduction video to one of them (Salt Cross Garden Village, led by Charlie Fisher of a UK Collaborative Housing Group)

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Thanks for posting this topic, David - it’s something I’m very interested in and have been diving deep since I first spent time on a family farm that was placed into a land trust.

One thing I’ve learned is that there is a crucial distinction between land trust projects:

  • Ownership: The majority of land trusts still retain the title dee, in one format or another
  • Stewardship: A tiny percentage of land trusts commit in perpetuity the land to regeneration, and the title deed can essentially be disposed of because the property can never again be sold and/or developed.

I am only interested in the latter, and we’re working on a tokenization project to unlock value flows for these type of land trusts. I can either post updates here or we can establish a sub-topic specifically for Land Stewardship Tokens. Anyone interested in that?

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Hey mbh! I’d love to learn more about why to tokenize. I’ve seen a lot of talk about it and feel so naive to it all. If there’s a chat going on about it, I’d love to learn more!

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Hi all, I am sharing this interesting book shared during my Economics of Degrowth class today - looking at how our social and economic system could look like by 2048

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Thank you, Nelacadi. I look forward to reading it.

Warmest regards

Jeremy

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Thanks for sharing this. I downloaded it and read it and it aligns very much with the worlds that I create in my optimistic future fiction! It is great to see that there are other idealists in the world that think along similar lines. I would love to see this kind of thing shared more widely because I think it makes people think about new possibilities.

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You teach Degrowth Economics? That’s so cool! Is there anywhere I can find out more?

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@LizzyNoone , is this the post you were thinking about?

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not a teacher, just a learner!
studying Degrowth: Economics, Ecology and Policy… fascinating and eye-opening program by the UAB

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@nelacadi If you’re enjoying this topic, I really recommend the book Digital Degrowth which came out just this year! It takes “degrowth theory” and applies it to the present global monopoly that Big Tech has on all of our lives, all over the world! A fascinating spin on the topic, if ever there was one! Highly highly recommend!