Economic Transition Cooperative

System Glossary

Necessary Systems

Systems that support our human and community needs.

  • Food
    • Consumable fuel made of animal, plant, and fungal materials.
  • Water
    • Substrate of the body, regulating internal organs and cell structures.
  • Shelter
    • A place to safely rest from the environment.
  • Community
    • A collective of people within a specific place.
  • Governance
    • The shared information of the community.
  • Logistics
    • The shared labor of the community.
  • Infrastructure
    • The shared locations and resources of the community.
  • Healthcare
    • Institution to maintain the bodies and minds of people.
  • Education
    • Institution to maintain the information legacy of the community.

Interaction Systems

Systems that interact with the Necessary Systems, allowing people to share information, labor, and access.

  • Committees
    • Groups of Cooperative Representatives who labor towards the Governance Systems.
  • Cooperatives
    • Groups of Community Members who labor towards the Economic Systems to fulfill the Necessary Systems.
  • Services
    • Cooperatives that allow people to access the Necessary Systems.

Economic Systems

The real objects of the Necessary Systems that people labor towards and access.

  • Information
    • Data
      • Preserved observations.
    • Standards
      • Common languages, formats, and templates of data.
    • Regulations
      • Restrictions to maintain safety, sustainability, and equity.
    • Processes
      • Functions that transform systems.
  • Resources
    • Raw Materials
      • Materials that are extracted from the planet and ecosystems.
    • Processed Materials
      • Materials processed to be used in tools and products.
    • Tools
      • Objects designed to fulfill a function.
    • Products
      • Objects designed to be accessible to people.
  • Locations
    • Land
      • Physical space of the planet.
    • Structures
      • Permanent objects built into the land.
  • Labor
    • Production
      • Labor towards extracting raw materials, processing materials, building tools and products.
    • Maintenance
      • Labor towards maintaining existing systems for longevity and sustainability.
    • Service
      • Labor towards helping people access the systems.