ETC Purpose
The Economic Transition Cooperative’s purpose is to explore the possibilities of the Equitable Reality, and prepare communities for economic system transitions.
Equitable Reality
Based on the Human Baseline belief, all people share the same four needs: food, water, shelter, and community. These needs are our highest value because they keep us alive. Since these needs are the highest value for all people, that means everyone’s needs are the same value. Equity.
The value of a specific necessary object changes from person to person and over time, what doesn’t change is the ability to access the necessary object. If access becomes equitable, the value of the specific object becomes negligible.
The perfect example is food, some people need more or less food, or specific types of food because of allergies and dietary restrictions. Regardless of whatever food you or someone else may need, if you can’t access the food then it’s worthless.
Extending this concept of equitable access, all interactions with our necessary systems becomes equitable:
- Information
- Committees govern the data, standards, regulations, and processes and all information of the necessary systems. Committees are governed by Cooperative Representative.
- Energy
- Cooperatives labor towards the economic systems of the necessary systems. Through production, maintenance, and services. Cooperatives elect Representatives for Committees.
- Access
- Services are how the people access the necessary economic systems.
ETC Functions
The primary function of the ETC is to fulfill the community’s Catalog of Equitable Systems. The secondary function is to prepare their community for economic transition.
ETC Prototype
This ETC is a prototype and not affiliated with any community, and is available to all people from any community. This generation of ETC will help create and test the foundations for the next generation of community specific ETCs.
Joining the ETC
If you believe in equity, want to explore this new reality, and prepare our communities for transition, please join our team in realizing this opportunity.
How To Use This Website
There is a lot of information to understand when getting started, start with the Human Baseline document. Then check out the Bootstrap Systems document to see the starter systems that are at the core of the Equitable Systems. The only advice to using this website, is to have fun exploring. There will be a lot of unknowns and new ideas to shape this new reality.
Contact ETC
You can contact us on our Discord server, and talk with our community.