Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here’s a conversation with Emmanuel Savard, co-founder of a group in Costa Rica that’s looking at providing all the essentials of life - food production, housing and energy – for their town via regenerative, non-extractive, sustainable, comm
Theirs is a really fascinating project, as it encompasses so many of the 'new economy' ideas that we espouse at Lowimpact. He told me that he's watched all of our video interviews with new economy / mutual credit people, and that he's very interested in setting up trading and investment systems using mutual credit and Chris Cooks's use-credit obligation ideas.
Here’s a text oultine of the conversation: lowimpact.org/posts/building-the-new-economy-with-mutual-credit-in-costa-rica
Revive Regenerative Systems: revivenosara.com
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Introduction to mutual credit: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/mutual-credit
Savings and investments in a mutual credit world: lowimpact.org/saving-investment-mutual-credit-world
Credit Commons: creditcommons.net
Gasification: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/gasification
Permaculture growing: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/permaculture
Rammed earth building: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/rammed-earth-building (not the same as compressed earth bricks, but similar)
Solar electricity: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/solar-electricity
Here’s a conversation with Emmanuel Savard, co-founder of a group in Costa Rica that’s looking at providing all the essentials of life - food production, housing and energy – for their town via regenerative, non-extractive, sustainable, comm
Theirs is a really fascinating project, as it encompasses so many of the 'new economy' ideas that we espouse at Lowimpact. He told me that he's watched all of our video interviews with new economy / mutual credit people, and that he's very interested in setting up trading and investment systems using mutual credit and Chris Cooks's use-credit obligation ideas.
Here’s a text oultine of the conversation: lowimpact.org/posts/building-the-new-economy-with-mutual-credit-in-costa-rica
Revive Regenerative Systems: revivenosara.com
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Introduction to mutual credit: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/mutual-credit
Savings and investments in a mutual credit world: lowimpact.org/saving-investment-mutual-credit-world
Credit Commons: creditcommons.net
Gasification: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/gasification
Permaculture growing: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/permaculture
Rammed earth building: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/rammed-earth-building (not the same as compressed earth bricks, but similar)
Solar electricity: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/solar-electricity
