Rainbow Trading

Rainbow Trading is an currency system based on Nature's laws and designed to support a sustainable living.
==Basics==
Users of Rainbow Trading are encouraged to do the following:
* recycle as much as possible
* keep energy use low
* get into balance, not infinite growth
* decentralised publishing of the money
* focus on responsibility, not ownership
In contrast to most other economic systems, Rainow Trading has based its values upon Sunflower Oil. 
==Working==
Everything has a value equal to its value in nature, speaking in terms of recycling and energy. How? We use different measurements for different measures. Quality counts, not just quantity. There are 3 groups, each represented in a different colour.
* Red: Energy (love, light, food, work, fuel) is all counted as Red. 
* Green: Material which is constantly recycled. Food, Compost, Manure. 
* Blue: Material which has gotten outside its cycle. Usually this is whatever has been exhausted or dumped.
1 (One) of each colour corresponds to 100 gram of Sunflower oil. 1 Red is the Energy in 100 gram oil. 1 Green and 1 Blue both are 100 grams of material. 
This way, all participants in an economic system (producers, consumers, reducers) will see the benefit in keeping-cycles-small and full recycling. 
==Origin==
Rainbow Trading is a concept written by Barry Voeten. In 2006 the book (In Dutch) Een evenwichtige Economie (Balanced Economics) was published, describing the system for the most part.
==Future==
In 2007, the online advertising and payment system for Rainbow Trading will become available. 
==External Links==
 Rgbtrade.org 
 Kleureneconomie (dutch)
 RGBtrade code development project
Category:Community economics