Ecorates

Ecorates is an alternative currency system designed by EYFA to give people with different living standards equal access to events and subscriptions.Fact|date=February 2007

The fee for the yearly activist summer camp Ecotopia and the Greenpepper magazine subscription are being paid in Ecorates.

External links

* http://www.eyfa.org/ecorates

The Ecorate System [ecorates]

Here is an example of the questionnaire.

Please collect the prices of the following items:

SMALL ITEMS:

A loaf of bread:

One litre of milk:

One kg of potatoes:

One kg of apples:

One kg of rice:

500g of coffee:

A bottle of (the most famous local) beer in a shop:

A cup of black tea in a cafe:

Pizza margarita in a restaurant:

A plain chocolate bar (100g):

A piece of hands so

A single bus ticket in town:

A stamp for a letter for Europe:

One page b/w A4 Photocopy:

Cinema ticket:

A daily newspaper:

INCOME:

Legal minimum wage in your country:

per hour or per month:

MONTHLY ITEMS:

Average monthly rent for a simple room your city/town, including electricity and water costs:

Your average food cost per month:

Your average monthly income:

A train ride of 100 km (66 miles):

Thanks for helping the ecorates project!

Ecorates was and is being used in several projects by several groups.....

Ecotopia

TheBikeTour

TheGreenPepperMagazine

Global Ecovillage Network(GEN) - Europe

ActionCamp2006 in Luxembourg

The Eclectic Tech Carnival

IndymediaSummerCamp2004

Travelling School of Life

1st European Natural Building Colloquium 15-22 of August ’04 - PERMALOT

Common Ground meeting in Bulgaria on agriculture, food, alternatives and action

IFS Youth Conference

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