Organized communities and groups that enjoy a mutually profitable and consumption and production all over the world. In general though, these are isolated instances which are not interconnected to offer support, or share experiences and products
A Sustainable Community in its simplest form is a group of people whose basic needs are met mostly by its own production and usually a number of families, a small land they establish harmonious exchange relationships and share a common ecological vision for creating a viable future for the next generations
To allow access to as many people as possible, GiroGlobal accepts groups with all kinds of philosophy of Sustainable Community as long as they maintain their nature of collectivity… A group or community guarantees stability, empowerment, human development and a form of culture
To facilitate access to all people, GiroGlobal opens its doors to any of the visions of sustainable communities, while maintaining the collective, as a group or community ensures stability, empowerment, human growth and a form of culture
To guarantee an exchange of materials, services and information, it is advisable to start with a group of people since a group can foster the energy, the desire, production, diffusion /marketing and consumption in an organized fashion
If your group, Community or organization is interested and shares GiroGlobal’s principles, you can join the network by simply placing a request
If you do not belong to any group but are interested in joining Giro, here are several ways:
a) Write to bioregiongiro@gmail.com - girocolombia - and mention your interest in participating in the nearest Community
b) Inform others about our Blog - http://girocolombia.blogspot.com – friends, family, people at work or in your neighborhood. Giro will help you develop your Sustainable Community
c) Help GiroGlobal’s pioneers with the inventory, search for and report findings on groups, collectives and communities that you know about. Depending on your capacity, you could become the Coordinator for your Bioregion
Bioregions - GiroGlobal’s basic strategy consists of coordinating/matching the resources and opportunities of each Community with each other’s. Methods have been developed to identify and register groups and communities in certain geographic areas dinamizar their creative and development processes and establish the necessary methods for the exchange of materials, services and information -MSI
The limited knowledge that communities have of each other and the distances that separate them are some of the difficulties in establishing a smooth exchange of MSI. To deal with these barriers, Giro is making a vast inventory of communities and groups organized by geographical proximity
Once GiroGlobal finds a group of Communities in one region capable of meeting its own needs, all Communities are notified and from there, a self-organization process begins
Each Region should establish an Administration Council with representatives from each Community to develop policies and means for exchanges between the Region’s Communities and to prepare for exchanges with other Regions
This Council is registered with GiroGlobal for its Region as having the capacity for self-sustainability and for responding to requests from other Regions throughout the country and the rest of the world
Once there are several Regions registered in one country, a National Council will be created to take on GiroGlobal’s planning and decision-making work for that country
With a sufficient number of National Councils, the highest organizational level of the Sustainable Communities Network will develop- Giro’s Global Council
GiroGlobal’s Economic Model - Description
GiroGlobal’s economic model is straightforward:
Members of a Community use/consume part of what they produce or acquire; the rest is sold or traded/exchanged with other Communities
The money or goods received is used to purchase or exchange necessary goods from other Communities
Sales, purchases and exchanges with Communities are conducted in the most direct way possible with information gained by GiroGlobal’s communication system
The sale or exchange price of the product is based on its production costs as well as a small profit for the Community. This compensation contributes to the Community’s well-being and dignity/self-respect. Prices will be affordable and attractive for the network
Advantages of GiroGlobal’s Economic Model
- Free sign up: no cost to belong to Giro’s exchange network
- Intermediaries are kept to a minimum so products are priced fairly
- Products and services are priced fairly. A standard price is guaranteed during a set time period. Both the producer and the consumer benefit from the stability of not being subject to prices set by wildly fluctuating market forces
- Expensive packaging and marketing can be made more efficient, therefore lowering costs
- In addition to the last point, a guaranteed network of consumers (all the Communities will be consumers) eliminates over-marketing and sales costs therefore achieving the lowest prices in the market
- With no traditional or multi-level marketing strategies needed, referrals, networks of referrals will develop naturally, by word of mouth, with true intentions
In this way, everyone wins a significant percentage given the volume of consumption through the network
- The network will have stability and loyalty because of the nature of the Communities’ producers and consumers (Prosumidores)
- Since the origin of a product is known, quality will be ensured which will generate confidence and competitively with our products
Producers and providers will take great care with their primary products and the production process knowing that their consumers are their own families and those from the other Communities.
A Sustainable Community in its simplest form is a group of people whose basic needs are met mostly by its own production and usually a number of families, a small land they establish harmonious exchange relationships and share a common ecological vision for creating a viable future for the next generations
To allow access to as many people as possible, GiroGlobal accepts groups with all kinds of philosophy of Sustainable Community as long as they maintain their nature of collectivity… A group or community guarantees stability, empowerment, human development and a form of culture
To facilitate access to all people, GiroGlobal opens its doors to any of the visions of sustainable communities, while maintaining the collective, as a group or community ensures stability, empowerment, human growth and a form of culture
To guarantee an exchange of materials, services and information, it is advisable to start with a group of people since a group can foster the energy, the desire, production, diffusion /marketing and consumption in an organized fashion
If your group, Community or organization is interested and shares GiroGlobal’s principles, you can join the network by simply placing a request
If you do not belong to any group but are interested in joining Giro, here are several ways:
a) Write to bioregiongiro@gmail.com - girocolombia - and mention your interest in participating in the nearest Community
b) Inform others about our Blog - http://girocolombia.blogspot.com – friends, family, people at work or in your neighborhood. Giro will help you develop your Sustainable Community
c) Help GiroGlobal’s pioneers with the inventory, search for and report findings on groups, collectives and communities that you know about. Depending on your capacity, you could become the Coordinator for your Bioregion
Bioregions - GiroGlobal’s basic strategy consists of coordinating/matching the resources and opportunities of each Community with each other’s. Methods have been developed to identify and register groups and communities in certain geographic areas dinamizar their creative and development processes and establish the necessary methods for the exchange of materials, services and information -MSI
The limited knowledge that communities have of each other and the distances that separate them are some of the difficulties in establishing a smooth exchange of MSI. To deal with these barriers, Giro is making a vast inventory of communities and groups organized by geographical proximity
Once GiroGlobal finds a group of Communities in one region capable of meeting its own needs, all Communities are notified and from there, a self-organization process begins
Each Region should establish an Administration Council with representatives from each Community to develop policies and means for exchanges between the Region’s Communities and to prepare for exchanges with other Regions
This Council is registered with GiroGlobal for its Region as having the capacity for self-sustainability and for responding to requests from other Regions throughout the country and the rest of the world
Once there are several Regions registered in one country, a National Council will be created to take on GiroGlobal’s planning and decision-making work for that country
With a sufficient number of National Councils, the highest organizational level of the Sustainable Communities Network will develop- Giro’s Global Council
GiroGlobal’s Economic Model - Description
GiroGlobal’s economic model is straightforward:
Members of a Community use/consume part of what they produce or acquire; the rest is sold or traded/exchanged with other Communities
The money or goods received is used to purchase or exchange necessary goods from other Communities
Sales, purchases and exchanges with Communities are conducted in the most direct way possible with information gained by GiroGlobal’s communication system
The sale or exchange price of the product is based on its production costs as well as a small profit for the Community. This compensation contributes to the Community’s well-being and dignity/self-respect. Prices will be affordable and attractive for the network
Advantages of GiroGlobal’s Economic Model
- Free sign up: no cost to belong to Giro’s exchange network
- Intermediaries are kept to a minimum so products are priced fairly
- Products and services are priced fairly. A standard price is guaranteed during a set time period. Both the producer and the consumer benefit from the stability of not being subject to prices set by wildly fluctuating market forces
- Expensive packaging and marketing can be made more efficient, therefore lowering costs
- In addition to the last point, a guaranteed network of consumers (all the Communities will be consumers) eliminates over-marketing and sales costs therefore achieving the lowest prices in the market
- With no traditional or multi-level marketing strategies needed, referrals, networks of referrals will develop naturally, by word of mouth, with true intentions
In this way, everyone wins a significant percentage given the volume of consumption through the network
- The network will have stability and loyalty because of the nature of the Communities’ producers and consumers (Prosumidores)
- Since the origin of a product is known, quality will be ensured which will generate confidence and competitively with our products
Producers and providers will take great care with their primary products and the production process knowing that their consumers are their own families and those from the other Communities.
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