NOVA GERICO
Can we change our lives? How? Keeping what works in the society we live in and changing what's wrong!
The answer is as easy to give as much as difficult to realize... we need to imagine and explore a new model... and then maybe we can test it!
Let's see which can be the main elements.
WHAT IS NOVA GERICO?
Nova Jericho is our ideal city that offers its citizens the highest possible level of well-being. The relationship with the citizen is important and consit of work in exchange for basic goods such as food, accomodation and health care, which are guaranteed. The peculiarity lies in the fact that the relationship does not include monetary remuneration, but only the exchange of goods and services; the advantage is that all the basic needs are obtained with less then 8 working hours a day leaving to the citizen much more time to use for other activities for increasing the culture, knowledge, and having a better lifestyle.
The guarantee of access to primary goods provides a high minimum standard of living, certainly much higher than the current one in our country and in most of the others. The time that is not devoted to the society can be used at will, according to each one's aptitudes and desires thus leaving more freedom of choice on the conduct of everyone's lives.
ECONOMY AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK
Nova Jericho is a city founded on people's contribution and welfare, so money has no value in it, indeed is forbidden to use it to limit incidents of social abuse. At the same time the personal initiative is stimulated through the discovery and development of everybody's skills .
Everybody devotes a certain number of hours per week to producing goods or to offer services to other citizens, according to the needs of the community. The number of hours can vary depending on age or activity and must focus on efficiency; also for this reason the working hours should not be excessive (4-6 hours per day should be enough) .
Activities, goods or services produced outside of working hours are offered free of charge, as voluntary donations.
Two of the main advantages of these two simple rules are : the impossibility to have debts and the lack of unemployment.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY
Nova Jericho is a city made "on a human scale " with not many people (under 100,000) and with ample green space inside.
The internal movements are made thanks to public transports; free bike-sharing, van-sharing (for goods transportation) and buses.
The council is elected every five years and is responsible for the management and organization of the city.
NATURE, ECOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Human being lives better in contact with nature, so the development of the city must take into account numerous green areas and gardens. Clean air and environment in general are essential, for this reason is minimized the use of polluting products and is given great importance to the recycling of materials. In this regard the technology can offer a good help and is also valuable for the production of energy and for the facilitation of human labor; anyway its environmental and social impact has always to be evaluated.
SAFETY
In a city where everyone has a home, food to eat and money have no value, the need to commit a crime is very low, nevertheless in case of need the use of personnel for safety can be approved. However the city has no prisons and the people who are found guilty of having transgressed the simple rules of the society or of having committed crimes, depending on the seriousness of the offense, may have some “coatching” periods, the obligation to perform work of public utility or, in the worst cases, are exiled.
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Here are the first main points, but you can add others. If you want to propose others write me!
The answer is as easy to give as much as difficult to realize... we need to imagine and explore a new model... and then maybe we can test it!
Let's see which can be the main elements.
WHAT IS NOVA GERICO?
Nova Jericho is our ideal city that offers its citizens the highest possible level of well-being. The relationship with the citizen is important and consit of work in exchange for basic goods such as food, accomodation and health care, which are guaranteed. The peculiarity lies in the fact that the relationship does not include monetary remuneration, but only the exchange of goods and services; the advantage is that all the basic needs are obtained with less then 8 working hours a day leaving to the citizen much more time to use for other activities for increasing the culture, knowledge, and having a better lifestyle.
The guarantee of access to primary goods provides a high minimum standard of living, certainly much higher than the current one in our country and in most of the others. The time that is not devoted to the society can be used at will, according to each one's aptitudes and desires thus leaving more freedom of choice on the conduct of everyone's lives.
ECONOMY AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK
Nova Jericho is a city founded on people's contribution and welfare, so money has no value in it, indeed is forbidden to use it to limit incidents of social abuse. At the same time the personal initiative is stimulated through the discovery and development of everybody's skills .
Everybody devotes a certain number of hours per week to producing goods or to offer services to other citizens, according to the needs of the community. The number of hours can vary depending on age or activity and must focus on efficiency; also for this reason the working hours should not be excessive (4-6 hours per day should be enough) .
Activities, goods or services produced outside of working hours are offered free of charge, as voluntary donations.
Two of the main advantages of these two simple rules are : the impossibility to have debts and the lack of unemployment.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY
Nova Jericho is a city made "on a human scale " with not many people (under 100,000) and with ample green space inside.
The internal movements are made thanks to public transports; free bike-sharing, van-sharing (for goods transportation) and buses.
The council is elected every five years and is responsible for the management and organization of the city.
NATURE, ECOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Human being lives better in contact with nature, so the development of the city must take into account numerous green areas and gardens. Clean air and environment in general are essential, for this reason is minimized the use of polluting products and is given great importance to the recycling of materials. In this regard the technology can offer a good help and is also valuable for the production of energy and for the facilitation of human labor; anyway its environmental and social impact has always to be evaluated.
SAFETY
In a city where everyone has a home, food to eat and money have no value, the need to commit a crime is very low, nevertheless in case of need the use of personnel for safety can be approved. However the city has no prisons and the people who are found guilty of having transgressed the simple rules of the society or of having committed crimes, depending on the seriousness of the offense, may have some “coatching” periods, the obligation to perform work of public utility or, in the worst cases, are exiled.
MORE...
Here are the first main points, but you can add others. If you want to propose others write me!