PARTNER
Grassroots Economics
Grassroots Economics explores and implements methods for communities to coordinate and manage their resources, independently of local currencies. This partnership reflects our shared vision of community transformation into self-sufficient networks: capable of thriving independently of traditional financial systems.
Partner Type
Organisation
Location
Kenya
Funded Since
2021
Total Amount Funded
$162,500
About Us
About Grassroots Economics
Grassroots Economics is revolutionising local economies by empowering communities to create and manage their own financial instruments. They introduce and implement the method “commitment pooling”: a mechanism for curating and fairly exchanging resources within communities. This approach hinges on the idea that resources can be effectively pooled to create a more equitable and collaborative economic system, building on the efficacy of traditional mutual service practices.
Contribution
How Grassroots Economics builds regenerative food systems
Through the integration of syntropic agroforestry techniques in community projects, communities enhance biodiversity, soil health, and crop yields without relying on chemical inputs.
Grassroots Economics provided extensive training in regenerative agriculture.
Community Asset Vouchers support environmental commons, ensuring that local ecosystems benefit from collective stewardship.
The adoption of regenerative practices has led to improved food security in participating communities.
CROSS POLLINATION
URDT & Grassroots Economics
Community Asset Voucher meets visioning
Cross-Pollination with URDT
The collaboration between Grassroots Economics and URDT has resulted in a powerful cross-pollination of ideas and practices. Representatives from URDT co-facilitated training sessions in Kenya, sharing visionary processes and community action planning techniques. This exchange has strengthened the implementation of community currencies and agroforestry practices in both regions.
Mustardseed Trust has specifically funded Grassroots Economics’ project to integrate Community Asset Vouchers with visionary community planning. This initiative involves training local communities in Kenya and Uganda on using these vouchers to support environmental commons and syntropic agroforestry. The process included development, testing, and publishing educational materials in collaboration with URDT, enhancing both technical and field teams’ capabilities.
The implementation of Commitment Pooling and Community Inclusive Currencies improved economic stability and food security.
Grassroots Economics has achieved tremendous progress, enabling communities to build their own economies by reviving indigenous and sustainable practices of mutual aid, collaboration, and agriculture.
85
Active Communities
60,000+
Small businesses, churches, and schools supported
140+
New sustainable farms
How Grassroots Economics builds a world of care
Healthy eco-systems
Integrating regenerative agricultural practices.
Partnership
Co-creating positive change within communities.
New money systems.
Action plans towards shared community goals.