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ecoTwollar continued...
Details on how BEST to use ecotwollars.
Interested and want a little more
detail....?
EcoTwollar
is a
people-sourced participative green thank-you token. It is used to thank
for conserving the environment and helping nature in a meaningful and
fun way. The idea at
its inception was to weave and ferment micro-streams of innovation
with an "eco-thank-you"
on a social
network. It was created on a wiki platform by Placemark director Otto
Newhouse in partnership with the Multi-currency initiative of Twollars
(May-June 2009.)
EcoTwollar press, resources and history: read more
The rest of this page was pdated: 16
July 2009
How
to give your tokens away...?
To be able to give ecoTwollar, you have to be on Twitter.
Then, consider giving ecoTwollar for a demonstrated innovative act of
ecological goodwill that saved or conserved resources, or added a
little but meaningful bit to reducing our ecological footprint
-
carbon, water, methane, whatever...any polluting output, or scarce
resources may count.
You need to "trust but verify." To be able to do that, you need to be
able to verify with a degree of certainty that the thing you give
ecoTwollar for actually happened.
So first, look for some
kind of record or proof. If there is none, ask for them.
Preferabley
in photos or clip with a link in the tweet.
This is a very
important step.
Yes, Eco-currency is way cool. But the idea
is not just to make you feel good. It is to be given for ACTUAL ACTS
you are convinced have been
COMPLETED to good effect. The visual record (TweetPic, Youtube clip or
BubbleTweet to name some)
is to allow you to freely
verify what you trust. If you like this, join in and
become part of the
movement...
Just by being on Twitter you already have a 100 #ecoTwollar Tws balance.
Let's
recap this: 4 Steps to give EcoTwollar...
2 steps to qualify for
more tokens:
- Think
up a simple
and clever way you personally
can save or
preserve. Do it. Shoot a short video or a picture and
locate it on Google map. This way, somebody else
will be able to see the result
of your action and verify it.
- TWEET IT with
a link to the clip. When another ecoTwollar user will find your tweet
and like it you WILL GET gifted in ecoTwollars...
...But don't just wait for this...Seek out others You can gift.
2
more steps before
you give your tokens away:
- Convinced someone done
something practical, verifiable and YOU
LIKE
IT?
- Claim
your free tokens,
then give some to that someone.
But before you click the button to give them away, don't forget to ADD
good meaningful hashtags
as your own "Because..." reason.
Some examples hashtags for what we think could be meaningful reasons to
choose and why:
"#saving #water"
-- if you think the act you thank actually
saved water by a verifyable amount.
"#saving #energy"
-- if you think it actually saved energy by a verifyable amount.
It recycled
something, say plastic...? Add "#recycling
#plastic"
It saved
greenhouse gas, say CO2, by whatever small, but
meaningful amount...? Add "#saving #CO2"
Is it a
purposeful and doable idea that will inspire others to
act...? -- Add "#biofuel
#idea" (If it is about biofuel. Otherwise add other
resource as relevant.)
Put your
thinking hat on...
You will likely get more resourceful as you go.
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