Scott Morris

= monetary activist and author of Pathways to Regeneration

Bio

"Scott Morris began working with community currencies in 2009 after having graduated into the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Political Economics from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. After his family lost their business and home in the crisis, he developed a personal appreciation for how Main St. paid the price for Wall St. speculation, and dedicated his life’s work to finding ways to protect local economies from future crises and the failures of legacy institutions. His work on the volunteerism-focused “HERO Rewards” and “Merit” currency was featured in the 2013 documentary “Money & Life” which debuted while he worked to succeed the Ithaca HOURS, “America’s oldest and largest local currency” with Ithacash and Ithaca Dollars (i$). In 2017, he rewrote the original Bancor whitepaper and advised the Bancor foundation on community currencies, and has since provided advice to the Attorney General’s office of the State of New York, the New York State Assembly, the City of Berkeley in California, as well as numerous currency and blockchain projects worldwide. Additionally, he was an instructor at Cornell Law School and is a co-creator of “MycoFi”. He is a digital nomad, attending events relevant to place-based applications of web3 where he educates about consciousness, anticipatory design, regenerative economics, and the history and potential of community currencies, especially in the context of crisis response."

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