Ludwig Schuster
Bio
"Ludwig Schuster is an architect by profession whose engagement in currency design began with a competition on "shrinking cities". His proposal was to stop the downward spiral of shrinking regions (drain of people, knowledge and capital following the money drain) by creating a secondary economic mesh for the region.
In 2005 he founded the REGIOprojekt agency for endogenous regional development, and tried to implement the idea in Weimar, Germany. In Sept/Oct 2006 he was one of the initiators of the first International Scientific Conference on "Monetary Regionalisation" [1], followed by the 4th german Regiogeld-Kongress [2]
During this time he began to develop the idea of an energy backed currency and organized workshops on this subject in different contexts. [3] ; [4]
He is currently working on an "energy savings currency" or "NEGAWATT loyalty program" for one of the largest cities in Germany as well as continuing his research in energybacked currencies, applications for financing renewable energies, and currency design in general.
More Information
His lecture at a FEASTA Conference in Dublin can be seen on online: http://vimeo.com/5699636