It may look like play money – but you can actually use it to buy things. At least within a special region in Bavaria, Germany. The “Chiemgauer” is supposed to strengthen the local economy and cut CO2 emissions at the same time. Does it work?
Reporter: Jonas Mayer
Camera: Florian Kroker
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Factcheck: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more: More on the Chiemgauer: https://www.chiemgauer.info/
More on the Mumbuca: https://www.bancomumbuca.com.br/
More on the Vilawatt: https://www.viladecans.cat/en/vilawatt
More on the Plastic Bank: https://plasticbank.com/
Ester Barinaga’s book about “remaking money”: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.5…
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 The Chiemgauer
03:15 The money in action
04:54 The global picture
06:09 How the Chiemgauer is cutting Co2
07:42 Conclusion