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Continued from Page 13 pay other volunteers. With Island’. of happiness in the loca- happiness map. From the
Care Points, volunteers can tion. Three buttons on the app you can also express
Volunteers make a profile exchange Care Points at HI-MOOD SYSTEM object allow visitors to ex- your mood with three but-
on the website and list their participating companies The Hi-mood system will en- press their moods, ranging tons, just like on the objects.
skills and interest. Volun- for discounts or deals, but it able venues on the island from Sad to OK and Hap-
teers choose a social proj- cannot be cashed out. to publicly show live to the py. Every mood expressed XYLEM
ect that aligns with their world how happy the visi- this way will be registered ‘Xylem’ is the biological
interest and skill. Similarly, a It all adds up to getting tors are on location. This will centrally and displayed agent that helps plants to
company or organization stuff done on the island, in turn help everyone on on internet on a Happiness transport nutrients to their
that has created the social bringing people together the island to find the best map. This will help potential branches and leafs. We
project can recruit volun- and using a social currency places to visit at any mo- visitors decide which plac- named our product after
teers based on a specific – social capital – as an in- ment. It will also help busi- es to visit. Such objects will this agent because we
interest or skills. centive. When somebody nesses gauge how the cli- also be placed in public need happiness to reach
The underlying driving force helps you, you feel happy, ents feel about their ven- places or out in the open its destination: the people.
for Helpy is ‘Care Points’ – when you help somebody, ues. at specific landmarks. They Happiness comes from
a social currency that can you feel good about your- At the participating venues have built in WiFi access reaching out and connect-
be used on the website. A self. This is the combina- an object will be placed points for free internet ac- ing with each other. Using
company awards ‘Care tion of Happy and Help with a striking appearance cess. Xylem people can accom-
Points’ to social projects – ‘Helpy’. The goals is to that can light up in a way Additionally there is a plish just that.
listed on the website, and make Aruba a ‘One Helpy that expresses the amount downloadable app that
in-turn, volunteers receive gives you live view on the Continued on Page 16
for their time and service
rendered. The currency
stays within the system and
volunteers can spend the
currency any way they
want, by – for example –
having other volunteers
do stuff for them (and
paying them with Care
Points) or donating their
Care Points to social proj-
ects they deem worthy, so
these social projects have
the means to recruit and