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When talking about changing the world it is becoming a main stream notion that a good place to start is the economy. And when talking about changing the economy its not an … Read the rest
NEF Research: Energising Money
An introduction to energy currencies and accounting.
Written by my future NEF colleagues Josh Ryan-Collins and Tony Greeham, and my colleague in Berlin at the time Ludwig Schuster.
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Modern interest-bearing bank-debt money creates the … Read the rest
Interview: IPS Local Money Sets Its Own Stamp
“But I am not sure that what some people today see as the global renaissance of complementary currencies should be attributed to the global crisis,” Bindewald says. “Other factors like lower transaction costs through technological advancements and a more networked … Read the rest
CCMag: Big Picture Interview: Stephanie Rearick
This interview appeared in the Community Currency Magazine (archive link), April 2012
While Madison, Wisconsin had been more in the news for their public struggle against right wing legislators last year, Dane County TimeBank has been constantly setting benchmarks for successful currency-led community developments. We talked to its founder, director and senior activist Stephanie Rearick.
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CCMag-Interview: Henk van Arkel
Parts of this interview appeared in the Community Currency Magazine (archive link), April 2012
What are the questions you would most want to explore with fellow movers and shakers in the complementary currency movement?
My question is: How to get the currency thinking into the mainstream? But more then talking, I prefer to create examples and hope that other will do the same. That is what its all about. And on the long run, sustainability comes from the diversity of 1000 people trying, even if only one of them succeeds. That will be the success of everybody.
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