Via EB
How a bunch of city chicks taught me about sustainable community building
Allison Adams, Conserve Magazine
New Peak Moment TV shows highlight community localization
Janaia Donaldson, Peak Moment
Peak Moment: Community Responses for a Changing Energy Future
This one is of interest to me:
49 Local Currencies: Replacing Scarcity with Trust
Francis Ayley contrasts our standard scarcity- and debt-based money system with local currencies in which "there's always as much as you need." His local currency issues money when members trade goods and services. Communities with local currencies will be less affected when recession or depression hits the mainstream economy.
Local currencies may keep money within a community--what is to prevent the rise of currency exchange, legal or illegal (like what has been done with food stamps)?
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