Evolver Spores: Beyond Money

"Beyond Money: What Comes Next?"

The current financial meltdown has revealed deep structural flaws in the Capitalist system that have yet to be addressed by governments or institutions. What alternatives do we as individuals and communities have when faced with money issued by a centralized authority that props up military expansion, maintains artificial scarcity, and feeds the insatiable greed of a tiny financial elite?

For our second Evolver Spore (our monthly local gatherings), we will investigate the current economic paradigm and explore workable alternatives to it, such as time banks and complementary currencies, that communities can use now. We also look at the broader systemic solutions proposed by economic theorists like Tom Greco and Bernard Lietaer.

Check the list below to find a Spore in your area. If there is not yet an Evolver Spore in your local community, email jonathan(at)evolver(dot)net to start your own. Links to helpful articles on this subject are also included below.

AUSTRALIA

CANADA

SOUTH AFRICA

USA

Evolver New York City

Evolver Salt Lake City

Evolver San Antonio

Evolver San Francisco

Evolver Santa Fe

Evolver Seattle

Articles on Going "Beyond Money"

Money and the Crisis of Civilization

by Charles Eisenstein

Evolving Toward Local Credits

by Thomas H. Greco

Money and the Turning of the Age

by Charles Eisenstein

Local Wealth [Video]

The Capital is Personal

by Anya Kamenetz

Program Your Own Money

by Douglas Rushkoff

Thomas Greco Talk on local credits to Sustainable Tucson will be on August 12.

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Evolver Spore Spoon Bending Party

Submitted by LionKimbro on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 20:15.

I have an idea for an Evolver Spore theme: "Spoon Bending."

My skeptical position on all things psi is well recorded on Reality Sandwich, but I have personally done spoon bending before, and there's no doubt in my mind that it's real.

(I just think it's one of those real things -- like coal walking, that scientists haven't taken the time to study & explain yet. Compare: Lifters, before & after publicity and ensuing scientific explanation.)

It's a lot of fun, interesting, reproducible, and just plain weird.

check out southern England

Submitted by Red Collie on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 18:35.

Dear Daniel,

I know you are busy, but maybe check out what has been happening in southern England over the past few weeks?

This stuff sounds really

Submitted by robbt on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 02:42.

This stuff sounds really cool. At some point we will jump through the hoops and possibly start a Arawak City SPORE aka Columbus, Ohio. The open fair credit standard deserves a right up via me, since it is a good synthesis of a lot of variant alternative economic ideals.

I am not really sure if best

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Evolver Spores: Beyond Money

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Evolver Spore Spoon Bending Party

check out southern England

This stuff sounds really

I am not really sure if best

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