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
Articles on Going "Beyond Money"
Money and the Crisis of Civilization
by Charles Eisenstein
by Thomas H. Greco
Money and the Turning of the Age
by Charles Eisenstein
by Anya Kamenetz
by Douglas Rushkoff
Thomas Greco Talk on local credits to Sustainable Tucson will be on August 12.
- 7-15-09
- Daniel Pinchbeck's blog
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Evolver Spore Spoon Bending Party
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
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
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