Thrive Locally
Reality Sandwich is proud to be a sponsor of...
The Future of Money: Keeping Wealth in Your Neighborhood by Thrive New York
Come learn about starting a complementary currency and how new forms of exchange build value in your community.
Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with:
Sarah Hearn: an NYC native who now lives in Great Barrington, MA and is a full-time staff member of the E.F. Schumacher Society. The Society promotes the building of strong, local economies that link people, land and community. Sarah is heavily involved in the administration of the BerkShares local currency program, which circulates in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts.
Paul Glover: founder of the Ithaca HOURS local currency, the Ithaca Health Alliance, Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, and author of several books and urban histories. He has degrees in Marketing and in City Management. After 35 years of community organizing on behalf of grassroots economic development and ecological repair, he now runs a consultancy called GreenPlanners.
Charles Eisenstein: author of The Yoga of Eating, Transformational Weight Loss, and the blog Ascent of Humanity. He gives lectures and workshops focused on holistic health and the transformation of civilization and has written several papers on our societal relationship to money. He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale University, and is a contributor for Reality Sandwich.
Moderated by RS' community director, Jonathan Phillips.
Get involved in developing a new community currency.
Suggested Donation: $10, $20 if you've got it. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Thursday 03.12.09 from 7:30-9:30 PM
440 Lafayette St, Floor 6
RSVP: thrivecurrency@gmail.com
What is a complementary local currency? Check out:
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1865467,00.html
http://www.ithacahours.org/
http://www.berkshares.org/whatareberkshares.htm
Sponsored by: Reality Sandwich, Post Modern Times, Souldish, Evolver.net, and Ciclo Sustainable
And for those in LA...
Time Banking - An Alternative to the Cash Economy An Evening with Dr. Edgar Cahn Creator of Time Dollars and Author of, "No More Throw Away People"
Time Banking is a pay-it-forward system that connects unmet needs with untapped resources. It's a new currency that enables people to turn their hidden resource - time - into personal security and community renewal. "When we tap all that people can do, we deal with abundance, not scarcity"
Dr. Edgar Cahn
A lecture and reception will be held on
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00PM at
The Metabolic Studio (Farmlab, Chora and AMI) 1745 N. Spring St., #6 L.A., CA 90012 (at Baker St. Downtown) DirectionsTweet
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I'd rather see more of
I'd rather see more of this:
http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/reallyreally.php
I'd love to see more critical analysis of the system than I am seeing in a lot of areas. Mostly the solutions I see people talking about are all based on the flawed premise that the solution is for "us" to be in charge of printing money, or for "us" the be the politicians, or for "us" to be the CEO's.Granted most alternative currencies are not that far sighted, but I see it as symptomatic of a certain kind of thinking.
You can't fix a car by switching the driver, and while I'm certainly all in favor of citizens taking charge of their communities I'd love for part of that to include decisions like whether our failing system is worth saving or emulating.
I think I agree
The increasing trend of monetization is undesirable, no matter what currency you use. If the people of your community provide value to each other, slapping a currency on top of that is just redundant. It adds a layer of ulterior motive, which always detracts from the enjoyment and effectiveness of the actual work.
But is there also strength in having a global currency? Surely there are some things (ie. metal production) that cannot heppen in every little community, so don't we need a means of exchanging value with those outside?
www.tri-freedom.com
Time Banking Rocks!
Propaganda Anonymous
I'm jealy-us of the LA heads getting the Time Banking talk
That is some seriously dope stuff.
Forgot to add
Propaganda Anonymous
Is there going to be anyone recording this stuff for podcast purposes?
Filming