UniEcoBudget Working Group
Do unto the Earth as you would have the Earth do unto you!
See Ecobudget solution also nov 16 2008red deer ab casundayto the editorThe Current global crisis synopsisI feel and sense that our current state of global affairs is the result of the Global public getting a mixed or confusing message from global governments.Governments have in a sense been saying for some time now that the planet and environment are in a ...learn more
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Updated: about 1 month ago
A LETSystem is a local trading network supported by its own internal currency. It is self-regulating and allows its users to manage and issue their own 'money supply' within the boundaries of the n...
Areas: Community Participation, Economic Development, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy, Community Enterprise
Type: Website - Author: Michael Linton
Type: Website - Author: Michael Linton
Updated: 4 months ago
“A bad system produces bad situations in which people act badly
without even necessarily knowing why . . . if enough people absorbed
this argument, we might find ourselves in a better polity . . . ...
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Corporate Ethics, Responsible Business Practices, Socially Responsible Investment, Democracy and Civil Society, Democracy Education, Democratic Participation, Democratic Reform, Access To Education, Education ...
Type: Book - Author: Marjorie Kelly
Type: Book - Author: Marjorie Kelly
Updated: 4 months ago
Abstract
The Worldwide Database of Complementary Currency Systems is designed to collect vital statistics on a broad variety of indicators related to the function of all types of complementary ...
Areas: Economic Development, Community Enterprise, Community Participation, Community Service/Volunteerism, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy
Type: Other - Author: Stephen DeMeulenaere
Type: Other - Author: Stephen DeMeulenaere
Updated: 4 months ago
Abstract
This paper analyses theoretically how the Mutual Credit System (MCS) is affected by the Commons Problem. The MCS is defined as a pure accounting system of exchange, of which the Local ...
Areas: Economic Development, Community Enterprise, Community Participation, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy
Type: Other - Author: Jorim Schraven
Type: Other - Author: Jorim Schraven
Updated: 4 months ago
Abstract
Community currencies have been put forward as a grassroots solution to the problems of social exclusion and the need for active communities, and are gaining policy support. LETS has be...
Areas: Economic Development, Community Enterprise, Community Participation, Community Service/Volunteerism, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy
Type: Other - Author: Dr. Gill Seyfang
Type: Other - Author: Dr. Gill Seyfang
Updated: 4 months ago
Welcome to the International Journal of Community Currency Research. The aim of this journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the emerging array of ...
Areas: Community Participation, Community Service/Volunteerism, Economic Development, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy, Community Enterprise
Type: Other - Author: Gill Seyfang, Colin C. Williams
Type: Other - Author: Gill Seyfang, Colin C. Williams
Updated: 4 months ago
A brand new book from the board chair of Yes! magazine. The full title of
the book is Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real
Wealth. Korten's goal is to change the stories we tell o...
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Finance Policies and Institutions, Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Green Banking and Insurance, Microcredit, Microfinance, Natural Capitalism, Socially Responsible Investment, Social Entrepreneurship ...
Type: Book - Author: David Korten
Type: Book - Author: David Korten
Updated: 4 months ago
The Great Turning traces the roots of Empire to ancient times and charts the long evolution of its favored instruments of control, from monarchies and bureaucracies to the multinational institution...
Areas: Community Resources, Natural Resource Conservation, Conservation and the Commons, Community Participation, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Democracy and Civil Society, Democratic Participation, Democratic Reform, Women's Civic Participation, Good Governance ...
Type: Book - Author: David C. Korten
Type: Book - Author: David C. Korten
Updated: 5 months ago
Abstract
This study examines the rationale(s) that recipients have for participating in HOURS-based local currency loan and grant programs. Case studies, based on interviews of both loan and gr...
Areas: Economic Development, Community Enterprise, Community Participation, Community Service/Volunteerism, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy
Type: Other - Author: Jeff Mascornick
Type: Other - Author: Jeff Mascornick
Updated: 5 months ago
A beautiful description of local currency and exchange systems in the United States, this essay displays the benefits of a localization economy. Using specific examples, it outlines the system and...
Areas: Economic Development, Community Enterprise, Microfinance, Green Banking and Insurance, Currency Exchange, Informal Economy
Type: Other - Author: Robert Swann and Susan Witt
Type: Other - Author: Robert Swann and Susan Witt