Kurs:Local Currency
Pre-RequisitesBearbeiten
Take the course Telecentre and ICT4Development to get acquaintance with the worth of distant learning, mobile learning for community development. Get a basic understanding of depreciative money.
Basic ReadingBearbeiten
Read first the two introductory articles A proposal for a brazilian education complementary currency and A DESIGN OF COMPLEMENTARY COMMUNITY CURRENCIES FOR EDUCATION. After the reading you get the idea, how depreciative money set incentives for isolated members of Diaspora members to take e-learning and mobile learning courses of the telecentre. The functioning of the system, you need the help of the business communities non-durable goods like the Park Slope Food-Coop. For example, we issue 150 € local currency units for trading of 100 € non-durable goods or time dollars and educational services. If the member do not take successful the education service, the local currency loose purchasing power.
Local Currency DebatesBearbeiten
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| Local Currencies - Replacing Scarcity with Trust | Peak Moment 49: Francis Ayley established over a dozen local currencies in the UK before moving to the U.S. He contrasts our standard, scarcity- and debt-based money system with local currencies in which "there's always as much as you need." Local currencies like his Fourth Corner Exchange issue money when members trade goods and services. Communities with local currencies will be less affected when recession or depression hits the mainstream economy. www.fourthcornerexchange.com |
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| Richard C. Cook : The Gaia Plan ~ Creating Local Currencies, Sustainable Community | Robert C. Cook Interview, {Author of "We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform} Oct, 2011 One Radio Network ; Creating local currencies backed by labor, services .. and building local communities + The Gaia Plan, the Basic Income Guarantee and how we owe it to everyone on this planet the means to survive.
"A local currency provides an economic "cul-de-sac" that keeps wealth within a community. Local money tends to stay close to home. This means that profits do not get exported via chain stores and multinational corporations. Instead, people buy and sell goods and services among themselves, with the currency being an accounting tool." - Michael E. Merotta |
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| Incubating A Worker Cooperative On A Shoestring With Time Banks | Linda Hogan and Terry Daniels of hOur World talk about Time Banks in a presentation for PODER in San Francisco October 11, 2011. Time Banks are a way to get and receive services without total dependence on cash. Their roots reach deep into our history and saved many during the Depression of the 1930's. Time Banks are making a giant comeback- and this time may be here for good! |
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