July 14th, 2012 | Currency, D.I.Y., currency, Delhi, India, society, street kids
Interesting to see how these kids set up their own support system and are so responsible! Very impressive example 🙂
May 31st, 2012
Seedstock Seedbomb! from agorabora on Vimeo. Seedstock, is a community currency for Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. We believe that community currencies can improve the connectedness of communities, support local, independent businesses, encourage a more vibrant and diverse local economy while ge ...
May 29th, 2012
There is a growing movement in North America towards public banking and debt free money, spearheaded by Ellen Brown and Bill Still. We have posted several articles and videos on this topic here. Vancouver has it's own project to develop a community currency called SeedStock --you can get involve ...
April 21st, 2012
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film from Ian MacKenzie on Vimeo. Directed by Ian MacKenzie Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system ha ...
February 20th, 2012
The transition town movement in Vancouver, via Village Vancouver is hosting the event From Here to There (Part Two): Food, Energy and Transitioning to Resilient Communities. The first part I missed in early December last year, but which had a large turnout. I am looking forward to this event esp ...
November 23rd, 2011
Jem Bendell is a professor and the owner-director of Lifeworth Consulting, providing solutions for systemic change towards sustainable development. For 16 years he has consulted with business, United Nations (UN) and civil society, while writing over 100 publications on the social responsibility ...
November 1st, 2011
This guest blog is from Vancouver's own open-money champion, Jordan Bober, who just recently did a detailed and thoughtful presentation: Community Money For Community Food last week, which I sadly missed, fortunately we have the internet so this presentation is available. For anyone who is intereste ...
October 26th, 2011
I've been spending all the time I can lately down Village #Occupy Vancouver. It is so lovely to have a new-old village in the middle of the downtown! I have mostly been listening to people, I have heard complaints about the system from all kinds and I have heard complements about the movement from a ...
October 19th, 2011
This article is reposted with permission from Jordan Bober who is spearheading getting Vancouver's own community currency going! The Dunbar Dollar is the first step in this project. Another fun idea for a way to show your support for the #Occupy Vancouver movement is to posted here. The Dunbar Do ...
March 3rd, 2011
Did you know that the well-loved American fairytale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is more than just a tale of a girl with ruby slippers tripping down a yellow brick road? I loved that book when I was a kid--I remember watching my older sisters playing munchkins in school musical when I was still in kin ...
