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* How can blockchain help us ensure ethically-made, sustainable and high-quality food supplies? Two schemes show us how, Jan 24, 2020...<ref>[https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2020/1/25/food-based-currency-holochain thealternative.org.uk]</ref> | |||
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This article is about community currencies including barter, give or take schemes, [[LETS]] - local exchange trading systems, and time banks. Advantages of community currencies include retaining a higher proportion of spend within the [[Localism|local economy]], community cohesion and [[community development]]. ''See also:'' Benefits of local currency {{W|Local currency#Benefits}} | |||
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| title = Time Trade Circle | |||
| authors = New Dream, Apr 23, 2012 | |||
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| title = The Money Myth: Jem Bendell at TEDxTransmedia2011 | |||
| authors = TEDx Talks, Oct 17, 2011 | |||
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| title = Creating Our Own Money: Introduction | |||
| authors = nittyjee, Jul 15, 2010 | |||
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''more video'': [http://web.archive.org/web/20140331112543/http://complementarycurrency.org/video-library/ Complementary & Alternative Currency Video Library] | |||
== Other resources == | |||
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'' | * [https://tradeschool.coop/assets/tradeschool_2009_2019.pdf Tradeschool 2009 2019], ''added 14:34, 25 January 2021 (UTC)'' | ||
* [https://complementarycurrency.org/ Complementary Currency Resource Center Resource] Center for Complementary Currencies | |||
* [https://community-currency.info/en/ Community-Currency.info], available also in other languages | |||
* Complementary Currency Software on [http://web.archive.org/web/20160527001403/http://p2pfoundation.net/Complementary_Currency_Software p2pfoundation.net] | |||
* How to Start a Community Currency, [https://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-community-currency Shareable], Oct 2012 | |||
'''''Other''''' | |||
* [https://www.cyclos.org/ Cyclos], open source online banking software for Microfinance institutions, local banks (in developing countries) and complementary currency systems like LETS, Barter networks and Time banks. | |||
* the Lewes Pound, (UK) Free Guide to Setting Up Local Currencies, [https://transitionculture.org/2009/12/10/your-free-guide-to-setting-up-local-currencies/ Transition Network], 10 Dec 2009 | |||
== Research == | |||
* [https://ijccr.net/ International Journal of community currency research] | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Community Currencies]] | |||
* [[Community currencies UK]] | |||
* [[Local currency]] | |||
* [[:category:Local currency]] | |||
* [[Free stuff]] | |||
* [[Sharing]] | |||
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*[ | * Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Local currency|Local currency]], [[Wikipedia:Time-based currency|Time-based currency]], [[Wikipedia:Cyclos|Cyclos]] | ||
* [https://www.grassrootseconomics.org/ Grassroots Economics], "non-profit foundation that seeks to empower marginalized communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future. We focus on community development through economic empowerment and community currency programs. Beneficiaries of our programs include small businesses and people living in informal settlements as well as rural areas." ''added 15:46, 1 April 2020 (UTC)'' | |||
* [https://creditcommons.net/ Credit Commons], "a proposed accounting system to allow users of any local currency to exchange with any other." ''added 15:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC)'' | |||
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*[http://bliive.com/ Bliive], is the first social network for time exchange. It is originally from [[Brazil]], today is established in the [[United Kingdom]] and has more than 60000 users in 100 countries. The platform is free of charge and the company profits from Bliive Groups, a solution for companies, co-workings, universities and schools that want to promote a collaborative environment to their employees and students. | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20190208210600/https://bliive.com/ Bliive], is the first social network for time exchange. It is originally from [[Brazil]], today is established in the [[United Kingdom]] and has more than 60000 users in 100 countries. The platform is free of charge and the company profits from Bliive Groups, a solution for companies, co-workings, universities and schools that want to promote a collaborative environment to their employees and students. | ||
:Financed by the UKTI | :Financed by the UKTI and accelerated by Entrepreneurial Spark, the worlds' larger free business accelerator the team has achieved several goals since Bliive's launch: - Creative Business Cup Brazil - Intel Challenge Brazil - Entrepreneurship camp in the Silicon Valley - CEO became Global Agenda Council for Creative Economies, a World Economic Forum initiative. | ||
:The platform has become popular in Brazil for its revolutionary idea, allowing people that don't have money to study a second language, for example, to do so through the platform. When registering, users are given 5 TimeMoneys so that they can start requesting activities and experiences from other users. TimeMoney is the currency used within the platform. One TimeMoney equals to one hour. Their idea is to show that everyone's time is valuable and everyone has something worth sharing. | :The platform has become popular in Brazil for its revolutionary idea, allowing people that don't have money to study a second language, for example, to do so through the platform. When registering, users are given 5 TimeMoneys so that they can start requesting activities and experiences from other users. TimeMoney is the currency used within the platform. One TimeMoney equals to one hour. Their idea is to show that everyone's time is valuable and everyone has something worth sharing. | ||
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:On Bliive users can add their friends, find people near them by geolocation and filter their interests in order to search for new activities close to them. Bliive users can also volunteer in one of the accredited NGO's and receive TimeMoneys in return. | :On Bliive users can add their friends, find people near them by geolocation and filter their interests in order to search for new activities close to them. Bliive users can also volunteer in one of the accredited NGO's and receive TimeMoneys in return. | ||
*[https://www.listia.com/ Listia.com], free online marketplace and mobile app for trading goods between individuals without using money. The platform has a system known as Listia credits to facilitate the trades. Users earn credits for giving away items they no longer need and can then use credits to get items that other users have listed. The marketplace uses an auction system where users bid on each other's items until the auction ends and the highest bidder wins. The user who listed the item then arranges for a pickup or ships the item directly to the winner. {{W|Listia}} | * [https://www.listia.com/ Listia.com], free online marketplace and mobile app for trading goods between individuals without using money. The platform has a system known as Listia credits to facilitate the trades. Users earn credits for giving away items they no longer need and can then use credits to get items that other users have listed. The marketplace uses an auction system where users bid on each other's items until the auction ends and the highest bidder wins. The user who listed the item then arranges for a pickup or ships the item directly to the winner. {{W|Listia}} | ||
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- How can blockchain help us ensure ethically-made, sustainable and high-quality food supplies? Two schemes show us how, Jan 24, 2020...[1]
This article is about community currencies including barter, give or take schemes, LETS - local exchange trading systems, and time banks. Advantages of community currencies include retaining a higher proportion of spend within the local economy, community cohesion and community development. See also: Benefits of local currency W
Video[edit | edit source]
more video: Complementary & Alternative Currency Video Library
Other resources[edit | edit source]
Creative commons or copyleft
- Tradeschool 2009 2019, added 14:34, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
- Complementary Currency Resource Center Resource Center for Complementary Currencies
- Community-Currency.info, available also in other languages
- Complementary Currency Software on p2pfoundation.net
- How to Start a Community Currency, Shareable, Oct 2012
Other
- Cyclos, open source online banking software for Microfinance institutions, local banks (in developing countries) and complementary currency systems like LETS, Barter networks and Time banks.
- the Lewes Pound, (UK) Free Guide to Setting Up Local Currencies, Transition Network, 10 Dec 2009
Research[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Community Currencies
- Community currencies UK
- Local currency
- category:Local currency
- Free stuff
- Sharing
local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
External links
- Wikipedia: Local currency, Time-based currency, Cyclos
- Grassroots Economics, "non-profit foundation that seeks to empower marginalized communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future. We focus on community development through economic empowerment and community currency programs. Beneficiaries of our programs include small businesses and people living in informal settlements as well as rural areas." added 15:46, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- Credit Commons, "a proposed accounting system to allow users of any local currency to exchange with any other." added 15:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- Bliive, is the first social network for time exchange. It is originally from Brazil, today is established in the United Kingdom and has more than 60000 users in 100 countries. The platform is free of charge and the company profits from Bliive Groups, a solution for companies, co-workings, universities and schools that want to promote a collaborative environment to their employees and students.
- Financed by the UKTI and accelerated by Entrepreneurial Spark, the worlds' larger free business accelerator the team has achieved several goals since Bliive's launch: - Creative Business Cup Brazil - Intel Challenge Brazil - Entrepreneurship camp in the Silicon Valley - CEO became Global Agenda Council for Creative Economies, a World Economic Forum initiative.
- The platform has become popular in Brazil for its revolutionary idea, allowing people that don't have money to study a second language, for example, to do so through the platform. When registering, users are given 5 TimeMoneys so that they can start requesting activities and experiences from other users. TimeMoney is the currency used within the platform. One TimeMoney equals to one hour. Their idea is to show that everyone's time is valuable and everyone has something worth sharing.
- On Bliive users can add their friends, find people near them by geolocation and filter their interests in order to search for new activities close to them. Bliive users can also volunteer in one of the accredited NGO's and receive TimeMoneys in return.
- Listia.com, free online marketplace and mobile app for trading goods between individuals without using money. The platform has a system known as Listia credits to facilitate the trades. Users earn credits for giving away items they no longer need and can then use credits to get items that other users have listed. The marketplace uses an auction system where users bid on each other's items until the auction ends and the highest bidder wins. The user who listed the item then arranges for a pickup or ships the item directly to the winner. W
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