[Seattle-editorial] RE: Seattle-editorial Digest, Vol 1, Issue 854

[Gentry Lange]

Cool, I've been thinking about the idea of community currency a lot in
relation to Indymedia.

Gentry


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL: alternative currency (Sheri Herndon)
   2. Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL: alternative currency (Jason Reep)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:20:22 -0700
From: Sheri Herndon <sheri at speakeasy.org>
Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: alternative
	currency
To: jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org>
Cc: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
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definitely yes.  great to see those efforts for developing viable
alternatives.  should be a great event.  thanks for doing this.

sheri

>subtitle:DEMOCRATIZING MONEY
>title: Making Plans for a Seattle Community Currency
>
>What's wrong with our current money system? How can a community currency
>promote a healthier, more just economy? A group of Seattle activists and
>small business owners are leading an effort to introduce a community
>currency into the Seattle economy. This new form of currency, issued by
>participants in our local economic community rather than by exploitative
>national banks, will remain in the local economy and encourage local
>self
>reliance and sustainability. On July 1, author <a
>href="http://circ2.home.mindspring.com/tgbro.htm">Tom Greco</a> will
>speak
>about the nature of money systems and how the power of money can be
>harnessed to build healthy, sustainable communities. Other speakers
>include
><a href="http://www.davidkorten.org">David Korten</a>, author of When
>Corporations Rule the World and Post-Corporate-World, and Essential
>Baking
>owner Jeff Fairhall, who is leading the effort to launch a community
>currency in Seattle.
>
><p><b>Tues. July 1, 6:30pm at Trinity United Methodist Church in
>Ballard: 6512
>23rd Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98117. Info: jeff at essentialbaking.com
>The event is free.
>
><p><a href="http://www.livingeconomies.org">Business Alliance for Local
>Living Economies</a> | <a
>href="http://circ2.home.mindspring.com">Community
>Resource Information Center</a> | <a
>href="http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/">People-Centered Development Forum</a>
>|
><a href="http://www.greeneconomics.net">Green Economics</a> | <a
>href="http://www.identitycommons.net/">Identity Commons</a>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:14:09 -0700
From: Jason Reep <jasonr at speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: alternative
	currency
To: jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org>
Cc: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
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yep.

jonathan lawson wrote:

> subtitle:DEMOCRATIZING MONEY
> title: Making Plans for a Seattle Community Currency
>
> What's wrong with our current money system? How can a community
> currency promote a healthier, more just economy? A group of Seattle
> activists and small business owners are leading an effort to introduce
> a community currency into the Seattle economy. This new form of
> currency, issued by participants in our local economic community
> rather than by exploitative national banks, will remain in the local
> economy and encourage local self reliance and sustainability. On July
> 1, author <a href="http://circ2.home.mindspring.com/tgbro.htm">Tom
> Greco</a> will speak about the nature of money systems and how the
> power of money can be harnessed to build healthy, sustainable
> communities. Other speakers include <a
> href="http://www.davidkorten.org">David Korten</a>, author of When
> Corporations Rule the World and Post-Corporate-World, and Essential
> Baking owner Jeff Fairhall, who is leading the effort to launch a
> community currency in Seattle.
>
> <p><b>Tues. July 1, 6:30pm at Trinity United Methodist Church in
> Ballard: 6512
> 23rd Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98117. Info: jeff at essentialbaking.com
> The event is free.
>
> <p><a href="http://www.livingeconomies.org">Business Alliance for
> Local Living Economies</a> | <a
> href="http://circ2.home.mindspring.com">Community Resource Information
> Center</a> | <a href="http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/">People-Centered
> Development Forum</a> | <a href="http://www.greeneconomics.net">Green
> Economics</a> | <a href="http://www.identitycommons.net/">Identity
> Commons</a>
>
>
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