The UN Millenium declaration urges all governments

To make serious commitments to restructure the global financial architecture based on principles of equity, transparency, accountability and democracy, and to balance, with the participation of civil society organizations, the monetary means to favour human endeavour and ecology, such as an alternative time-based currency. To give particular attention to eradication of unequal taxation, tax havens, and money-laundering operations, and to impose new forms of taxation, such as the Tobin tax, and regional and national capital controls. To direct the international financial institutions to eliminate the negative conditionalities of structural adjustment programmes.

The following is a personal selection of resources which point towards the need for a resurgence in local money systems.

Economics

Money as debt (40 mins video). An introduction to the present money system, and how bankers profited at each stage of its evolution. Also see this 7 minute taster, the Essence of Money

The future of money (book) Bernard Lietaer, A global perspective on why only complementary currencies can save the world (2000)

Banking quotes from the Founding fathers (warning: may cause alarm.)

The Secret of Oz How the struggle for control of America's money was allegorised in a popular children's book. (103 mins)

I want the earth plus 5%, a parable about the evolution of banking

Douglas Rushkoff, (16 mins video) Radical Abundance: How We Get Past "Free" and Learn to Exchange Value Again

Article: Out of the Box Thinking about our Financial Crisis

CC implementation

LETS system design manual

Complementary Currency Resource Centre, a library of information and resources

Value for People

Community Exchange System, a global network of over 170 communities using local money, based in South Africa

Complementary Currency resource centre, a collection of resources assembled over many years by a single practitioner

Concentric, Network Economy Consulting, consultants to help introduce local currencies into communities.

CC discussion & ideas

Transition Towns A localisation meta-project, helping communities to adapt to post-oil. They support localised currencies.

Slow money, a spinoff from Slow Food

Metacurrency project, a proposal for a currency framework for the future.

Community Currency Magazine, news and articles

Thomas Grecko, mutual credit protagonist author

International Journal of Community Currency research

Kiwa, Kilowatt hour money

Fund for Complementary Currencies

Software & Services

Complementary Currencies module for Drupal

Community Exchange System, a global network of over 170 communities using local money, based in South Africa

Cyclos

Notable Examples of alternative exchange tools

Community Exchange System, a global network of over 170 communities using local money, based in South Africa

Superfluid is a business barter and non-commercial mutual credit network

Friendly Favours an early and large online mutual credit network

Billmonk

Whol.ly

ecomodo

Estonia Bank of Happiness

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