John RogersThis blog is about local, regional, community and complementary currencies.
All over the world people have had the same idea: let’s make money, our own.
They understand that national currencies are often scarce and dysfunctional and do not allow us to carry out all the exchanges we would like to.
Local currencies help to grow community, support local business and protect the environment.
At the heart of the diversity of community currencies is the same powerful mechanism: connecting underused assets with unmet needs.
In 2012, UK publisher Triarchy Press http://www.triarchypress.com/ is bringing out the first English language edition of the 2004 book ‘Regional Currencies’ by Margrit Kennedy and Bernard Lietaer (so far published in German, French and Spanish). We are taking the opportunity of the English edition to completely update the material and include interviews with currency organisers and activists around the world.
So far I have interviewed Paul Glover, founder of Ithaca HOURS in New York; Richard Logie, founder of the Business Exchange in Scotland; Will Ruddick, development worker in Kenya; Hasan from the Central Bank of Ecuador.
Each one has a fascinating story to tell about their motivation for working on local currencies and the realities and challenges of implementation.
Future interviewees include Edgar Cahn, Susan Witt, Christian Gelleri and many other local organisers around the world.
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John Rogers, Germany
Editor (@dgcmagazine)
/ October 6, 2011Hi John, great to see the new blog. I’m ordering the English version Regional Currencies just as soon as I see it available on Triarchy Press. Thanks for that tip. We have been getting back into local currency lately! I’ve learned there is SO much research that has to be done before attempting a roll out, it’s mind blowing. I learned a lot from Peter North most recent book Local Money. Best of luck with the new blog.
J. Willie Williams
/ October 9, 2011I would like to subscribe
John Rogers
/ October 9, 2011Thanks for your request. Click on the Follow button at the top left hand corner of the blog http://www.localcurrency.wordpress.com
Bob Blain
/ October 13, 2011Glad to see the blog. I have two websites on money http://www.siue.edu/~rblain/ and http://hourmoney.org I also have a blog at Time Money Peace Partners My basic message is Make our money Hour Money everywhere in the world.
Bob Blain