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Starting a local CES Chapter

Started Apr. 6, 2009

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Community Exchange Network of Portland seeks to change how community and economy relate through community exchange.
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Community Exchange Network of Portland seeks to change how community and economy relate through community exchange.
September 16, 2009
September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009
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June 22, 2009
Community Exchange Network of Portland seeks to change how community and economy relate through community exchange.
May 30, 2009
Greetings Ning CEN|PDX users, We all know the economy could use a pick-me-up, and you probably know a few people, maybe even yourself, who are ready to get back to work, start or expand a business, or fund a non-profit. Announcing a new way to cat…
May 27, 2009
April 28, 2009
Community Exchange Network of Portland is a virtual enterprise network broker creating sustainable economies and social services through Community Exchange.
April 18, 2009
Below are the questions that Stephanie Potter of KBOO and Jennifer Allen of OCH sent me regarding the Community Exchange Network. From Stephanie Potter: 1. How long has LETS been in existence? 2. Where is it happening? 3. How successful is it?…
April 17, 2009
Cascadia Commons added a group
Community Exchange Network of Portland is a virtual enterprise network broker creating sustainable economies and social services through Community Exchange.
April 15, 2009
Cascadia Commons added a discussion
Hello, My name is Collin S. Ferguson in Portland, Oregon, USA. I have been working with several friends to start a community exchange based upon the works of Michael Linton. We hope to utilize the open source metacurrency platform being built by E…
April 6, 2009
Cascadia Commons is now a member of Community Exchange Network
April 5, 2009

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How are you currently involved with the Community Exchange Network?
CES Exchange Administrator
What's the full name of your Exchange? Answer N/A if you are not yet an Admin or User.
Community Credit Network
Describe your Exchange (type of exchange, location, activities, members, how it's going)
Based upon the works of Michael Linton, the Community Credit Network is a Virtual Enterprise Broker. We seek to create sustainable economies and social services through connecting social networks and community exchange.
Tell us about yourself, your background, interests, skills.
Cascadia Commons is formed and established upon a plan of mutual assurance, has for its object the raising of a Fund by means of joint contributions of its Members, for the mutual relief of each other, our families, friends, neighbors, and the Cascadian Bioregion.

Cascadia Commons is a tax exempt project under the Cascadia Education Project, 501(c)(3).
Your personal website, if you have one:
http://www.cascadiacommons.org
Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about local currencies.
Slow Money by Woody Tasch, http://www.reinventingmoney.com/, http://metacurrencyproject.org, http://openmoney.editme.com/
Best Phone/Cell Number Best phone number for CES service calls (Optional and Kept Private, but very helpful when we need to reach you.)
503-254-8744
Skype address from http://skype.com/download -- add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts.
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Christoph Hensch

Understanding Money

I had one of those moments again, when I was wondering about the people of this world ....

Again and again I'm surprised about how little people care about the money system. Money is something so essential and central to our civilisation, yet almost nobody ever makes the effort to find out how it really works. When talking about the money system, I don't mean to talk about budgeting or investments or what we use money for. Of course money can be used for good, and often is. What I mean i… Continue

Posted by Christoph Hensch on January 4, 2010 at 10:44am — 1 Comment

sean liebel

Currently working with people who need to work but do not have work

I am working with the Americorps VISTA program and am looking at this for a way to facilitate trade and employment for my office that I currently reside in which is in Northport, Alabama. I think the CES model is good yet what is its effectiveness thus far? What are the numbers for success? Is there any place I can look or find this information?
Thanks,
Sean K. Liebel

Posted by sean liebel on December 14, 2009 at 6:35am

Tim Jenkin

Book review of "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization", by Thomas Greco

Book Review: The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

By Thomas H. Greco, Jr

Published by: Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, USA (www.chelseagreen.com), 2009. ISBN 978-1-60358-078-6

Thomas Greco is the most radical writer on money today. The very title of the book suggests that the future of civilization depends on abandoning money-as-we-know-it. What could be more radical and revolutionary than that? Yet on readin… Continue

Posted by Tim Jenkin on November 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Stephen Hinton

Introducing COGS

The Point of COGS

COGS stands for Circle of Gifts, and is a complementary currency specifically designed to help local communities re-localise activities. The aim of re-localisation is to provide inhabitants with the possibility of an acceptable quality of life when traditional economic development fails, or their circumstances are against them.

We believe complementary currencies will become more important as energy supplies dwindle and impact the economic growth so essential for inter… Continue

Posted by Stephen Hinton on October 5, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Alana

Mobilising The Real Wealth of Community - An Article by Alana Tobin

People around the world are increasingly concerned and even fearful about the present state of our economy and the real possibility of a recession turning into a depression. Having grown dependent upon an economic system which has increasingly failed us now our economy is in a rapid state of decline. As a growing number of people are losing their jobs and homes, many are finding themselves in rather precarious and even dire circumstances. Should the economy significantly worsen none of us likes… Continue

Posted by Alana on September 15, 2009 at 3:18am

 

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