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- How are you currently involved with the Community Exchange Network?
- CES User
- What's the full name of your Exchange? Answer N/A if you are not yet an Admin or User.
- Brisbane LETS - BrisLETS
- Describe your Exchange (type of exchange, location, activities, members, how it's going)
- BrisLETS operates a complementary currency (Local Energy Exchange System) in Brisbane, Queensland and currently has approximately 100 active trading members. We are hoping to increase that to 1000 in 2 years!
- If your Exchange has its own local website, what is its address?
- http://www.brislets.org.au
- Best Phone/Cell Number Best phone number for CES service calls (Optional and Kept Private, but very helpful when we need to reach you.)
- 0402 603 471
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Book review of "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization", by Thomas Greco
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
Introducing 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
Mobilising The Real Wealth of Community - An Article by Alana Tobin
Posted by Alana on September 15, 2009 at 3:18am
US National Debt Clock: Real Time
Posted by Tim Jenkin on July 31, 2009 at 3:45pm — 2 Comments
The Method by which the Federal Reserve creates money out of nothing;
Interested? Read more here.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888963/posts
Posted by Richard on July 30, 2009 at 7:30pm
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Great 2 meet you & great National LETS Conference. Thanks for the good information. I'll aim to become technologically educated so I can use CES and this site and help to expand the membership.Is there a reason Community Exchange does not have the word 'Local' in it?
Blessings Kaelana