Stephen Scrimgeour
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July 27, 2009
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May 4, 2009

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How are you currently involved with the Community Exchange Network?
Considering starting a CES exchange
What's the full name of your Exchange? Answer N/A if you are not yet an Admin or User.
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Describe your Exchange (type of exchange, location, activities, members, how it's going)
In the pipeline - nothing is set up but i am very interested in integrating it into the everyday operations of my companies. I operate a low impact design firm that does key system design, as well as an involuntary carbon brokerage and have recently begun formalizing a natural weave , hemp and textile clothing brand which is going to be launched in November. I see many opportunities to use this system in tandem with current trade.
Tell us about yourself, your background, interests, skills.
I am a 21 year old multi-disciplined designer and manager of Two small but blossoming companies. My main interests are broad but center around intelligent, low impact and inherently passive design principles that combine art and philosophy to create unique creations. This spans from my 'day job' in the fields of the built environment to my passions for all forms of creation, particularly those modeling nature. I believe in the potential to begin co creating resource based communities, living in a decentralized, autonomous sharing structure that recognizes technology as a tool to create efficiencies, while regaining and expanding on the culture and consciousness of our present position globally and bridging the gaps between our History, our Art, our Science, Our Adventure and our Politics.

I believe that money is a representation of our sharing, nothing more than a symbol of energetic exchange, and i feel that our past systems have been flawed and built around the potential for limits and by creating scarcity, not the opportunities to share freely of ourselves and our creations and what this delivers to the overall experience of ourselves and our lifestyles. This can be seen in the state of global economies now. We are in a position to find new ways of driving our communities, and if this could be done with mechanisms that aid progressive growth for each person that contributes to a system, while distributing rewards fairly and in real value, we can begin to power and build new ways of interacting with our immediate and global communities!
Best Phone/Cell Number Best phone number for CES service calls (Optional and Kept Private, but very helpful when we need to reach you.)
0729007272
Skype address from http://skype.com/download -- add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts.
SGGS87

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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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