Archive for September, 2011
Local Re-conomy Celebration a Success
Well, with six events over three days, it was a marathon, but we made it through! For those of you unable to make it, here’s what happened: Friday evening Meet & Greet We had two display tables for this, from Powell River Sustainability Stakeholders and Vancouver Island University (as well as our regular TTPR display), [...]
September 26, 2011
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Tags: community currency, community way, dave pollard, debt, finding the sweet spot, frugality, local currency, local economy, local money, Michael Linton, really really free market, saving money · Posted in: Event Reports, workshops
What to Bring to the Really Really Free Market
The most important thing to bring is yourself whether you bring anything else or not. We need you to take away the great stuff, eat the food, applaud the performers, pick up the community information, and get involved. So what else can you bring along with yourself? The most obvious thing is “stuff”… anything you [...]
September 12, 2011
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Tags: community resource centre, gift economy, really really free market, rrfm, sharing · Posted in: Event notices
What Could a Local Currency do for Powell River?
by Barry Bookout There are many models for local or community currencies, but all of them are intended to solve a single problem — how to make a local economy stronger, more resilient, and less affected by external investment, income, and influence. While national, debt-based currencies are based on a model of scarcity, the best [...]
September 7, 2011
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Tags: community way, economic development, fiat currency, LETS, local currency, local economy, Michael Linton, mutual credit, plugging the leaks, time bank · Posted in: Good Advice