ECONOMICS: alternative
and complementary
There
are a variety of alternative and complementary
economic 'tools'. They include: locally managed
currencies, LETs, credit unions, commodity based
currencies, 'gift' economy, barter etc. They provide
an opportunity to develop an integrated economics
which has less to do with the current main-stream
economic activities of speculation and exploitation,
and more to do with satisfying people's real needs
and respecting the environment.
My
involvement: (in the UK and Austria)
- facilitating
the setting up of local schemes e.g. LETS (Talentetauschkreise)
and credit unions etc.
- advising
local authorities and voluntary organisations
on local currency schemes
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