I've begun discussions on various forums and blogs about a way to make alternative currencies more noticeable in popular culture. I know that the idea is...
Hello Epochnaut, I was somewhat enthusiastic about Deli Dollars and Farm Dollars in the late 80s when I heard about them because I imagined that they would cut...
First, let's call them 'complementary' rather than 'alternative' currencies. You may think this is only a PR ruse to create credibility but it worked for...
Thanks for replying, John. I wonder if you have looked into the possibility of a currency based upon eMergy analysis as in http://dematerialism.net/cc1.htm ....
I know two Germans, Margrit Kennedy and Ludwig Schuster, engaged in separate attempts to create regional energy-backed currencies, based on kilowatt-hours...
Dear all, Actually Strohalm has recently launched such a system in Honduras, Central America called "Gota Verde" ("Green Drop" in Spanish). Visit the...
Any given currency would need some minimum amount of popularity and trust before it could pass into popular use, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm...
... I couldn't agree more strongly. Energy can be used as a measure of many outwardly diverse essentials, and it may be the only absolute backing for a...
... separate ... kilowatt-hours ... We have plans to develop something similar in Mid Wales and would certainly value any opportunity to learn from others'...
It goes back to purpose. What do you wish to achieve? Attention to CCs for what? Because they are a good idea? Because they make people feel good for 5...
I believe people already know what they wish to acheive. If there were a variety of web-based CCs out there then people would naturally migrate to the ones...
I think I may have written in haste and not expressed myself how I wished to. I agree that trial and error are necessary. I have been experimenting with CCs...
Yesterday I received a request from a friend on Facebook to answer an open question, to which he was seeking answers. When I posted a reply, I was in turn...
Greetings John and all who follow our links. Whilst I've sat quietly these several months more an observer than a participant, I've read most if not all of the...
Welcome to new participants at our Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for independent thinkers. I'm writing this letter to John Roger's working group...
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Thanks, Terry, for encouraging us to 'cut through the crap' with Swiss Army Knives! Nice metaphor. Several people have proposed or attempted to integrate CC...
I just got the thought today to try to use Youtube to start a weekly alternative news show. And an additional thought came to me to use timedollars or similar...
Luis Lopezllera, Miguel recomendó que me escriba a usted y tratar de cumplir con usted. Tengo un laboratorio Minciu Sodas http://www.ms.lt por pensadores...
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Thanks for your useful summary Andrius. I refer readers to an interesting blog entry (with responses) from Commoncraft, March 2007, called 'Online Communities...
Mike Woloshin <mike71atkron86vfp26@...> wrote: Subject: FW: [vfptalk] Fwd: Are they barking, Sancho? Then we are moving forward. -- Don Quixote Date:...
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Updated Schedule of Speakers/Topics College of Complexes, Since January 6, 1951 "The Playground for People Who Think" A Weekly Free Speech Forum on Social...
Sam, I'm very glad for the steps that we're taking to work together to create an online environment for for facilitating our work on all many of endeavors. I ...
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Dear friends,members of Minciu Sodas Lab please note that this email you all got from Samwel is actually not from Samwel. Its is an attempt to steal money. It...
Sam, Thank you for your wonderful letters. I look forward to catching up and figuring out how to start working together. Andrius Kulikauskas, http://www.ms.lt...
How many shopping days until Christmas? Add two until the great annual failure of benevolence. There is a commercial for a gift card that it is one gift that...
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Sam, Thank you for your great letters on the "gift nodes" and related steps to help us work alongside each other. I look forward to working more on that after...
Hello to all from Rome, Italy where I arrived yesterday. I want to interlink activity from several of our laboratory's groups. I also welcome all of our new...
Merry Christmas! I share some questions from the E. F. Schumacher Society. I'm also thinking about "the state of the lab". And I will be working with Sasha...