Resources
Listed below are a variety of resources about background and examples of community currencies around the country, other sites on community currencies, and more.
Background and Resources on Community Currencies
- "Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness"
- Local Currency Systems--A Primer by David Boyle
- Healthy Money, Healthy Planet book review by David Glover
- Grassroots Economic Organizing News-Other Economies are Possible!
Examples of Other Community Currencies
More Resources
Access Foundation
Also known as the Alliance of Complementary Currencies Enabling Sustainable Societies, ACCESS is dedicated to the betterment of mankind through the understanding and use of complementary monetary innovations.
Time Banks
An organization tht is dedicated to bridging the gap between community service and community currency. Time Banking is all about accumulating community currency through interactions among community members.
E. F. Schumacher Society
The E.F. Schumacher Society is dedicated to building local economies. This site provides a directory of community currencies and other resources.
Open Money
Openmoney.org is a site all about the many different openmoney projects all over the world. It has a lot of great information on the theory behind local currencies and how it builds local economies.
Reinventing Money.com
This site is dedicated to demystifying the concept of money by presenting the best leading-edge ideas on monetary and non-monetary exchange. It strives to be a resource devoted to the advancement of economic democracy, self-determination, and global harmony.