ALTERNATIVE ECONOMICS (general)


  • E.F. Schumacher society is a treasure trove of resources related to alternative and community-based economics.

  • YES! Magazine devoted an entire issue to alternative and community-based economics.

    • CEO FOR A DAY


  • Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating kids about money through hands-on programs touching on topics such as workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.

  • Bizkid$ is a public television series that teaches kids about money.

    • BUY LOCAL


  • Top Ten Rasons to Buy Local

  • The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies has chapters all over the United States and suggests a variety of studies, indices, and resources in support of the 'buy local' movement.

  • Is Buying Local Really Good? Some interesting debate and discussion.

    • VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY


  • Cecile Andrews has written several books and essays about simplicity and sustainability.

  • A blog with a wealth of information about voluntary simplicity .

    • INCOME SHARING


  • The Emma Goldman Finishing School believes that one hour of any person's time is equal in value to one hour of anyone else's time.

  • Income sharing communities exist all over the world.

    • COMMUNITY CURRENCIES


  • A provocative conversation between Bernard Lietaer and Sarah van Gelder titled Beyond Greed and Scarcity, exploring some of the underpinning ideas behind community currencies. Bernard Lietaer also has an online primer about community currencies .

  • Tom Greco has written several books and articles probing the relationship between systems of monetary exchange (or non-monetary exchange) and the ideals of economic democracy, self-determination, and global harmony.

  • Watch The Money Fix, a feature-length documentary advocating for a re-design of contemporary money systems and the implementation of complementary currencies in order to make the world a better place. Features interviews with many popular alternative currency proponents, including Bernard Lietaer, Tom Greco, Michael Shuman, Hazel Henderson, Lynne Twist, Noam Chomsky and others.

    • GIFT ECONOMIES


  • The annual inter-tribal canoe pilgrimage known as Tribal Journeys is facilitating a cultural reawakening for Pacific Northwest tribes and is also helping revive the once-outlawed tradition of potlatch.

  • A Strict Law Bids Us Dance is a rare documentary focusing on the history of the Native American potlatch tradition.

  • Billy Luther has lovingly crafted a documentary about the annual Laguna gift-giving tradition called Grab.

  • Local variations of the Really Really Free Market concept have been popping up all over the world



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