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    Sally wrote a new post, Book review: Frugal Innovation 2 years, 9 months ago

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    MoE contributor Tracy Walmsley reads Frugal Innovation.
    Frugal Innovation grew out of the term Jugaad, literally translating from Hindi as ‘hack’, and is in essence the practice of doing more with less.
    Frugal […]

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    Sally created the link HullCoins well spent? City's 'Bitcoin for volunteers' offers a new way to pay | Cities | The Guardian 2 years, 9 months ago

    Hull is the latest city to launch its own […]

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    Sally wrote a new post, CoAbode: Room for a little one? 2 years, 10 months ago

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    In the US, pregnant women and young parents are turning to new finance models to fund the costs of taking maternity leave. Could the sharing economy step up to the challenge? I came across CoAbode, a site which […]

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    Sally created the link Why Greeks are ditching the euro for digital barter systems – MarketWatch 2 years, 10 months ago

    Hundreds of barter networks that were born […]

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    Sally wrote a new post, Calgary dollars: What the buck? 2 years, 11 months ago

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    How did you first hear about the concept of a community currency? Denise Hearn writes.
    After playing a local music show 6 years ago, I was handed something akin to monopoly money – 25 Calgary […]

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    Sally wrote a new post, How ‘piggy bank’ got its name, and announcing Global Money Week 2 years, 11 months ago

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    Were money to ever become entirely digital, would the piggy bank makers go out of business? 
    Piggy banks: discuss. When I was little, I remember putting pennies into my grandmother’s bright orange piggy bank, […]

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    Sally created the link Blogger says flying via Berlin was cheaper than Sheffield to Essex train | UK news | The Guardian 2 years, 11 months ago

    Jordon Cox claims he saved cash via […]

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    Sally created the link Open Co-ops 2 years, 12 months ago

    Inspiration, Legal Structures and Tools – […]

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    Sally created the link The Economist explains: How hawala money-transfer schemes are changing | The Economist 3 years ago

    IF A Somali taxi driver in London wants to […]

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    Sally created the link Technology is making it easier to trust strangers (Wired UK) 3 years ago

    Online, person-to-person interactions are […]

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    Sally created the link Mining for Argentina's financial future 3 years, 1 month ago

    Does the South American country’s chaotic […]

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    Sally wrote a new post, ‘Doing time’ with prison-linked time banking 3 years, 1 month ago

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    Time banks are well known as community-building tools, but in Castlemilk, a district just south of Glasgow, one of the UK’s largest time banks is pushing this definition further – by including local prisoners […]

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    Sally created the link Mapping the emerging post-capitalist paradigm, and its main thinkers | P2P Foundation 3 years, 1 month ago

    2 diagrams that map the big picture of the […]

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    Sally created the link Pay it forward: the New Zealand town where your time is a currency | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian 3 years, 2 months ago

    When the port town of Lyttleton was […]

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    Sally created the link New Start Mag – The Open Works Project & Participatory City 3 years, 2 months ago

    A platform approach to civic infrastructure

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    Sally wrote a new post, Would you play Smart Money Maker? 3 years, 2 months ago

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    Most of us are familiar with the rules of Monopoly, but what about a game that incorporates ideas taken from the new economy, such as car sharing or crowdfunding? A Kickstarter project, the ‘Smart Money Maker’, […]

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    Sally wrote a new post, #BuyNothingDay counters UK ‘Black Friday’ 3 years, 2 months ago

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    Sometimes people feel uncomfortable with society’s attitudes to spending and possessions. One way of responding is by starting or joining an initiative that promotes sharing in and of itself, but when reading […]

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    Sally created the link In France, The Freecycle Movement Is Going Retail 3 years, 2 months ago

    In France, The Freecycle Movement Is Going Retail

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    Sally wrote a new post, Cambridge Skills Exchange: “A different kind of energy is created” 3 years, 3 months ago

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    Once a financial sector employee in the city, health problems forced Karina Wells to think about more innovative approaches to help with the day-to-day activities of raising her family. She devised and […]

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    Sally and Profile picture of Marc PeyckerMarc Peycker are now friends 3 years, 3 months ago

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