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RE·CY·CLE [REE-SAHY-KUHL]:
TO RECLAIM (PACKAGING OR PRODUCTS WITH A LIMITED USEFUL LIFE) FOR FURTHER USE
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RE·GEN·ER·A·TION [RI-JEN-UH-REY-SHUHN]:
THE ACT OR PROCESS OF REGENERATING OR THE STATE OF BEING REGENERATED; REBIRTH OR RENEWAL
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MELT·DOWN [MELT-DOUN]:
A SUDDEN DISASTROUS FAILURE WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HARM, AS A STOCK-EXCHANGE CRASH
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BANK·RUPT·CY [BANGK-RUHPT-SEE]:
UTTER RUIN, FAILURE, DEPLETION, OR THE LIKE
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RE·CES·SION [RI-SESH-UHN]:
A TEMPORARY DEPRESSION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OR PROSPERITY
Websites
Means of Exchange isn’t the first website to focus on alternative methods of trading or self-sufficiency. Here’s a selection of some of the more interesting ones we’ve come across.
Money – Past, Present & Future
The Global Transition to a New Economy (includes interactive map)
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Barter is Back (book website)
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link How little money can a person live on?: 4 weeks ago
Really interesting article from the BBC on how to budget for low-cost living.
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Ken Banks created the link How little money can a person live on? 4 weeks ago
There’s been weeks of debate over levels of […]
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Nik Williams created the link Alternative currencies – April 10 1 month ago
A brief summary of complementary currencies […]
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Nik Williams created the link Sampling Alternative Currencies — New York Magazine 1 month ago
A few substitutes for cold, hard cash. A […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link The Social Progress Imperative: 1 month, 1 week ago
If you thought GDP was the only way of measuring growth and progress, think again. Very cool initiative.
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Ken Banks created the link The Social Progress Imperative 1 month, 1 week ago
The Social Progress Imperative’s mission is […]
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Ken Banks created the link Why bitcoin’s rise is nothing to celebrate 1 month, 1 week ago
Volatility is a serious problem, if you’re […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link Bitcoin is just the poster currency for a growing movement of alternative tender: 1 month, 1 week ago
Really nice summary of the latest buzz around Bitcoins, the virtual currency, by Scott Smith, including comments about and by Means of Exchange.
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Ken Banks created the link Bitcoin is just the poster currency for a growing movement of alternative tender 1 month, 1 week ago
Like the trillion-dollar platinum coin […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link Trading without money? Why a new system can address the economic spiral: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Great article by Jem Bendell, Director of the Institute for Learning and Sustainability at Cumbria University
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Ken Banks created the link Trading without money? Why a new system can address the economic spiral 1 month, 3 weeks ago
From community exchanges to the Swiss WIR, […]
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Ken Banks created the link Why one English town created its own currency 2 months ago
The Bristol Pound lets people support their […]
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Mike Scialom created the link ABOUT THE PROJECT 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Changing Spaces in Cambridge is making […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link Global Webinar – Sharing as a Solution to Global Crises: 3 months ago
This webinar is now over but there may be some useful links and follow-up details of the conversation.
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Ken Banks created the link Global Webinar – Sharing as a Solution to Global Crises 3 months ago
Fascinating webinar which will outline why […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link YourEly plan for city’s businesses/High Street to unite: 3 months, 1 week ago
Great to see a growing number of local economic empowerment sites popping up like this. It doesn’t launch for a few weeks so it’ll be good to follow up when it does and see what they have planned.
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Mike Scialom created the link YourEly plan for city’s businesses/High Street to unite 3 months, 1 week ago
Meet Ely’s very own Mary Portas (with more […]
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KShowalter created the link Spacehive 3 months, 1 week ago
Spacehive is the world’s first funding […]
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MoE Volunteers! 3 months, 1 week agoHi everyone! Thanks in advance for your help building this community. We have both short and longer-term needs, including:
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Ken Banks created the link What If All the World’s Debt Just Went Away? 3 months, 1 week ago
Great article which talks about the history […]
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KShowalter created the link TableTribes 3 months, 1 week ago
The TableTribes Picnic, a framework modeled […]
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KShowalter created the link Explorer Moment of the Week: Ken Banks — National Geographic 3 months, 2 weeks ago
At the heart of our explorers program is […]
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Ken Banks posted a comment on the link TrustCloud.com – Claim your Trustworthy Data & Use it Anywhere: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Really interesting initiative to help score people’s online ’trustworthiness’ so they can access goods and services in the giving economy.
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Ken Banks created the link TrustCloud.com – Claim your Trustworthy Data & Use it Anywhere 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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