Interesting presentation by Richard Douthwaite of FEASTA, with recommendations on how to avoid the mistakes made by most local money schemes, in the context of a post Peak-Oil transition.

Amongst the important topics discussed is: 1) the design of trading currencies for local communities; 2) the need for energy bonds that are paid back in energy

Also check out this visualization of p2p monetary and economic trends:

(Research and concept by Gabriel Shalom, Venessa Miemis and Jay Cousins. Design by Patrizia Kommerell)