Just a short addition here: eGaia looks at the prospects for a collaborative society, community-based and coordinated locally and globally. Is it possible? How might it work? The kinds of currencies are a very small part of that and will follow what suits each community. Far more important are the relationships and how they are maintained. So there is a lot of emphasis on social structures that allow coordination without top-down control and on handling conflicts constructively, for example. It pulls together ideas of best practice on sustainable living that enable all people to live in modest comfort with very small energy and resource use. It builds on lots of experience with Transtion, with local food and other community projects.
There is also a short video, After the crash: From chasing money to choosing community, that gives an introduction to my take on our movement.
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