Local Currencies in the 21st Century

Posted by on March 26, 2004

[posted from Sustainable Business Network newsletter]

Local Currencies in the 21st Century: Understanding Money, Building Local Economies, and Renewing Communities on June 25-27 in New York

Registration is now open for Local Currencies in the 21st Century: Understanding Money, Building Local Economies, and Renewing Communities, an E. F. Schumacher Society conference at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA, June 25-27, 2004. Confirmed plenary speakers include Margrit Kennedy, Edgar Cahn, Bernard Lietaer, Richard Douthwaite, Mary Beth Raddon, David Boyle, Thomas Greco, and honored guest Dwarko Sundruni. To register on-line, visit http://www.localcurrency.org/registration/ or you may request a registration packet sent via mail.

Co-sponsors include: The Nation, Orion magazine, Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures, EMagazine, Resurgence magazine, Dollars and Sense magazine, In Business magazine, Chelsea Green publishers, New Economics Foundation, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), Maine Time Dollar Network, Coop America, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Access Foundation, and SpaceShare. We are still accepting proposals for workshop presentations on the conference topic. The due date for receiving the proposals is March 15th. To request “A Call for Presentations” form, email the coordinator, Christopher Lindstrom at chris@smallisbeautiful.org.