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Conflict Minerals- Think Global - Act Local

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF-sJgcoY20   The Enough Project has surveyed the 21 largest electronics companies to determine what progres…

Started by Karen Elaine Gilchrist

1 Apr 12, 2011
Reply by Karen Elaine Gilchrist

New Fund Launched To Help Socially Beneficial Activities

Let's take a deeper look: our economy, culture, life and even death, everything that exists in this world is built on debt. No one has ever…

Started by Duric Aljosa

0 Feb 8, 2011

Working a Shorter Week and Transition

 Posted by Kathryn Cholette The Length of the work week is a Transition Initative, Bioregional, Heart and Soul, and Local Economy Issue. …

Started by Kathryn Cholette

0 Jan 18, 2011

Debt and the Future of Banking

As LIBOR, OIS, and CDS spreads--all ways banks have of borrowing money short term from each other--have begun to skyrocket again to levels…

Started by Randy Chatterjee

0 Jun 5, 2010

A Sharing Economy - Relocalization

Read Ali Rosenblatt’s article linked from this page. Would a local currency help to rebuild community and would it affect world trade? How…

Started by Randy Chatterjee

5 May 26, 2010
Reply by Randy Chatterjee

Gift and Barter economies

Here's an interesting article about gift and barter economies from the Oil drum   http://campfire.theoildrum.com/node/6160

Started by Ann Pacey

0 Jan 28, 2010

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