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A Brief History of Money

Contrary to popular belief, when banks make loans, they are not lending out money that people have deposited with them, but are instead creating completely new money, out of nothing. Absurd as this may seem, the fact is that 97% of our current money supply is created in this way

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Money Today

I wrote this a while back on the old united diversity wiki [https://wiki.uniteddiversity.com/] as a simple (as in simplified) introduction to how money works today: How money works today. How money works today is completely ludicrous. It pits people against each other and guarantees that the rich

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More money books

A while back I posted Money Books [https://uniteddiversity.com/money-books/], a collection of my favourite books all about money. Now, with the global economy struggling on all sides with economic collapse, climate change and peak oil very much beginning to kick in, I thought I share a few more

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Links for October 14th to October 24th

These are my links for October 14th to October 24th: * Rick Hurst – Freelance Web developer. Bristol, England. [https://www.rickhurst.co.uk/] – I am a web developer based in Bristol, England, with over 8 years of commercial experience. I specialise in building accessible websites using web standards, and integration with

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Google 10 to the power 100

I just submitted my application to Google’s 10 to the power 100 [https://www.project10tothe100.com] project to identify projects which would impact on the greatest number of people (in the opinion of the web-oriented voters). Your idea’s name (maximum 50 characters): At last, local money support for

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Links for October 5th to October 14th

These are my links for October 5th to October 14th: * Bail us out [https://bailusout.wordpress.com/] – So there’s a financial crisis and the US government just handed over $700 billion to the people who created the mess. And it hasn’t worked. You’re giving the money to

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Transition Handbook Now Open Source!

I’ve been meaning to contribute for ages, but here is my first post on the P2P Foundation blog [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-transition-handbook-now-gfdl-at-appropedia/2008/10/06] , about my role in helping to open source the wonderful Transition Handbook [https://uniteddiversity.com/transition-handbook/]

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Transition Handbook

UPDATE: The Transition Handbook is now online in a wiki [https://www.appropedia.org/The_Transition_Handbook]! 😛 UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.pdf [https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Transition_Relocalisation_Resilience/Transition_Network/Transition-Handbook.pdf] UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.odt [https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Transition_Relocalisation_Resilience/Transition_Network/Transition-Handbook.odt] See also: Transition

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Lost Generation?

I just saw this nice video on the new David Korten [https://davidkorten.org/] site Sam Rose [https://socialsynergyweb.com/services/] built:

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Links for September 30th to October 1st

These are my links for September 30th to October 1st: * globeandmail.com: A place to lay your laptop [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080910.wcoworking10/BNStory/specialTravel/home] – Not everyone can be productive in a coffee shop. But road warriors take note: The growth of 'co-working'

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J Dilla, Speakers Corner Quartet & Excentral Tempest - Live

Over The Breaks / The Life of a Scribe (Live Quartet Version) Pictures depict Speakers’ Corner in London, Hyde Park, where usually public speaking is allowed on any subject without repercussions (except talking about overthrowing the British monarch or government). Artist Myspaces: https://www.myspace.com/jdilla https://www.myspace.com/

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Links for September 29th to September 30th

These are my links for September 29th to September 30th: * Community Food Security Coalition – Programs [https://www.foodsecurity.org/cfa_guidebook.html] – What does this 123-page publication include? * Overview of potential benefits and outcomes of an assessment * Tips for planning and organizing an assessment * Guidance on research methods and strategies

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Links for September 29th

These are my links for September 29th: * The Invisible Circus [https://www.invisiblecircus.co.uk/] – * Network for the sustainable use of energy in water and wastewater treatment [https://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E005098/1] – The water that you drink and use to flush the toilet all

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Links for September 20th to September 24th

These are my links for September 20th to September 24th: * Open Source Ecology:Site support – Open Source Ecology [https://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Ecology:Site_support] – Donate to this project. Now. It is the most inspiring project I know of and I assure you your money will

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Links for September 5th to September 19th

These are my links for September 5th to September 19th: * P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Exploring Resilience Communities with John Robb (1): definition [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/exploring-resilience-communities-with-john-robb-1-definition/2008/09/13] – John Robb, master analyst of global guerilla warfare, is very pessimistic about the potential of the current global system to

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Herding cats

The LETS world seems to attract idealists who start projects which are bigger than their ability to pursue them. Focusing on software, I only know of one project with more than one person working on it – Cyclos. There seem to be several one man initiatives which aren’t going anywhere.

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Damaging property to prevent climate change is legal

A while ago a couple of peace activists who broke into a military airfield to damage B52 bombers argued they were preventing a greater crime and won their case (see www.b52two.orgon web archive [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126142331/https://www.b52two.org/] for the story). At the

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Links for August 27th to September 5th

These are my links for August 27th to September 5th: * Open-Mesh Wireless Network | Affordable Wireless Solution | Open-Source / Ad Free [https://open-mesh.com/] – Now it is fast, easy and inexpensive to share an internet connection with neighbors in your apartment complex or extend wireless coverage throughout your home. Just plug one

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Ending Poverty with Open Hardware

Vinay Gupta – Reykjavik Digital Freedoms Conference – Rough cut from 2nd camera [https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5192204318056302269&hl=en]. See also https://www.globalswadeshi.net and https://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ for more great stuff 🙂

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Selling Local money

Perhaps you have heard of LETS, timebanks, or other community projects in which arbitrary currencies are created? Well, there is now a suite of modules [https://marketplace.matslats.net] to support communities trading in local money?

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London Free School

A week long London FreeSchool event will be taking place between the 1st and 7th of September with workshops, discussions and skill-sharing. Themes will include Food, Creative Arts, Permaculture, Gender, Science and Languages. The event will be completely free and open to all people willing to respect the ideals of

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Imagine This

YouTube – Imagine This [https://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=VafZic-UM_Q] “Imagine This is an audio mash up of GW Bush singing the John Lennon classic “imagine”, it has been a worldwide hit and has made it into (John Peel’s) BBC Radio 1 Music Festive 50 on UK Radio

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Links for August 26th to August 27th

These are my links for August 26th to August 27th: * Landlords welcome ‘positive squatting’ | Society | The Guardian [https://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/27/housing.communities] – Positive occupation. Squatters often evoke a negative image, but more and more empty properties are being taken over and brought back into

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Links for June 17th to August 26th

These are my links for June 17th to August 26th: * Razoo is the platform for social good. [https://beta.razoo.com/] – Razoo is a community united around making a positive difference in the world. Where passion leads to action, and a whole lot of collective good comes from individual contributions.

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Nano-powered electric Brompton folding bike

I want one of these: . “The ‘best’ folding electric bike there is! The smallest folder fitted with the smallest and lightest motor system that is silent, powerful and efficient. The motor is built-in to the hub of a front or rear bicycle wheel 16”-27″/700C (3 speeds available). A