Kola Community Solutions Timebanking & Social Capital Toolkit

Mike StrodeArticles, Case Studies, Community Currencies, Social Capital, Timebanking, Toolkit Leave a Comment

During the past three years of research and public engagement, there have been several tools which have proven useful in helping me grapple with the practicality and possibility of timebanking. Our key offering, The Time Salon, was born of a desire to create a space where communities could engage in conversations about how they might best see a time-based skills …

People Powered Money: Designing, Developing & Delivering Community Currencies

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“In regionally diverse and digitally advanced economies – whether local, national or sectoral – there is no one-size-fits-all money. What is more, though money evolves along with social and technological changes, it must not be forgotten that people ultimately control its path. In towns, regions and online networks people have quietly been creating their own currencies for decades: testament to …