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Finances & Economics
 
Local & regional currencies
Interest-free money systems that serve a defined and limited territory.

Carpooling, ride sharing & car share
Rebuilding community by more efficient use of existing cars and roads.

Ethical investment & fair trade
Using the power of investment and consumption to drive equitable economies.

Farmers markets & community supported agriculture (CSA)
Direct connection and contracting between producers and consumers without the middlemen.

WWOOFing & similar networks
Voluntary exchange of work for food, accommodation and experience of ecological living.

Tradable energy quotas
A parallel currency to allow equitable distribution and trade of the right to consume and pollute.

Life cycle analysis & 'emergy' accounting
Wholistic methods for measuring the full costs and benefits of existing and new technologies and economies.

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