Posted on January 28 by Josef
Tags: Agriculture , Business , Documentary , Economics , Energy , Farming , Future , Great Turning , News , Oil , Peak Oil , Politics , Transition Towns , Video , War | 2 comments
Posted on January 13 by Josef
Tags: Banking , Banks , Economics , Money , Must Read , Politics , Systems Thinking , Video | 30 comments
Widespread debt slavery created by an insane banking system is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems we all face.
This video animation, Money as Debt by Paul Grignon , is undoubtedly one the most important films ever made.
If you don’t yet understand why money is such a big problem, WATCH THIS VIDEO.
Please help spread this video far and wide.
I’ve embedded it here, but you can watch and download it on Google Video too.
Further introductory reading
Some of the many examples of successful alternatives to the Money as Debt madness :
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Again, please help to spread this video and information far and wide.
Thank you.
Further reading:
a_changing_money_system.pdf by Margrit Kennedy
Beyond Greed and Scarcity.pdf – an interview with Bernard Lietaer by Sarah van Gelder, editor of YES!: A journal of positive futures .
breadhoursnewsletter.pdf – a nice newsletter from the now defunct www.breadhours.org (anyone know what happened?)
ccClearingHouse.pdf – a proposal for an “Internet-based clearing system that would enable complementary currencies of different types from anywhere in the world to be exchanged among themselves. It would be an important next step to empower the complementary currency movement.”
Comment on the Wörgl Experiment with Community Currency and Demurrage.pdf by Thomas H Greco, Jr.
Community Currencies in Japan.pdf by Yasuyuki Hirota
community currency for solving social issues.pdf by Akio Doteuchi
Community_Currency_Guide.pdf – an excellent guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith
Community_Exchange_Systems_screen.pdf – a Community Exchange Systems in Asia, Africa & Latin America newsletter from 2002
Complementary currency systems and the new economic paradigm.pdf by Stephen DeMeulenaere for Strohalm Foundation
decentralizedcurrency.pdf – Money as IOUs in a Social Trust Network and A Proposal for a Secure, Private, Decentralized Digital Currency Protocol by Ryan Fugger , founder of Ripplepay,com
FEASTA Proposals 4 Gobal Monetary Reform.pdf by Feasta: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
How to Build Healthy Community Economics.pdf – a presentation by Thomas H Greco, Jr.
InternationalExperienceInCommunityCurrencies.PDF by Gill Seyfang and Ruth Pearson
interraproj.pdf – an introduction to the Interra Project
InWhoseInterest.pdf – an article by Mark Kinney for http://www.terratrc.org/
Islamic Banking and its Importance in the Emergence of Economic Democracy.pdf by Thomas H Greco, Jr.
keeping_the_gp_away.pdf – a nef (new economics foundation) briefing about community time banks and health
local_currencies_catalysts.pdf – “Local Currencies: Catalysts for Sustainable Regional Economies” by Robert Swann and Susan Witt
Local Currencies in European History.pdf by Jerome Blanc for LEFI
MoneyABriefHistoryDeeHock.pdf – “Money – A Brief History” by Dee Hock , founder of VISA
money debt and banks.pdf by Richard Greeves, Dr. John Courtneidge and David Soori
money_guide.pdf – United Diversity’s Money Guide
pictorial_history_of_CCS.pdf by Stephen DeMeulenaere
Plugging the Leaks – Handbook.pdf – Making the most of every pound that enters your local economy, published by nef
Presentation of Tucson Traders for the Forum Social Money.pdf by Thomas H Greco, Jr.
Public Involvement in Health-Timebanks.pdf by nef
Report of the Worldwide Database of Complementary Currency Systems 06.pdf by Stephen DeMeulenaere
Setting Up a Credit Union.pdf from the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd
Social_Money_as_a_Lever_for_the_New_Economic_Paradigm.pdf , summarised by Heloisa Primavera
Social Money the experience of Friendly Favors.pdf by Sergio Lub
Social money – Well timed permanence or break from normality.pdf by Heloisa Primavera
The SANE Community Exchange System.pdf by Tim Jenkin
the_time_of_our_lives.pdf – Research findings about Time Banks in the UK, by Gill Seyfang
Time Banking – A briefing.pdf by nef
Time Banks – A Radical Manifesto for the UK.pdf by nef
Time Banks in the UK-Building Sustainable Communities.pdf by Gill Seyfang
Wealth money and power.pdf by Heloisa Primavera
What is a credit union flyer.pdf by ABCUL
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Posted on October 25 by Josef
Tags: Activism , Chile , Latin America , Politics , Venezuela , Video , War | 0 comments
A brilliant new documentary from John Pilger about the reality of USA’s role in Latin America and the world. “It is about the struggle of people to free themselves from a modern form of slavery.”
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Posted on October 25 by Josef
Tags: Media , News , Ownership , Politics , Video | 2 comments
Outfoxed examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, have been running a “race to the bottom” in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know. It is made by Brave New Films .
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Posted on October 25 by Josef
Tags: Activism , Economics , Politics , Video , War | 0 comments
One of the first documentaries made by Big Noise Films and still one of the best. This follows the explosive events of Seattle in 1999.
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Posted on October 25 by Josef
Tags: Activism , Peace , Politics , Video , War | 0 comments
Posted on July 15 by Josef
Tags: Media , Money , Oil , Politics , Video | 2 comments
Here are some clips from the amazing 1976 film, Network.
A truly brilliant film about media that also touches on the realities of oil and money.
The classic “Mad as Hell” speech is repeated a bit below, because I wanted to include the first clip that includes what happened beforehand, but that doesn’t include the reaction to the speech and so I had to include the second clip here too.
Enjoy!
And remember to get hold of and watch this movie in full. It is fantastic.
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Posted on July 5 by Josef
Tags: Agriculture , Cuba , Economics , Energy , Farming , Food , Inspiring Projects , Land , Latin America , Oil , Peak Oil , Permaculture , Politics , Video | 5 comments
This is one of the best videos about Peak Oil because rather than focussing on the potential doom and gloom, it shows how communities can work together to implement solutions
Watch it now!
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