Local Currency Milwaukee by Sura, June 3

Small groups have been meeting over the last several months to explore our options on creating our own local currency.

In the meantime, several other local currencies around the country have sprung up.

Come to a film screening (short), discussion and mutual credit demonstration tonight to find out more.

We’re looking at creating both a local currency* and a mutual credit system* (networked barter). We want to hear your ideas and input.

The film we’ll watch and discuss is “Coming Home: EF Schumacher & the Reinvention of the Local Economy” It’s 37 minutes and a great intro for people to local currency and some of the premises of Transition Milwaukee.

We also plan to do another mutual credit demo, this time with your real skills and needs (can you babysit, fix bikes, walk dogs, prepare vegan meals, or tutor math? Do you need someone to clean your gutters, mend clothes, carpool downtown or install a rainbarrel?) . If you missed the last one, you won’t want to miss this one. It’s fun, fast-paced action and an eye-opening way to show how we, as a cohesive community, have the necessary skills and resilience — but only if we’re networked!

Please bring and invite your friends and join us!

Wed., June 3, 6-8pm
Woodland Pattern on Locust between Fratney and Pierce

*Local currencies and mutual credit systems both support the local economy. One supports the formal economy and the other supports the informal economy.

3 Jun 2009 | 1:24 pm | DIY - Do It Yourself, Economic Development, Environmental Sustainability

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