22 Jan 2010
Oliver Dudok van Heel on Local Currencies, Transition and the Lewes Pound
In late September 2009 in Amsterdam, at an event called Picnic ’09, Oliver Dudok van Heel of the Lewes Pound CIC gave a talk about Transition and the role of local currencies. It was beautifully filmed, and an excellent talk. Thanks to Oliver, and to the organisers for making this available. Good to see that the guy at 6:08 is paying attention…
PICNIC ’09: Alternative Currency in Practice with Christian Nold & Oliver Dudok van Heel from PICNICCrossmediaweek on Vimeo.
Ben Leeman
22 Jan 11:03am
Yes, I want to be part of the solution too.
I live in Australia in the Melbourne Metropolitan area in the City of Whitehorse. We have a somewhat similar movement to Transition Towns called “Sustainability Streets” and currently there are five of such hubs in our municipality. see http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Sustainability.html
Congratulations for initiating and developing alternative policies. We need to introduce a similar local currency to replace Australian dollars for local trading.
A local journal, “New Community Quarterly” promotes community development see http://www.newcq.org
We would welcome an article on this topic. Thanks!
Ben Leeman
9 Jeffery Street, Blackburn, Victoria Australia 3130
Tel+613 9029 3312
Ben Brangwyn
22 Jan 11:25am
FYI, it’s only 15 mins long and I highly recommend it. Ben.
Gary Alexander
22 Jan 12:35pm
Good short talk. A nice, succinct introduction to Transition and also to the Lewes pound.
What struck me is that the Lewes pound, with its 5% surcharge, effectively includes a local tax under community control, not government control, used for community purposes. A neat device, beyond raising awareness and promoting the local economy.
Alejandro Ahumada
22 Jan 6:19pm
Who is actually in charge of printing the Lewes Pound?
How do you control that this person/group doesn’t go around spending money for free?
Finally. How do you distribute the Lewes Pound?
Steve Atkins
22 Jan 6:42pm
Hi Alejandro
Check out the FAQ’s here: http://www.thelewespound.org/faq.html
Penny Walker
22 Jan 6:44pm
Hey Oliver
Groovy lectern!
I enjoyed this clear talk.
Cheers
Penny
Josef
22 Jan 6:45pm
Alejandro: There is a pdf guide to how they set-up their currency that was linked to on here before.
Gary: according to the guide they no longer have the 5% charge as traders didn’t like it. They do still have a fund though, financed through “leakage” (i.e. notes that aren’t traded back for sterling before their use by date).
Alejandro Ahumada
22 Jan 7:07pm
Thanks a million for the links.
😀
Jason
23 Jan 4:40pm
Nice talk. He didn’t appear to get his money back though. 🙂