Monday, July 6, 2009

Ideas

So many ideas, so many plans....
I had a very constructive chat with Darren from the Baroon Dollars gang - they are making amazing progress, getting local businesses signed up, and becoming a real powerhouse of ideas about how a complementary currency can revitalise other sustainability efforts, and increase the local circulation of money and work-hours.
I've also been clicking around the Ithaca Hours website, getting a feel for the hurdles they've had to jump, and the lessons we can (hopefully) learn the easy way instead of the hard way here in Nimbin. I'm looking forward to getting in touch with more and more of the tremendous local knowledge - both from those who set up and ran the previous LETS scheme here in Nimbin, and also from local businesses who can benefit from a complementary currency.