Local Money

Building on the recent spate of publications about transition towns, this book, under a new imprint Transition Books, explains how to make local money happen in your community and enable it to build a resilient economic future. It questions our current monetary system and explains alternative currency models from various parts of the world and the emergence of transition currencies in places like Totnes, Stroud and Lewes, with instructions on how to go about building a local currency as a means of helping create resilient local communities. This process supports local production of food and energy while at the same time reducing community carbon emissions. Comprehensive and practical.