the late environmentalist, author, & philosopher
To reconstitute local economies is an imperative if we are to prevent misery and chaos when the global economy collapses. We need them in any case to reduce our environmental impact and to render possible local co-operation and solidarity that can alone assure our livelihood and welfare on a sustainable basis. LETS and Time Dollar [...]
Published as Chapter 58 of The Way: An Ecological Worldview, originally published in 1992. This text is taken from the revised and enlarged edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1998. « previous chapter · contents · next chapter » ” [General purpose] money is one of the shatteringly simplifying ideas of all time, and like any [...]
