Our local currency group has been working hard over the last two months running workshops and seminars including a slot at the Electric Picnic called The Money Clinic in Cultivate’s Rethink Tank. On Thursday last we made a formal presentation to the board of the Chamber of Commerce on what alternative exchange systems are all […]
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The national debate on NAMA should be broadened to cover the issue of money creation for this is the root cause of many of the world’s problems today. Contrary to popular understanding money is not created on a printing press at the national mint but on a computer screen at a banking institution whenever a […]
We are delighted to welcome Richard Douthwaite back to Kilkenny this week and host FEASTA‘s technical meeting on their electronic local currency proposal called the Liquidity Network. Richard visited Kilkenny in June for a preliminary meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Malcolm Noonan to explore the possibility of establishing a local currency in […]
Given the short notice we had a fantastic turnout for Richard Douthwaite’s talk on Tuesday last. Over 40 people packed into Butler House to hear about “Ireland’s economic outlook from an energy perspective”. To begin the evening we started with a thirty minute primer on our debt-based money system and how the paper currencies springing […]
Butler House, 16 Patrick St, Kilkenny 8pm Tuesday 7th July We are delighted to welcome Richard Douthwaite to Kilkenny next Tuesday evening for a public talk. Richard is an economist, journalist and author specialising in energy, climate and sustainability issues. He is the co-founder of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), an economics […]