We’ve survived the lockdown – we hope you have too – and in the process learned a new way to communicate with members and friends far away which we hope to use during 2023 to connect up LETS organisers all over the UK – which encourages us to renew efforts to connect with members of […]

In August 2020 we received an enquiry from Healthcare Improvement Scotland, about whether – in the light of stretched budgets – LETS or Timebanks could help with Social Care in the Community. We were not invited to participate in their discussions, but some time later received a report of the outcome, which concluded that “despite […]

Creating Permanent and sustainable agricultural eco systems, utilizing the patterns observed in natural ecosystems.  This post was originally inspired by a meeting in June 2016 at Birkbeck College, University of London in which Geoff Lawton presented his work on Greening the Desert  – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xvmx4lcqQVw – and Hugelkulture –

Following shocking news about the way huge companies such as British Home Stores and Carillion, have been exploiting their workers, and extracting wealth to the point of collapse, news about Cooperatives seem to be in the air.  We attended a meeting on Co-ops, which was hosted by HSCB – not the HSBC, but the the Hoe Street Central […]

Alternative economists and and grassroots activists have critiqued the debt-based monetary system for many years.  The knowledge is out there, but how can we change things?  This week, in mid April 2018, we received news of two very different projects from activists challenging the operation of the monetary system as we know it, and using different forms of […]

Message from Mary Fee, Secretary of LETSlink UK

In summer 2017 I went to Greece to join Thomas Greco‘s summer school about the money system. He is an author of several books on monetary reform, and has worked out how an alternative form of currency creation could operate in the business world. His earlier books […]

Commons Rising began in 2015, with the idea of bringing together many activists interested in co-operation of Land and Resource issues.  Things went quiet for a whilst, but a on Health & Food Commons held on 29th July 2017 raised many pertinent issues. See Report from Critical Thinking: http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/2301-healthy-food-healthy-communities, downloadable Report here:  HealthCreation_&_FoodCommons_Report –  see slides […]

The fact that the UK declined to adopt the Euro was a matter of huge relief at the time, and even more so now that we are facing Brexit. We saw clearly with the Greek crisis the disadvantage of countries with vastly different types of economies using the same currency, without the possibility of adjusting […]

Birkbeck Open Discussion Society: Creating Permanent and sustainable agricultural eco systems, utilizing the patterns observed in natural ecosystems: with Kevin Mascarenhas, organiser of London Permaculture exhibition – Everyone welcome – open.discussion@inorbit.com

YouTube clips: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xvmx4lcqQVw  Greening the Desert  Geoff Lawton – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sp_IObIkInQ introducing – hugelkultur   – http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/  hugelkultur 6.30 for 7 p.m. start: Birkbeck […]

Title: Honouring the Theology of the Land: God and the Good Life: The Audit (1)
Location: The Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary, Watling Street London EC4M 9BW
Link out: Click here
Description: organised by Christian Council for Monetary Justice in association with the Moot Community
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