THRIVE New York presents The Future of Money: Keeping Wealth in Your Neighborhood

THRIVE New York presents

The Future of Money: Keeping Wealth in Your Neighborhood

Come learn about starting a complementary currency and how new forms of exchange build value in your community.

Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with:

• Sarah
  Hearn is an NYC native who now lives in Great Barrington, MA and is a
  full-time staff member of the E.F. Schumacher Society. �The Society
  promotes the building of strong, local economies that link people, land
  and community. Sarah is heavily involved in the administration of the
  BerkShares local currency program, which circulates in the Berkshire
  region of Massachusetts.

• Paul
  Glover is the founder of the Ithaca HOURS local currency, the Ithaca
  Health Alliance, Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, and author of several
  books and urban histories. He has degrees in Marketing and in City
  Management. After 35 years of community organizing on behalf of
  grassroots economic development and ecological repair, he now runs a
  consultancy called GreenPlanners.

• Charles
  Eisenstein is the author of The Yoga of Eating, Transformational Weight
  Loss, and the blog Ascent of Humanity. �He gives lectures and
  workshops�focused on holistic health and the transformation of
  civilization and has written several papers on our societal
  relationship �to money. �He has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy
  from Yale University.

Get involved in developing a new community currency.

Suggested Donation: $10, $20 if you've got it. �No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Thursday 03.12.09 from 7:30-9:30 PM, 440 Lafayette St Floor 6

RSVP: thrivecurrency@...

What is a complementary local currency? �Check out:

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1865467,00.html

http://www.ithacahours.org/

http://www.berkshares.org/whatareberkshares.htm

Sponsored by: Reality Sandwich, Post Modern Times, Souldish, Evolver.net, and Ciclo Sustainable