Grassroots Economic Organizing

Community Currencies & Barter Networks

Groups organized to facilitate exchange of goods and services without the use of national, government-issued currency.

May 22, 2025

Making a Money Commons

Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future: Money Commons by Ester Barinaga Martín was published in 2024 by Bristol University Press in its series Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century. The book provides an in-depth view and thorough analysis of various money arrangements.

Community Currencies & Barter Networks Solidarity Economy Organizing Linking Opposition & Alternatives local living economies
April 7, 2025

Beyond Community Currencies

Ekhilur, a nonprofit citizen cooperative, is pioneering an innovative approach to strengthening the local economy. Instead of creating a new currency, it operates its own payment system — regulated by the Bank of Spain — to maximize the circulation of the existing euro within the community for as long as possible.

Mutual-Aid & Self-Help Groups Community Currencies & Barter Networks Networking & Collaboration local living economies Western Europe
May 26, 2020

Community Capital in the Time of COVID-19

In this Solidarity Chicago session, you will learn historical and contemporary examples of how our communities have employed rotating savings and credit associations, peer-to-peer lending, and other creative methods of harnessing capital.

Linking Opposition & Alternatives Community Currencies & Barter Networks Racial Justice Economic Justice
November 2, 2018

Are Personal Currencies a Good Idea?

beyond capitalism Linking Opposition & Alternatives Networking & Collaboration Solidarity Economy Organizing Community Currencies & Barter Networks Mutual Aid
May 21, 2018

Community Currency and the Blockchain

Western Europe Community Currencies & Barter Networks Community Development
December 11, 2017

FairCoop: An Alternative System Outside of Capitalism

Western Europe beyond capitalism Ethical Purchasing Financing Linking Opposition & Alternatives Networking & Collaboration Solidarity Economy Organizing Economic Justice Community Currencies & Barter Networks Fair Trade Organizations & Networks Mutual-Aid & Self-Help Groups Community Development Financing & Financial Services Mutual Aid
December 4, 2017

Kenya’s Sarafu-Credit

Africa place-based (local) economics solidarity economy Financing Networking & Collaboration Economic Justice Community Currencies & Barter Networks Community Development Financing & Financial Services Mutual Aid Retail Trade
August 7, 2017

The Strength of Cooperation

cooperative economy solidarity economy Ethical Purchasing Linking Opposition & Alternatives Networking & Collaboration Solidarity Economy Organizing Strategies for Change Economic Justice Community Currencies & Barter Networks Fair Trade Organizations & Networks Mutual-Aid & Self-Help Groups Community Development Financing & Financial Services Information Technology Mutual Aid Organizational Support & Development
January 23, 2017

Permaculture, Commons and Community

Western Europe cooperative commonwealth cooperative economy green economy local living economies place-based (local) economics solidarity economy the commons Linking Opposition & Alternatives Solidarity Economy Organizing Strategies for Change Economic Justice Environmental Justice Collectives Commons Community Currencies & Barter Networks Housing Cooperatives Intentional Communities Community Development Ecological Processes Housing
July 27, 2016

DIY System Change

United States cooperative economy solidarity economy Linking Opposition & Alternatives Solidarity Economy Organizing Economic Justice Community Currencies & Barter Networks Mutual-Aid & Self-Help Groups Community Development Mutual Aid Organizational Support & Development