Edinburgh Local Economy Day - Programme

When: Saturday 9th April 10.00 – 16.30

Where: Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2PG


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Lunch: Indoor picnic, bring food to share

Cost: Free!
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Booking

Please book your place via this link

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R5JLK7Q.
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Programme

0930 – 1000 Arrival and tea and coffee
1000 – 1015 Welcomes and formalities
Chair - Justin Kenrick (PEDAL)
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1015 – 1130 What does money mean to you?
Group workshop with Roland Playle (Transition Edinburgh South)
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BREAK
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1140 – 1230 Localisation and Local Economies
Jonathan Dawson (Findhorn Foundation)
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LUNCH
- indoor picnic, bring food to share -
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1330 – 1400 Local currencies and the Hawick Pound
Andy Maybury (Greener Hawick)

1400 – 1430 Alternative Currency Models in Edinburgh
1 - Greener Leith bag to go city-wide
Alastair Tibbit (Greener Leith)
2 - TimeBanking in Edinburgh
Milind Kolhatkar (EVOC)
3 - Edinburgh Local Exchange Trading Scheme (LETS)
Benny Freiling (LETS)

1430 – 1435 Freeconomy film
1435 – 1450 Q&A
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1450 – 1505 Open Space explanation and set up
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BREAK
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1515 – 1600 Open Space Session
1600 – 1630 Open Space feedback and summary of next steps
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Background Reading/Info

Here are the websites of the organisations involved:

Transition Edinburgh http://transitionedinburgh.org.uk/

PEDAL http://pedal-porty.org.uk/

SEED http://www.transitionedinburghsouth.org.uk/node/363

Bridgend Inspiring Growth http://bridgendfarmhse.blogspot.com/2010/10/bridgend-inspiring-growth.html

Local currencies http://edinburgh-pound.blogspot.com/

Greener Leith Bag http://www.greenerleith.org/greener-leith-news/2010/12/23/bonus-bag-to-go-city-wide.html

TimeBanking http://www.edinburghtimebank.org.uk/

LETS http://www.edinburghlets.org.uk/

Freeconomy http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/

Event Planning Meeting - Announcment

To arrange the next meeting please fill in doodle via the link below to give you availability so I can find a date for the next meeting. Please complete by 2pm on Monday 31st January.

http://www.doodle.com/mieaqsxse2tshi35?newDesign=true
(Instructions for filling in a doodle: Click on the link above, fill in your name in the blank space provided on the far column on left, then scroll across the row ticking all the times and dates you are able to attend a meeting, once this is done click 'save' button underneath chart.)

This is an interesting post about transition currency online banking
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/josh-ryan-collins/2010-11/transition-currency-20-online-banking-system-local-money

This is an interesting article by Chris Martenson about how the bank might change the rules instead of admiting their bad debt.
http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/dont-worry-theyll-just-change-rules/50568

Event Planning Meeting - Announcment

Hi all,

Thanks for filling in the doodle, the soonest date that everyone that filled it in can do is Tuesday 7th December at 7pm. So let’s meet then at the Edinburgh University Library Café. The Café is open to the public and let’s meet at the soft chairs to the far right after you enter.

This meeting will be to discuss what alternative currency models event we want to run next year (I propose in March) and how to go about doing this. I have attached the document with my ideas. I’m currently reading Peter North’s Local Money book so will send round other relevant info before the 7th.

Thanks
Adam