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S5 E05 The Castlemaine Currency Project

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Local currencies and alternative money systems... what is that all about? Is it really a helpful thing to be thinking about in the middle of the climate crisis?

A group of artists in Castlemaine have created an art project and social experiment in the form of a local currency they called The Silver Wattle to explore just these questions.

The audio in this episode was recorded at a live event that was held as part of the Castlemaine fringe arts festival – one year after the Castlemaine Currency Project was launched back in May 2022

 

LINKS:

About the Castlemaine Currency Project:

  • Castlemaine Currency Website
  • Castlemaine Currency Facebook
  • Film “Conversations from the Castlemaine Currency Project“ by Lisa Mills at Storyland
  • ABC article from time of exhibition
  • Article in garland magazine

    • About the Artists:

    • Jodi Newcomb
    • Carbon Arts
  • The Castlemaine Institute
  • Dale Cox
  • Ann Ferguson

    • Other Links:

    • Get Lost – funded the Currency project in 2022
  • Castlemaine Pay The Rent
  • Transition Towns
    • Wikipedia
  • Transition Network
  • Local Lives Global Matters conference
  • The film Tomorrow
  • Rob Hopkins – his book ‘from what if to what is’
  • Totnes
    • Transition Town
  • Totnes Pound
  • Wararak Initiatives
  • Josh Durum  - Design by Committee
  • Indigenomics
  • Regen Melbourne
  • Brixton Pound – Bowie’s head on the note
  • Anitra Nelson – Beyond Money
    • ...more
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