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