Adventures in mutual credit

So now you understand that national currency is toxic, and that banks profit from all the money in circulation. You've written to your MP and received the standard response - now what?

Transition Network aims to make necessary, large-scale, pervasive changes to the infrastructure of our civilisation and to our society while appealing for funds from charitable organisations and grant-making bodies, much as a donkey sanctuary might.

In a period of capital squeeze, small business, local businesses have less access to captial than ever, because the monetary runes dictate that large, asset stripping organisations make better investments than local, productive, resilient, enterprises.

After 18 months developing (since Drupal 7 was released), I can't wait to put Community Accounting version 3 to reach production. The need for this software, I believe is more than ever, and awareness of it too, is growing. In four years dedication I've seen the competition fall away, and the main obstacles to implementing grass-roots exchange systems is no longer technical, but political. In Drupal 6 the following has been achieved:

Transition towns gathered in London to advance their thinking on money and the economy, to continue their work with Transition Pounds.

The day opened with a presentation about the problems with the money supply, which was an excellent grounding for many delegates who were more interested in the economy or local economies. Positive Money and NEF are becoming very proficient at explaining these matters.