The Community Support Dollar
(CSD) Project

<<Under Construction>>
Last updated 11/06/04  

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Community Support Dollars (CSD) Mission

Our mission is to provide Sonoma County with the best possible complementary currency and market infrastructure: enabling trade, cooperation, and ecological sustainability throughout the region, while helping to build a sense of community through the exchange of goods and services and personal interactions.

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Project Descriptions:

• Mission, Description & Hotlinks
• THE SONOMA COUNTY SELF-RELIANCE PROJECT: Community Support Dollars (CSD) [11/6/04 version by Philip Beard, Ph.D., and Thomas H. Greco, Jr.]
• C$D Project Update (7/25/03)
• The Community Support Dollar (C$D) Project Proposal (6/03 Draft)

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Complementary Currency Discussions:

A Conversation on Complementary Currencies #1 (August '03)

A Conversation on Complementary Currencies #2 (July '04)

Art Warmoth: Reflections on the Current State of Affairs for the Sebastopol Economic Forum (8/9/04)

Sebastopol Economic Forum: The Sebastopol Notes (Exchange Money, Store of Value Money--Fall '04)

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Descriptions of Other Systems:

• Ithaca Hours
• Time Dollar Institute
• The Toronto Dollar
• LOVES (Yamato, Japan): Digital Local Currency "LOVES"
• LOVES (Yamato, Japan): IC Card For City Communication System
• LIBRA (Italy): LIBRA Circuit
• Complementary Currencies & Micro-Banking Web Sites/Bibliography

Essays & Articles:

• Philip Beard, Ph.D. "The Money Drug"
• Philip Beard, Ph.D.  "KEEPING OUR MONEY LOCAL: RECIPE FOR A VALUE-BASED, PRIORITY-SUPPORTING CURRENCY"
• Arthur Edwards. "Investing in Culture"
• *Catherine Austin Fitts. "Solari & The Rise of the Rule of Law"
• *Bernard Lietaer & Arthur Warmoth. "Designing Bioregional Economies in the Context of Globalization"
• Arthur Warmoth, Ph.D. "Complementary Economics and Sustainable Economies" & "The Five Basic Principles of Complementary Economics"
• Dr. W. Wüthrich (translated by Philip Beard). "Alternatives to Globalization: Cooperative Principle and Complementary Currency"

  *Links to articles published on other web sites.

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Send comments, suggestions, and material for posting to Art Warmoth <Artwarmoth@aol.com>.  Material for posting should be sent as MSWord.doc or .rtf format attachments.

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