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The US-based operation was only open to US businesses, implying that carbon trading in North America has ceased. With the US economy in trouble and hopes of a quick recovery now a distant memory, US commentators claim the downfall of CCX reflects that the world has cooled on the subject of global warming when faced with pertinent economic threats. While some big business (notably major emitters of greenhouse gasses) and the US media undoubtedly have little appetite for costly cap-and-trade and increased legislation, particularly, after the US mid-term election results, there is an alternative approach to carbon reduction, which is proving more successful.
A carbon-constrained economy is upon us, and the naysayers are risking the future of our planet. Like this? VBSR Marketplace - Powered by GETS. Local currencies the German way: the chiemgauer. It started as a school project by Christian Gelleri, an economics teacher in southern Germany who wanted to teach a group of 16-year-olds about finance in a novel way – by creating their own money, to be used in local shops and businesses.
They called it the "chiemgauer" and eight years on, the project has turned into the world's most successful alternative currency. But this isn't a story about Germany's waning enthusiasm for the euro. It's about a growing number of chiemgauer users who see the currency as a great way of keeping money within the businesses and communities where it is generated and earned, rather than pouring it into the coffers of chain stores and globalised banks. Gelleri put his students in charge of designing the currency vouchers, as well as managing its accounts and administering the scheme. The currency was pegged to the euro on a one-to-one basis, with notes in denominations of one to 50. That might sound off-putting, but users are happy with the system. Local Currency. Local currencies value time, build community, and keep business moving even when credit dries up. posted Jun 05, 2009 Total dependence on one currency is like total dependence on one crop, or, for that matter, a single energy source: there’s always the risk that crop failure or a cutoff in supply will topple the whole system.
This is the scenario we’re seeing now—credit has dried up and unemployment is soaring. In small pockets throughout the world, in rural areas and inner cities, and spots as far-flung as Bavaria and Thailand to Massachusetts and Michigan, people are responding by launching their own currencies. Such monetary renegades are not simply thumbing their noses at the dollar (or the mark, or the euro, or the baht…) They are making a carefully considered choice to promote the well-being of their communities.
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American Express paid $30 million for Sometrics, a four-year-old company that helps video game makers establish virtual currencies and virtual currency commerce within their games. Why pay $30 million for an enterprise that helps video gamers buy virtual clothes for their online avatars? Measured in real-world U.S. dollars, virtual transactions total $2.1 billion a year in the U.S. and $7.3 billion globally, according to Sometrics' founder and chief executive, Ian Swanson.
That is up 61% since 2008. "It's growing fast. Virtual currency is a broad category that can include everything from the money used in online games to digital currencies used to by real-world goods to Starbucks points. Video gameplayers use actual money to buy virtual-world units of currency. The Amex acquisition is one example. WIR Economic Circle Cooperative.