(Editor’s note: Thanks Allison, this has clear links to our tree-planting project) We are currently in a place where so many within society have no value for nature. They are aware that nature exists and I would class them in two groups: Those that see it as annoying: pesky insects and spiders, weeds in […]
The recent report from the University of Keele, A Comparison of the Environmental Performance of Sports and Entertainment Venues for a Range of Percentage Capacities opens the debate about how to make ticketing at sports and entertainment venues work better. The report, commissioned by CounterCoin, points to ways that CounterCoin and other alternative currencies can […]
Our colleague Brian Leyland, has written this fairly weighty but informative INTRODUCTION TO COUNTERCOIN piece. It’s mainly for internal purposes but we think it’s worth sharing. Have a read of it if you are interested in discovering more about CounterCoin. CounterCoin is a groundbreaking volunteer reward scheme, under which time spent by volunteers making a […]
Posted on 3 December, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team Flyer for the Countercoin Challenge by Carolyn Kagan (The second of two pieces about Countercoin. The first by Mike Riddell set out the basic philosophy and reported on the event that Carolyn mentions below.) There are some great things happening in the Potteries and Newcastle-Under-Lyme – couldn’t they happen in […]
CounterCoin and Cultural Squatters in Newcastle-Under-Lyme The weekly CounterCoin meeting at Cultural Squatters (photo credit: Jeremy Cliffe) by Nikos Ntounis and James Scott Vandeventer Alternative currencies have been around for many years, to the point that they can be seen as a rather old technology for dealing with societal, economic, and developmental changes. Indeed, the […]
Posted on 30 November, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team The first of two pieces on Countercoin. In this one Mike Riddell (of CounterCoin Community Club Limited, Hometown Plus Limited and Steady State Manchester) reports on the Countercoin Challenge event held last week in Newcastle u Lyme. Next up is Carolyn Kagan’s report on the event with more […]
Read the real thing here . Or carry on . Last Wednesday, I caught the early train up to Newcastle-under-Lyme. My target – Cultural Squatters and a chance to see their cafe and talk to Narina and Mike about CounterCoins. As a concept, it is extremely interesting. The cafe was friendly and it was nice […]