Reconomy: Where Cash takes a Back Seat

By Russell Evans, originally published by Transition US

May 20, 2014

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Link to handout

As we work to transition our world, a huge challenge lies in our ability to power the good work necessary to build a better future. We used to live in a world where money was the thing that enabled things to happen. But with dollars becoming more and more scarce, success will only come if we develop a myriad of alternative economies to empower our work.

Image Removed
 
The good news is that Transition Lab has figured out all sorts of new ways to create affordable housing, feed our community, and even run a school with a minimum amount of money. (For example, our entire cash budget in 2013 was $8,758.)
 
Listen to this Telesalon in cooperation with Transition US to learn about the alternative economic models that we’ve proved viable, and how others could replicate them in their own communities. You will not only learn how to create these alternative economies, but how to launch models that could support your local Transition projects indefinitely.
 
Image Removed
Russell Evans is the Director of Transition Lab- a living laboratory where the nations most creative young minds gather to build a better future. Transition Lab was also the winner of the MIT CoLab’s Local Solutions Contest for creating the most viable, effective, and replicable way to reduce CO2 emissions.
 
For more information visit www.transition-lab.com

Russell Evans

Tags: Alternative Currencies

Walter P. Reuther Library

Preserving labor history in the present, for the future

By Marianne Dhenin, YES! magazine

Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.

September 8, 2026

labor union organizing

Unions have been down before, history shows how they can come back

By George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence

Two ways we can honor unions at this time of trial are to ask others to join union picket lines and to learn from their innovations and successes for whatever campaigns we are committed to today.

September 7, 2026

Picket at University of Edinburgh

Rebuilding the trade union movement: ‘Dare to struggle, dare to win’

By Paul O’Connell, Red Pepper

To rebuild the trade union movement, to meaningfully defend the right to strike, and to begin a serious fightback against the imposition of the costs of capitalism’s crisis on the working class, we need to put our energy into workplace and community organising

September 7, 2026

Comments

Welcome to the new Resillience commenting system!

We have moved from the former Disqus commenting system to a new system as of September 10, 2026.

  • Your past comments have not disappeared.
  • You can log in with your old Disqus credentials, as well as Gmail credentials or a Resilience account (formerly Resilience+). Login with Facebook and other credentials is coming soon.

We made this change because of privacy concerns regarding Disqus. It's also part of a set of changes to bring more services to the Resilience community under a single login: commenting, (coming September 2026), and online courses (coming 2027). Unfortunately, your old Disqus comments may not reliably link to your account in this new system. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted