@BerkShares

Our local currency for the Berkshires region. Prioritizing local production and exchange for a thriving, sustainable Berkshire economy. #LetsGrowLocal

 The Berkshires, MA
BerkShares.org
Joined March 2009
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#CultureHackLabs Issue 02 | Democratizing Monetary Issue by @susanwitt 🌳 Local currencies be a viable alternative to centralized monetary systems? These are examples of successful local interventions to find out what they can teach us. Read now 👉 culturehack.io/issues/issue-…
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"A local currency can have an incubator effect—it encourages local production and responsibility to one another and the local ecology..." — Robert Swann (1995) centerforneweconomics.org/wp…
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"What's your money doing tonight?" A look back at SHARE, a local micro-lending initiative in the #SouthernBerkshires that help direct investment into projects known by the community. centerforneweconomics.org/ne…
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BerkShares retweeted
Chris Hayes@chayesdc7 Sep 2022
Visiting #magicfluke in #sheffieldma which takes #Berkshares #blockchain @HumanityCash @CeloOrg #Celo – at Massachusetts, USA
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berkshares.org/media-resourc…. Supporting local business & families — BRIDGE & @BerkShares — we are the focus of BerkShares Business of the Month story featuring our mutual aid Universal Basic Income placing over B$5800 in vulnerable families homes. Donate to us in BerkShares! 💰💞
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“For @SusanWitt, the new cryptocurrency is just a stage in a... process of economic transformation.” Our Executive Director talks @BerkShares #localcurrency with @Politico. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Western Massachusetts Challenges the U.S. Dollar

An idyllic New England county is getting its own digital money, with implications for local autonomy.

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"We don't have to live our economic lives in ways that tear apart the places where we live; with a bit of commitment and experimentation, we can figure out how the genius of our places be restored, preserved, enhanced..." — @BillMcKibben, Fwd to @BerkShares book Follow the Money
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Join us for the Harry Conklin Fund for Farmsteads concert series starting this Friday! Learn more about the impact of rising land prices on local farmers in the Berkshires and ways to donate through the link below. theberkshireedge.com/a-new-c…
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You can use your Digital Berkshares at @thebookloftGB. Stop by the BookLoft & #Paylocal on the @BerkShares app! #BuyLocal #DigitalCurrency #CircularEconomy #CryptoCurrency #BlockChain #Celo #SchumacherCenter #BerkShares #DigitalBerkshares #NextGrowLocal #Berkshires
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Did you know the formalized Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) was pioneered in the Berkshires? The @Center4NewEcon gives the full history. #intheberkshires #liveBRK ow.ly/WjsS50IAfrU
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Congratulations ⁦@BerkShares⁩ for celebrating 15yrs of local currency #intheberkshires. 400 local businesses, over $10 million in circulation and this is just the beginning. #mapoli mahaiwe.org/event/berkshares…
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BerkShares retweeted
Celo
@Celo8 Mar 2022
From there she connected with @BerkShares a community currency for Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and backed by federal dollars 🏦 held at community banks, a key part to ensuring that wealth stays local. Naturally, an idea💡for the blockchain was born.🪄✨
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The Du Bois Sculpture and Education Project estimates it will need to raise $350,000 for the entire project, which is proposed for the front lawn of the Mason Library. berkshireeagle.com/news/sout…
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The world we've inherited is no longer working. The upside is, Commoners are creating a new world of possibilities *right now.* Our new Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking, by our own @DavidBollier collects inspiring real-world cases of #CommoningAsAVerb centerforneweconomics.org/pu…
The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transitions Ahead

ALT The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transitions Ahead

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Did you know that France boasts dozens of local complementary currencies? You can explore many of them, as well as others, in the Local Currencies Directory on our website: centerforneweconomics.org/ap…
Map courtesy of the MLCC.

ALT Map courtesy of the MLCC.

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By truly disintermediating contract and trade, #blockchain can help realize opportunities of actual economic value.
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BerkShares retweeted
1Berkshire@1Berkshire1 Jan 2022
#HappyNewYear from 1Berkshire! We have a new years challenge for you. We challenge you to visit 1 business a month that you have never been to in the Berkshires. Tag some of your local favorites below. #liveBRK
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Check out this Restorative Justice Berkshire Pack that supports BRIDGE! This is the perfect way to #ShopLocal and support Berkshire businesses. Check it out here: ow.ly/p60250HaAYM #liveBRK
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Shop SMART with us and @wildoatsmarket berkshireeagle.com/sponsored… via @berkshireeagle

Shopping smart

It might have been the bulk aisle that brought you in. Or maybe the local produce and meat. Perhaps it was the sustainable personal products. Regardless of the reason you

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“BerkShares has been a successful program, but it has become increasingly clear that we needed to adapt to the fact that people are not using cash like they did when we started." Another informative article about @BerkShares going digital. Read up on it: berkshares.org/berkshares-go…
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