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Publications
These are just a few of the publications available from Global Community Initiatives, Inc. Please contact us for more information.
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Creating Wealth; Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies
Communities everywhere are challenged by
issues such as health, elder and child care,
housing, education, food security and the
environment. On the surface, these problems
appear to be rooted in economic crisis—for
example budget cuts have triggered reduced
public services, soaring food prices have
created food security concerns, and the
subprime mortgage disaster has spawned record
increases in foreclosures and homelessness.
Creating Wealth demonstrates
how a healthy society can be attained through
developing new systems of exchange. Using
creative initiatives such as time banks,
systems of barter and exchange and local
currencies, cities and towns can empower
themselves and build vibrant, healthy,
sustainable local economies.
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Community Currency Guide
GCI has worked with a leading expert in the
field, Bernard Lietaer, to develop a local
guide to community currency. This workbook
helps community leaders identify the kinds of
complementary currencies that might be
appropriate for their cities and towns, and
gives them step-by- step advice on how to
introduce them locally.
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Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal: A Guide to Community Development.
GCI has partnered with Michael Miller of
America's Development Foundation, Hunter
Lovins and
Christopher Juniper of Natural
Capitalism Solutions in Boulder, CO, Bernard
Lietaer, and Wayne Fawbush to
prepare this workbook for communities on
sustainable ways to build real wealth by
strengthening the local economy.
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Taking Action for Sustainability
A workbook to help you change your
world. This workbook provides a step by step
guide for community
leaders who want to achieve integrated goals
of a safe and
healthy environment, a vibrant local economy,
good governance, and a
high level of social well-being.
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The Key to Sustainable Cities
Most of the world‘s population now
lives in cities, but despite wide agreement
on the core values of sustainable societies,
municipalities are so busy solving current
problems they don‘t have the time or
resources to plan effective action for
sustainability. The Key to Sustainable Cities
uses the principles of system dynamics to
demonstrate how today‘s problems were
yesterday‘s solutions. The book points
to a new approach to city planning that
builds on assets as a starting point for
cities to develop healthy social, governance,
economic, and environmental systems.
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