4. The Local Exchange Trading
System (LETS) is a collaborative
service concept based on the
mutual exchange of services
and skills among members of
a community.
5.
6. Ayrshire LETS has forty members
who trade a wide range of services
and products, from catering to
plants and plumbing.
7.
8. Their currency is ”thistles” —
the standard rate is 30 thistles
per hour, which equates to £6.
13. Agri-fond is a community-
supported agriculture (C.S.A.)
system that connects consumers
who want high-quality food with
small rural agricultural producers.
20. Rede Ecológica is a community-
supported agriculture (C.S.A.)
organization that promotes
chemical-free food products
while supporting small farmers
and family-based agriculture.
21.
22. Its premise is that the small
producer is the ultimate ecologist.
23.
24. With the support of a central
management unit, members
are responsible for establishing
relationships with local pesticide
free producers.
25.
26. Pick-up days are weekly for fresh
products and monthly for dry
products. Pick-up days also offer
opportunities for members to meet
each other.
44. When ID-lab, a design practice in
Milan, moved to an office that was
too big for its needs, it decided to
share its space and services with
other professionals from a variety
of fields.
45.
46. Instead of small office cubicles,
people work in one common
space. This encourages sharing
ideas among users and creates
the dynamic of a collaborative
creative workshop.
47.
48.
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53. Because of high demand for
student accommodations in
Milan, MeglioMilano’s campaign
has generated many student
requests as well as many seniors’
offers of rooms.
57. This Community Center is a place
without political affiliation where
young people can develop and
share their political, social, and
cultural interests.
58.
59. The center is self-managed by
youths who organize forums,
workshops, and concerts and
includes a library and a bar.
60.
61. The center also serves as
a hub for collaboration with
other youth organizations.
65. Les Jardins de Cérès is a consumer
group that advocates organic food
production by local farmers.
66. The group orders produce before
it is planted, and they guarantee
that they will buy the crop. The
group adjusts its demand to crops
that are available seasonally.
77. Buchticket provides a free
online book exchange service
with thousands of book titles.
78.
79. Buchticket’s system is based on
trust: members trade books using
”book tickets,” or virtual coupons.
To obtain more tickets, members
must contribute their own books.
80.
81.
82. Buchticket makes the exchange
of books easier by contacting
a book owner when a member
is interested in a particular title.
The owner then sends out
the book.
86. Exchange Corner is a local radio
program that enables listeners
to exchange unwanted items for
items or services they need.
87.
88. Staff members read the classified
ads, gathered from telephone calls
on the radio. The center matches
offers and puts interested parties
in touch with each other.
