The Economic dimension

As local groups and communities create their own local scrip currencies and exchange systems, they learn about economist’s deepest secret: money and information are equivalent — and neither is scarce!

— Hazel Henderson

The Ecovillage economy is quite robust and full of vitality compared to other local economies.

Economic Vitality means:

• Keeping the money in the community,
• Circulating it through as many hands as possible,
• Earning it, spending it, and investing it in member-owned retail and service businesses,
• Saving it in home-grown financial institutions.

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