Blue Mountain Center

Useful web links to associations and materials on barter as an alternative to market transactions.

A western Massachussetts collective that seeks to promote cooperative exchange of goods and services among people in the Pioneer Valley.

One of the pioneering local currencies, the Ithaca HOURS has facilitated millions of dollars of local trading since 1991 and contributed to the "Grassroots National Product."

LETS is a self-regulating network supported by its own internal currency. It is based on the consent of individuals within the community, cost-of-provision pricing, and a prohibition on interest.

An inventory compiled by the E.M. Schumacher Foundation, an educational non-profit linking people, land and community by building local economies.

An international organization that uses its currency -- one hour of contribution = one time dollar -- as a way to reinvigorate communities and cultivate social trust and connection.