Orton Family Foundation

Your wallet may be stuffed with greenbacks, but they're not the only currency around. Hear about the benefits and challenges of alternative local currencies and investment programs, which offer communities a way to sidestep "big money" and add value to the local economy. Featuring Susan Witt, Education Director of the New Economics Institute and Co-Founder of the BerkShares local currency program and Trexler Proffitt, Developer of LanX: A Local Sustainable Exchange and Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at Franklin & Marshall College. Recorded on August 25, 2011. Notes available online at bit.ly/nXPE8S.