S5 E05 The Castlemaine Currency Project

Saltgrass

Local currencies and alternative money systems... what is that all about? Is it really a helpful thing to be thinking about in the middle of the climate crisis?

A group of artists in Castlemaine have created an art project and social experiment in the form of a local currency they called The Silver Wattle to explore just these questions.

The audio in this episode was recorded at a live event that was held as part of the Castlemaine fringe arts festival – one year after the Castlemaine Currency Project was launched back in May 2022

LINKS:

About the Castlemaine Currency Project:

• Castlemaine Currency Website
• Castlemaine Currency Facebook
• Film “Conversations from the Castlemaine Currency Project“ by Lisa Mills at Storyland
• ABC article from time of exhibition
• Article in garland magazine

About the Artists:

• Jodi Newcomb
  • Carbon Arts
  • The Castlemaine Institute
• Dale Cox
• Ann Ferguson

Other Links:

• Get Lost – funded the Currency project in 2022
• Castlemaine Pay The Rent
• Transition Towns
  • Wikipedia
  • Transition Network
• Local Lives Global Matters conference
• The film Tomorrow
• Rob Hopkins – his book ‘from what if to what is’
• Totnes
  • Transition Town
  • Totnes Pound
• Wararak Initiatives
• Josh Durum - Design by Committee
• Indigenomics
• Regen Melbourne
• Brixton Pound – Bowie’s head on the note
• Anitra Nelson – Beyond Money