About

The Local Currency Network is a non-profit organisation implemented to improve our understanding of complementary currencies (local currencies, cryptocurrencies, etc), and foster their development. In this regard, we are collecting data and building partnerships with diverse institutions : universities, buisnesses, non-governmental organisations and municipalities.

Our future has never been so uncertain. The current economy based on growth on a planet with limited resources is at the root of the environmental crises, questioning our way of life. 

Our daily consumption affects the global climate, soil, air and water quality, increasing the environmental crises, leading to species depletion. Therefore, food security, water availability and population health are seriously threatened. In order to buffer the effects of climate change, land degradation and biodiversity loss in our daily life, we need to urgently recouple the economy with environmental sustainability. 

Incorporating local monetary systems to complement the current economy can be part of the solution. Several initiatives that launched such monetary systems are already in place, promoting an ideal of equality, justice, democracy and environmentally responsible existence. We want to encourage these initiatives for a better future.