The theme of this Tedx event was economics. The first talk was on the subject of local currencies and the second was around the topic of steady state economies.

Courtenay, British Columbia
Canada

Michael Linton

Michael Linton is the designer of a Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) known as LETSystem, an open form of money, or personal and practical arrangement of community currency. The first of very many instances of this design was originated in Comox Valley, BC, Canada, in 1982. Many if not most of the hundreds of LETS within the UK, Canada and Australia and probably thousands of similar systems elsewhere, involve a members' agreement identical to or based closely on Michael Linton's original LETSystem design. Linton is the director of Landsman Community Services, Ltd., a company whose focus is the development of "appropriate tools for community support."

Neil Dawe

Neil is a Registered Professional Biologist in British Columbia. He retired from the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, in 2006 after 31 years in civil service on Vancouver Island, managing National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries and working to protect migratory birds and their habitat.