BerkShares in the News
Television Coverage of BerkShares
Newsletters to BerkShares Businesses

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BerkShares in the News

May 2008 "Are Berkshares and Other Local Currencies Effective?" MetaBoston
May 2008 "It's Like Money, but With No Dead Presidents" Slate Magazine
May 2008 "They don't just shop local in Totnes - they have their own currency"                    Independent, England
April 2008 "BerkShares--Local Money" Los Angeles Chronicle
April 2008 "Towns to drive local economy with own currency" Western Mail, Wales
March 2008 "The Latest in Money--Go Local" Sanctuary Magazine
March 2008 "Local Knowledge" New York House Magazine
January 2008 ABC40 news coverage of BerkShares in Stockbridge
January 2008 "Mountain Money" Business West
January 2008 "Let's Take it Slow" New Consumer Magazine
November 2007 "Making Cents: Creating a Local Currency Can Help Entrepreneurs Drive                              Sales" Entrepreneur Magazine
October 2007 Scholastic Magazine article
July 2007 "Buy Local With Town Currency" from BusinessWeek
July 2007 National Public Radio
June 2007 "How small-town bank notes keep the dollar at Bay" from The London Times
June 2007 "New age town in US embraces dollar alternative" from Reuters News Service
June 2007 "BerkShares Take Hold" from Berkshire Trade & Commerce (Downloadable PDF)
May 2007 CBS News Coverage
May 2007 French news coverage from TF1. (French-language video)
April 2007 Russian news coverage of BerkShares from NTV. (Russian-language video)
April 2007 "Berkshire Bucks " Radio Broadcast on NPR's Here and Now
March 2007 "This Realm's Coin Remains Local" Albany Times Union
March 2007 America Back on Track Radio Interview with Susan Witt
February 2007 "First slow food, now slow money?" Ka-Blog
February 2007 "New England Town Prints Up Its Own Currency" ABC World News
February 2007 "Would you like that in fives, tens, or Normans?" The New York Times
February 2007 Local Currencies in Europe, from 12 Degrees of Freedom
February 2007 "In the Land of the Euro, Towns Adopt Alternative Currencies" NY Times
January 2007 "Germans Take Pride in Local Money " BBC News
January 2007 "Good Deals: Buying with BerkShares" The Berkshire Eagle
December 2006 "Cash, Credit, or BerkShares?" Metroland
December 2006 "Town Bucks a Trend" The Hartford Courant
December 2006 "Berkshire Merchants Create Funny Money" The Hartford Courant                             (newscast)
December 2006 "Telling Our Stories" The Women's Times (PDF)
November 2006 "Keeping Money Local" Albany Times Union
October 2006 "Buying into BerkShares" Berkshire Trade & Commerce
September 26, 2006 "Free local talent variety show to launch BerkShares program at                                      Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center" iBerkshires.com
September 1, 2006 "This Labor Day, Mulling over Wal-Mart" Christian Science Monitor
August 24, 2006 "Funny money a boost to biz?" Berkshire Eagle
August 22, 2006 "Utopian Visions: A Breath of Fresh Air" Women's Crossroads Blog

Newsletters to BerkShares Businesses

July 2008 "BerkShares seen at local Cultural Gatherings"
July 2008 "September 20th BerkShares Bash"
July 2008 "Future of BerkShares"
July 2008 "New Business Directory"
July 2008 Award/Auction/Advertising"
May 2008 "Out and about with BerkShares"
May 2008 "Britain’s Independent credits BerkShares"
April 2008 "BerkShares Events Calendar"
April 2008 "Environmentalists/green builders/Welch bankers"
March 2008 "YouTube Stars"
February 2008 Stockbridge and Berkshares on ABC40
January 2008 Raffle Winners talk about BerkShares
January 2008 "Sustainable Breakfast"
January 2008 More Recirculation Ideas
January 2008 Did you know these businesses accept BerkShares?
November 2007 BerkShares Holiday Shopping & Raffle
October 2007 Peter Drucker Award for Non Profit Innovation
October 2007 BerkShares User and Business Questionnaire Summary
October 2007 "Berkshares in Visitor's Guide"
September 2007 "BerkShares One Year Anniversary"
September 2007 "Lenox National Bank Joins BerkShares Program"
September 2007 "BerkShares Numbers Growing"
August 2007 "Get it Right"
June 2007 "Berkshares in London Times"
June 2007"One-Tenth the Energy; Ten Times the Conversations"
June 2007 "Berkshares Bash Invitation"
May 2007 "BerkShares Take Hold"
April 2007 "NPR Noon Today "
April 2007 "Russian TV/Introduction/Specials"
March 2007 "A BerkShares Wedding"
March 2007 "BerkShares: Repairing Cars & Community " by Michael Gordon
February 2007 "Worldwide Local Currencies & BerkShares"
January 2007 "Slow Money & Slow Travel" and "Berkshire Bike & Blade" by Michael Gordon
January 2007 "ABC World News & BerkShares"
January 2007 "Top 10 Reasons for BerkShares" & "North Plain Farm" by Michael Gordon
January 2007 "We Take BerkShares"
December 2006 "Local Booksellers Favor BerkShares" by Michael Gordon
November 2006 "Accounting in BerkShares - Free Seminar"
November 2006 "BerkShares in the Albany Times Union"