BerkShares after 20 years: Board members reflect on the past and the future
Earlier this month I had the chance to speak with three BerkShares board members working behind the scenes of this ambitious 20-year-old experiment in building a community-based currency.
BerkShares can now be evenly exchanged for federal dollars
A Berkshire County currency known as BerkShares are now directly tied in a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. dollar.
Minting a New Era: Complementary Currency and Its Benefits
In an age of informal segregation, capitalism-fueled climate crisis, soaring housing prices and an ever more precarious precariat, it shouldn’t be a surprise that many are clamoring for a change to the American economy.
Spare a “BerkShare”?
Massachusetts’ Berkshires mountain region enjoys spectacular views, glorious fall foliage, a notable farm-to-table food movement, and one more thing that similar regions don’t have: its own currency.