Ithaca Hours is the oldest and largest alternative currency in the US. Since 1991, Ithaca Hours has an estimated circulation of several million dollars and has spawned about 80 imitators around the country.
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Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has been called "the happiest man in the world." He shares a few thoughts on finding resilience in a crazy world.
The past is a fascinating place to visit, especially when you consider how little it would take to make it an entirely different place.
Reverend Jamie Coots was a snake handler and Pentecostal preacher in Middlesboro, Kentucky. He died this past Saturday, when the rattlesnake he was handling during a church service bit him.
Jim Carrier tells Jim Fleming about some of the historic sites of the Civil Right’s Movement and why they needed an outsider to publicize their locations.
Have you heard about "sacred economics"? It's Charles Eisenstein's viral idea, that we need to get our economic systems back in line with our values.
Looking for the extended interview with Eisenstein? Here it is.
Lizzie Gottlieb has a younger brother with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. She made a film, "Today's Man," about his abortive efforts to get a job and move out of his parents' brownstone in New York.
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