Community Exchange System
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Welcome to the Community Exchange System
What is the CES?
How does the CES work?
An example of a trade
Why we need a new money
The advantages of the CES
The problem with conventional money
Questions and Answers
Other articles
Alternative money system links
Videos on money & debt

Public Domain Money

CES money is public domain money. It is not 'owned' or controlled by anyone and as such belongs to the commons.

It is 'created' by the traders who use it, not by a third party outside the circuit of buyers and sellers (banks) who do so for their own parasitic gain.

When money is proprietary it confers the money power on those who 'create' and control it; when it is in the public domain the money power resides with its users, who can ensure that it is used for the public good.

Recover the money power by starting a new CES exchange in your area. Let the community decide how its efforts will be deployed instead of faceless and unaccountable individuals who do so for their private gain at others' expense.

Money and credit belong to the commons. Recapture these powerful forces for the common good.
Caught in the money trap? Break free by joining the Community Exchange System

With the impending implosion of the usury-based, global money system, now is the time to seek a new way of 'doing' money, one not based on debt and controlled by a global monetary elite who are destroying our planet.

Conventional money is created as debt by private financial institutions for their own profit-making purposes, not as a social service. This is the root cause of the economic, social and environmental problems that beset us. The amount of debt determines the quantity of money, which has nothing to do with the amount of money we need to live decent lives.

CES 'money' is created by its users so it can never be in short supply. So long as you can offer something of value you can have from the community goods and services of like value.

Join the growing community who have discovered a new way of 'doing' money, a healthy money that will create a healthy society.

 Community Exchange Network on Ning

Join the Community Exchange Network social network on Ning. Join a group, engage in discussion, leave your comments and find out from CES traders around the world what it is like to trade without using your national currency.

 Community Exchange Network Statistics

The Community Exchange Network is the first and only global network of complementary currency exchanges. The breakdown of exchanges by country is as follows:

  • Argentina (1)
  • Australia (27)
  • Canada (3)
  • China (1)
  • India (3)
  • International (2)
  • Italy (1)
  • New Zealand (19)
  • Norway (1)
  • South Africa (22)
  • Spain (2)
  • Sweden (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • United States of America (14)
  • Vanuatu (4)

Number of countries: 15
Number of exchanges: 102

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 Register Now!

Join the Community Exchange System

• Register as a new trader with an existing exchange in your country

• Register your existing complementary currency exchange (e.g. LETS group) and become part of the global Community Exchange Network
• Register to establish a new community exchange group in your area
Fill in the Registration Form now! Only your commitment is required.

 See how the site works
View the Demonstration Site.
This is the real thing but with fictitious characters. The only thing missing here is the inter-group trading features

 Community Exchange News
Read the Newsletters of different CES exchanges around the world