by CES Admin | 12 May 2025 | Articles
English version of this post Resumen Un equipo de voluntarios está revisando activamente el sistema CES. El núcleo será una aplicación móvil de última generación, y el sitio web de CES también cambiará para incorporar la funcionalidad de esta aplicación. Se trata de...
by CES Admin | 10 May 2025 | News
Versión en español de este post Overview A team of volunteers is actively overhauling the CES system. The core of it will be a state-of-the-art mobile app, and the CES website will also change to embody the functionality of this app. This is a huge undertaking that...
by CES Admin | 8 May 2025 | CES Redevelopment
Versión en español de este post Overview A team of volunteers is actively overhauling the CES system. The core of it will be a state-of-the-art mobile app, and the CES website will also change to embody the functionality of this app. This is a huge undertaking that...
by CES Admin | 2 May 2025 | Articles
The regular economy in which our lives are immersed is a “getting” economy. From the “consumer’s” point of view, the economy is where we “get” our means of life. We “get” our supplies from the supermarket, and we...
by CES Admin | 31 Jan 2025 | CES Redevelopment, News
Install the CES mobile app on your phone Install the CES mobile app on your phone so that it is no longer just a website on your browser. First, go in the usual way to the CES mobile site on your phone using your browser (https://mobi.community-exchange.org). You...
by Tim Jenkin | 15 Oct 2024 | Articles
This is one of those classic chicken and egg questions. There can be no exchange without production but production can only happen if there are preceding exchanges. At first glance it seems that production must be the starting point because if you want to exchange you...
by CES Admin | 16 Nov 2023 | Articles
Many join the Community Exchange System (CES) because they find it a cute idea: people exchanging things without using money. Often the CES is seen as a “barter system” because no money is involved in “getting stuff” and we “pay”...
by CES Admin | 4 Aug 2020 | Articles
In the midst of the Coronacrisis we hear many calls for a “new economy”. These come from both sides: from the upholders of the current economy, and from those who have always longed for a more relaxed, less destructive and exploitative one. Is it possible to create a...
by CES Admin | 26 Jul 2020 | Articles
Many who join the Community Exchange System see little difference between Talents* and money. After all, both are used in a similar way to “get stuff”. Some believe that both are representations of “energy” and ultimately “do the same...
by CES Admin | 20 Jun 2020 | Articles
In last week’s post we discussed the notion of self-reliance. This week we continue along the same vein, but look at what it is that keeps us dependent and reliant on the unreliable reality that was once called “normal”. Our dependency comes through...
