http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/280/0 fr http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/reviving-homegrown-dollars/18345 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> How BC’s Salt Spring Dollars inspire community currencies the world over </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/-2_1.jpg" alt="" title="Bryan Dubien (far right) and staff pose at The Gathering, the first establishment to pay partial staff wages in Salt Spring Dollars. Photo: Alina Konevski" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/-3.jpg" alt="" title="Salt Spring Dollars come in denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollars. Photo: Alina Konevski" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>SALT SPRING ISLAND&mdash;Board games form centerpieces on round wooden tables at The Gathering, a restaurant on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Opened in May 2013, the games-and-food restaurant is the first of its kind on the island. The establishment is also the first to pay 10 per cent of staff salaries in Salt Spring Dollars (SSD).</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/reviving-homegrown-dollars/18345" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/reviving-homegrown-dollars/18345#comments Alina Konevski Solidarité alternative currency BC Capitalism economics local economy Salt Spring Dollars Salt Spring Island Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:00:40 +0000 Tim McSorley 18345 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca