International Journal of Community Currency Research This link will keep you reading for days
Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS)
A specfic set of links listed by Tony Budak
History and background – alternative currencies:
http://www.transaction.net/press/interviews/lietaer0497.html
http://www.schumachersociety.org/index.html
http://www.accessfoundation.org/papers.htmlhttp://www.complementarycurrency.org/
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/local.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currencies
Finding FOCUS – Short of time, then research these selected time trading projects
Strohalm Foundation – Holland: http://www.socialtrade.org/
Strohalm’s software from the program designers: http://project.cyclos.org/
UK Local Exchange Trading and Complementary Currencies Development Agency – London: http://www.letslinkuk.net/
Fourth Corner Exchange – (for profit) Pacific Northwest: http://www.fourthcornerexchange.com/index.php
Timebanking Wales: http://www.timebankingwales.org.uk/index.php
The new economics foundation: http://www.neweconomics.org/
Value for People: http://www.valueforpeople.co.uk/front_page
If you have no time to research, just click the links below
TimeBanks Washington D.C. http://www.timebanks.org/
An Example of a Network of TimeBanks Dane County TimeBank
A ‘How To’ Roadmap: The Time Dollar Manual