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We printed our own money because we watched Federal dollars come to town, shake a few hands, then leave to buy rainforest lumber and fight wars.

— Paul Glover

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“All national currencies are deep in debt-- indebted to nature-- because human economies extract from nature faster than we replenish.”

While Greens are horrified at corporate and consumer trashing of planet and society, our message is primarily confident and affirmative.

Located in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood, the Patch Adams free clinic will provide community-based health care that is genuinely non-profit, preventive, humane and fun.

“Los Angeles is an army camped far from its sources of supply, using distant resources faster than nature renews them.”

“Dollars control people. Community currencies connect people.”

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