Social Currencies in Prosumer Communities and Networks: Strengthening Local Economies

How can social currencies strengthen community bonds, support local resilience, and help communities meet shared needs while caring for the environment?

In this webinar, Roberto, Quetzalli, Alan, and Claudia explore the role of social currencies within prosumer communities and networks—systems where people are not only consumers but also active contributors, creators, and participants in local economies.

Social currencies offer alternative ways of exchanging value beyond traditional financial systems. By recognizing diverse forms of contribution, they can help communities build trust, encourage cooperation, circulate resources locally, and strengthen relationships between people and place.

This session explores how social currencies can support more regenerative approaches to economics by creating networks based on reciprocity, mutual support, and collective wellbeing. Participants will learn about the potential of these tools to help communities fulfill needs, increase participation, and develop stronger connections while responding to social and ecological challenges.

In this webinar, you will explore:

• How social currencies work within community networks
• The role of prosumer communities in creating local resilience
• Alternative approaches to exchange and value creation
• How communities can strengthen relationships through shared resources
• Connections between local economies, cooperation, and environmental care

This recording is ideal for Transition practitioners, community organizers, cooperative members, social innovators, and anyone interested in social currencies, regenerative economies, prosumer networks, community resilience, and new models of collective prosperity.