Green America Exchange Articles
Alternative Currency Spotlight: Berkshire BucksJay Comments (0) Mon Aug 01, 2011 Hits:870 The Daily Trade  Green America is not the only organization seeking new solutions to our economic situation. The alternative currency Berkshire Bucks has been making waves for years! Read more »Hotels! Turn Unused Rooms into ProfitGAEx Staff Comments (0) Wed Jun 22, 2011 Hits:234 The Daily Trade  Good news for the hospitality industry- GAEx can leverage empty rooms without disrupting current rates! Read more »Restaurateurs! GAEx Will Save Money and Increase ProfitsGAEx Staff Comments (0) Mon May 30, 2011 Hits:216 The Daily Trade  If you are a restaurant owner GAEx can help you fill tables, save cash, and reach a new clientele. Now you can trade a meal that costs you 30 cents on the dollar for products or services that you otherwise might not be able to afford. Read more »Get Promotional Materials That Are as Green as You Are!GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue May 24, 2011 Hits:272 The Daily Trade  Has a tight budget forced your business to cut back on promotional materials? With GAEx you can barter for the advertising products you need, save your cash, and support fellow green businesses. Read more »The Coffee ChoiceGAEx Staff Comments (0) Fri Apr 15, 2011 Hits:221 The Daily Trade  Can you guess what America's second biggest import is after oil? The answer is coffee, and the US currently consumes more than a third of the world's supply. That's a lot of Joe, and with consumption only growing American coffee drinkers are faced with a very real choice.... Read more »3 Reasons to Switch to a Green Printer TodayGAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Apr 26, 2011 Hits:251 The Daily Trade  Does your office use a green printing company? If not, switching your printing business to a green company can make a huge difference for your bottom line and the earth! Green printing companies have three distinct advantages over traditional printing firms: Read more »Be Part of the Solution: Choose a Green Web HostGAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Apr 19, 2011 Hits:241 The Daily Trade  Did you know that a single web server can produce more CO2 in a year than a car? That means that globally web servers spewed as much carbon in 2005 as fourteen 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plants! That's a big problem. Luckily, a new generation of web hosts are leading the way to an environmentally responsible future. Read more »GAEx Makes "Cents" for ContractorsGAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Apr 12, 2011 Hits:223 The Daily Trade  Does your construction business experience a seasonal slowdown? By participating in the Green America Exchange you can turn this idle time into revenue-producing work. GAEx can help keep sales high and personnel busy, while also allowing you to offset cash expenses like computers, vehicle maintenance, payroll services, and branded products. How Green Printers Benefit from Trading Through GAExGAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Apr 05, 2011 Hits:185 The Daily Trade  Every minute a printing press is not printing is wasted revenue potential. The Green America Exchange can help you turn that downtime into the goods and services you need most. The advantages of using GAEx to leverage idle printing time include... Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [4 of 4]GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Mar 29, 2011 Hits:249 The Daily Trade ![Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [4 of 4]](http://www.greenbusinessnetwork.org/modules/mod_news_pro_gk4/cache/k2.items.cache.4147ca3af8bf81f64b5d738c371bfecb_Lnsp_312.jpg) What will it take to make mutual credit clearing networks go viral the way social networks have? That is the key question, the answer to which has heretofore remained elusive. While the WIR has been an obvious success, it seems to have been intentionally constrained and prevented from spreading beyond Swiss borders. Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [3 of 4]GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Mar 22, 2011 Hits:335 The Daily Trade ![Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [3 of 4]](http://www.greenbusinessnetwork.org/modules/mod_news_pro_gk4/cache/k2.items.cache.3b3e749011568df066956f2034087c10_Lnsp_312.jpg) Perhaps the best example of a credit clearing exchange that has been successful over a long period of time is the WIR Economic Circle Cooperative. Founded in Switzerland as a self-help organization in the midst of the Great Depression (1934), WIR provided a means for its members to continue to buy and sell to one another despite a shortage of Swiss francs in circulation. Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [2 of 4]GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Mar 15, 2011 Hits:336 The Daily Trade ![Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [2 of 4]](http://www.greenbusinessnetwork.org/modules/mod_news_pro_gk4/cache/k2.items.cache.63ae8dd535459e6ddaa9950601158f8d_Lnsp_312.jpg) Any group of traders can organize to allocate their collective credit amongst themselves, interest-free. This is merely an extension of the common business practice of selling on open account—“I’ll ship the goods now, you can pay me later”—except it is organized, not on a bilateral basis, but within a community of many buyers and sellers. Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [1 of 4]GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Mar 08, 2011 Hits:1258 The Daily Trade ![Stop Chasing the Buck and Change Your Luck [1 of 4]](http://www.greenbusinessnetwork.org/modules/mod_news_pro_gk4/cache/k2.items.cache.cef8e7ed10ffa07bd8535ec35e230013_Lnsp_312.jpg) Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are having a hard time financially—sales are down, costs are up, and bank credit is unavailable, all of which is symptomatic of the stagflation that besets the American economy. Our present predicament is no accident of nature... Goods going bad? Salvage your investment by trading through GAEx.Keaty Comments (0) Tue Mar 01, 2011 Hits:336 The Daily Trade  All grocery stores have perishable inventory – and rarely do they sell 100% of their stock. Savvy business owners can select the products they typically end up with too much of to sell for Barter Bucks, then use this currency to purchase needed services. Attn. Media Companies: We'd like to save you money.GAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Feb 22, 2011 Hits:304 The Daily Trade  Advertising is a highly perishable commodity. Every unsold spot cuts directly into the bottom line. The Green America Exchange can help media companies realize the full value of unsold advertising space, while attracting new customers and offsetting existing cash costs. Here's how: Barter in Action: design classes for tshirtsKeaty Comments (0) Tue Feb 15, 2011 Hits:480 The Daily Trade  The VBSR Marketplace is a local Vermont barter exchange that uses the same online trading platform as GAEx. They've agreed to share a few of their members' experiences with GAEx readers. Kate Stephenson, Executive Director of Yestermorrow Design/Build School, had this story to tell about multi-party bartering: Read more »How is the Green America Exchange different from other barter networks?Keaty Comments (0) Tue Feb 08, 2011 Hits:406 The Daily Trade  There are many differences between the Green America Exchange and other barter networks, but the most obvious is that this is a closed system for Green Business Network™ members only. This means that all of the participating businesses have the same dedication as you to using business as a tool to improve our world. Read more »How Will Barter Help You Take Advantage of Recent Tax Cuts?Keaty Comments (0) Tue Feb 01, 2011 Hits:654 The Daily Trade  The Bush Tax Cuts compromise may have left a sour taste in many of our mouths, but let's give thanks for the concessions in our favor. One diamond in the rough is the decision to allow businesses to write-off 100 percent of capital investments made during 2011. Read more »The Swiss WIR: Glimpse into the Future of GAExGAEx Staff Comments (0) Tue Jan 25, 2011 Hits:409 The Daily Trade  While it is commonly known that Switzerland has a stable banking system, few people know about the major role played by the Swiss WIR—a complementary currency system that today has 62,000 members and a total annual trade of 1.65 billion CHF. Read more »Big Business is Stockpiling Cash - What Does This Mean For You?Keaty Comments (0) Tue Jan 18, 2011 Hits:478 The Daily Trade  It's not exactly new news that US companies are sitting on about $1.8 trillion in cash (25 percent more than pre-2008 levels). But aside from the implications this has for employment numbers and consumer spending, there's a much subtler consequence that few are talking about. Read more »Buying Through GAEx Means Supporting Local BusinessJay Comments (0) Tue Jan 11, 2011 Hits:815 The Daily Trade 
5 Essential Defenses Against the Great RecessionJay Comments (0) Tue Jan 04, 2011 Hits:1004 The Daily Trade How have you adjusted to the realities of the Great Recession? By doing business through the Green America Exchange you'll be set to pursue all five of the following survival strategies. Read more » |
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