Slowing Collapse With a Money Commons with Jem Bendell & Matthew Slater

Sunday September 14th
Doors & tea 4.30pm; Event starts 4.45pm

Jem Bendell and Matthew Slater will host an interactive and fun exploration of why and how communities can reclaim their economic sovereignty as part of their efforts towards collapse preparedness. After two short talks, they will facilitate the participatory Trading Floor game, which will be followed by a discussion of the ideas that arise.

The Trading Floor Game offers a dynamic, hands-on experience of how money systems shape behaviour. It sparks deep insight into cooperation, competition, scarcity, and abundance. Players learn by doing, gaining fresh perspectives on economics, value exchange, and community resilience in a playful and thought-provoking way.

Matthew and Jem will aim to show the benefits of any new mechanisms of exchange, including currencies, being held in the Commons. Matthew has decades of experience in software, training and guidance for communities to exchange goods and services without money. Jem has been researching and promoting such systems both before and during his work on societal collapse risk and response. Neither live in the UK so this is a rare opportunity.

We only have space for 30 players so please do book in advance.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 4.30pm for tea. Event starts at 4.45pm. There will be a break for a one-pot vegan supper.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Standard (Non-member), £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter, £8 Under 30. Food complimentary. (To apply for membership, visit our Membership page.)

Before requesting a discounted ticket, please consider sincerely: Are you struggling to meet your basic needs? Would you have to make a genuine sacrifice to buy a full priced ticket? Do you have reduced earnings through a lifestyle choice or rather because you're dedicating your time to unpaid work relating to the climate and nature crises or as a result of structural inequality?

Please note that most of our events take place in our basement space and we do not have a lift so our venue is not fully accessible. Please get in touch if you have accessibility issues via events@kairos.london.

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