23/01/2019 | Featured, News, Opinion
Brisbane Exchange Community? Brisbane Local Community Exchange? When you’re at a barbecue and you tell your friends you belong to BrisLETS, what do they say? “Bris WHAT?” It’s been observed that our name “BrisLETS” is not easily understood by the lay...
25/10/2018 | Featured, News
Yesterday I popped in to The Edge to see the Brisbane Tool Library’s new home. Sabrina Chakori, Founder and organiser at reception. The Edge is part of the State Library of Queensland and on the ground floor was under-utilised storage space, which...
01/10/2018 | Featured, News
Everyone is sharing — from food to bikes to tools. You can even share your pets! It saves you money; it cuts down on clutter; it creates community. So, what is real sharing? It’s not driven by profit. It’s about sharing resources, skills, knowledge and decision-making...
15/09/2018 | Featured, News, Opinion
For some time now NENA has been developing and now is forming a non-distributing (whatever that is) Cooperative (Limited), registered in Victoria. What, if any, synchronicity is there between NENA and LETS/CES? Their draft Constitution Rule 1.3 Purpose and Mission...
01/04/2018 | Featured, Uncategorized
Want to make a real difference to your weekly budget? One BrisLETS member shows how. Dumpster diving is rescuing household food items from stock that the staff of a shop, supermarket, etc., has thrown into a skip outside the shops, usually at closing time. What is...
