Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is an informal chat with Phil Christopher of Huff & Puff Construction - huffpuff.me/.

He’s a natural builder who has registered his business with the Open Credit Network - https://opencredit.network/.

He sees mutual credit (lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/mutual-credit/) as a way to build an alternative economy – sustainable, based on small- and medium-sized businesses, and embedded in communities.

We talk about ways we might build little ecosystems of businesses, doing at least some of their trade with each other in mutual credit; and then linking those networks together to create a national system – the Open Credit Network.


We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to grow the new economy.

Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy

Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Open Credit Network: https://opencredit.network/
NonCorporate.org: noncorporate.org
Open Food Network: openfoodnetwork.org.uk

Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/natural-building-mutual-credit-huff-puff-construction

Thanks also to the Open Co-op: https://open.coop/