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Jan 14, 2006

"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow." --Thorton Hornton Wilder

Banking Change

When Dutch artist Van den Baar needed a loan for a new space to live and work, he faced a lot of furrowed brows among the bankers who considered his loan too risky. Van den Baar finally found his mortgage in a bank that didn’t see artists so much as financial risks but important players in the effort to create a sustainable society. For the past 25 years, Triodos Bank, a $1.2 billion institution, has put finance in a revolutionary new light, using money as an instrument for social change.

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