I think I first met Erica Mooney about four years ago. If I recall correctly, she’d written to me through the blog and asked if I’d meet up with her to talk about Ypsilanti. My sense was that she was talking with a lot of folks around town, trying to figure out how best she […]
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Local permaculture group to create communal tool shed on the grounds of Dawn Farm with A2Awesome grant
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation today announced the award of two $1,000 grants, one of which was given to Ypsilanti’s Jesse Tack for the establishment of a communal permaculture tool shed on the grounds of Dawn Farm, a local treatment facility for addiction. Here, with more on the project, is a quick interview with Jesse, […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Food, Health, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AMPY, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, Apple, Apricot, berry rakes, Black Locust, Cherry, Chestnut, compost tea sprayers, Elderberry, farming, Goji Berry, hand saws, Hazelnut, Jesse Tack, Lilac, livestock, Mulberry, organic farming, Pawpaw, Pecan, permaculture, Persimmon, Plum, pruners, Red Osier Dogwood, restoration agriculture, scythes, Sea Buckthorn, shrubs, Siberian Pea Shrub, trees, Walnut, Willow 7 Comments
Time Banking comes to Ypsilanti with the hOur Exchange
You might already know this, but I just discovered that Ypsilanti now has a functioning time bank. (For those of you not familiar with the concept, that’s a system of reciprocal service exchange in which units of time serve as currency.) It’s called hOur Exchange Ypsilanti (hEY), and there’s a 1:30 orientation session Thursday, January […]
Posted in Ideas, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AMPY, community, community coming together, Fixing the Future, generative economy, Heather Wysor, hEY, honey, hOur Exchange Ypsilanti, hOurworld, Jeff Yoder, Jen Whaley, Julianne Bonta, Lisa Bashert, local currency, local economy, Maine, Monica King, PBS, resilience, resiliency, resources in the community, salves, service jobs, services, sourdough, Sustainability, time bank, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, vinegar 15 Comments