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 […]
Tag Archives: local currency
Time Banking comes to Ypsilanti with the hOur Exchange
Posted in Ideas, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Abundant Michigan Permaculture Ypsilanti, 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 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
On anti-Chinese racism, Emperor Norton, my political ambitions, and lots of other stuff in between
A few days ago, an irate reader of this site left a comment, vowing that, if I should ever decide to run for Mayor of Ypsilanti, he would make it his mission to stop me. He was apparently compelled to make this solemn oath, you see, because, in coming out against anti-Chinese racism a few […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged accusations of racism, anti-Asian, Bummer and Lazarus, Chinese, dog names, dogs, Doug Skinner, eccentric individuals, Emperor Norton, Emperor of these United States, Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Joshua Abraham Norton, Keep Ann Arbor Funky, Lord's Prayer, Mark's political ambitions, Mayor of Ypsilanti, mental illness, Pete Hoekstra, Protector of Mexico, race baiting, rice, San Francisco, San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, Shakey Jake, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, Transbay Tube, xenophobia 14 Comments
Might a local currency be in our future?
I just heard from Ingrid Ault, the Executive Director of Think Local First, that her organization has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority to study the feasibility of a local currency here in the Ypsi-Arbor area. And, as it’s something we’ve discussed passionately here in the past, I thought […]