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 […]
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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 currency, local economy, Maine, PBS, resilience, resiliency, resources in the community, salves, service jobs, services, sourdough, Sustainability, time bank, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, vinegar 15 Comments
Toby Hemenway to speak in Ann Arbor on permaculture
I received word through several sources that Portland State University adjunct professor Toby Hemenway, the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, will be speaking next weekend in Ann Arbor. He will be speaking at the Ann Arbor Public Library on Friday, May 21, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, and he will […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Food, Sustainability Also tagged Agriculture, biodiversity, carbon sequestering, Designing and Installing a Food Forest, events, food forests, forest gardens, fruit trees, Gaia's Garden, How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth but not Civilization, Jared Diamond, Kris Kaul, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, natural soil building, nut trees, permaculture, Permaculture Solutions for City and Suburb, Portland State University, SE Michigan Permaculture Guild, Sustainability, sustainable communities, Toby Hemenway, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, urban ecovillages, vegetables, woodland garden 14 Comments