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, Monica King, PBS, resilience, resiliency, salves, service jobs, services, sourdough, Sustainability, time bank, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, vinegar 15 Comments
Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon
While I think I’m a little to old, angry and anti-social to participate personally, I thought that I’d pass along the following information about today’s workshops being offered by the folks at the Ann Arbor Free Skool. For those of you unfamiliar with the whole the free skool movement, here’s how the Ann Arbor group […]
Posted in Ann Arbor Also tagged Ann Arbor Free School, anti-consumerism, Basilosaurus, bike repair, community potlucks, consumerism, DIY, Do-It-Yourself Fest, Dr. Device, free lunch, free school, free skool, Free Speech, Future Genies, Ghoulie, guerrilla gardening, hippies, hippy college town, Luther House, Patrick Elkins, Philip Gingerich, radical sustainability, skill-based workshops, skillshare, social justice, Sustainability, University of Michigan natural history museum, vegan, whales, workshop 11 Comments
Are there local services for former prostitutes?
Last summer, I started a thread here about prostitution in Ypsilanti, and the challenges faced by the women looking to leave the life. If you haven’t read though the thread, and if you have time, I’d recommend it. Among those people contributing were several former prostitutes, and their perspectives were incredibly enlightening. And, every once […]