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, resources in the community, service jobs, services, sourdough, Sustainability, time bank, Transition Town, Transition Ypsilanti, vinegar 15 Comments
Local Transition Town visioning session scheduled for February 1
I’ve written quite a bit here over the last few years on the Transition Town movement. For those not familiar with the initiative, it involves the preparation and certification of towns attempting to address the duel challenges of climate change and peak oil proactively. It basically involves analyzing local food production, energy use, etc, and […]
Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Ann Arbor, energy, Food, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged bee keeping, canning and preserving, carpentry, Climate Change, composting, darning, Depletion and Abundance, fixing & re-use, gardening, Lisa Bashert, native landscaping, peak oil, permaculture, re-localization, sewing, Transition Town, Transition Town Handbook, urban chickens 4 Comments