As the recession and Occupy movement encourage people to re-imagine work and how they get their needs met in the new economy, Timebanks are catching fire. They are a clever tool to circumvent the scarcity and misdirection of conventional money. Timebanks are at heart a simple concept – you work for an hour, earn an hour credit, and spend an hour with anyone in your Timebank community.This piece provides a good survey of many systems designed to replace currency and wage-based work while facilitating work that needs to get done in local communities.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Just in Time
Click here to access article by Mira Luna from Shareable.