Community Building Tip: Time Bank
May. 15th, 2021 12:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithFor my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.
72. Join a time bank. Think of a time bank like a community ATM where you can deposit and withdraw "hours" of skills like cash. If there’s not one near you, the documentary Time as Money highlights several successful programs around the world and provides inspiring resources.
You can do this formally or informally. Many people trade services with each other, and sometimes goods and services. I've traded poetry for a wide range of things, and made or mended clothes for friends -- whatever I can do that they need, whatever they have that I want. It is much cheaper than trying to buy things on the open market.
72. Join a time bank. Think of a time bank like a community ATM where you can deposit and withdraw "hours" of skills like cash. If there’s not one near you, the documentary Time as Money highlights several successful programs around the world and provides inspiring resources.
You can do this formally or informally. Many people trade services with each other, and sometimes goods and services. I've traded poetry for a wide range of things, and made or mended clothes for friends -- whatever I can do that they need, whatever they have that I want. It is much cheaper than trying to buy things on the open market.
