Retaining Capital in Your Community
Nov. 10th, 2021 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThis article offers ideas on how to boost your local economy by keeping capital in the community.
For any category, compare options. If you have local options, use them as much as you can. Local businesses keep most of their money in the community. Far-flung chainstores don't give a fuck about your community; they only see it as a place to mine for money.
For things that have to be shipped long distance, ask if you really need it. Sure global entertainment is fun, but it's a want not a need. You can entertain yourself locally. Everyone used to sing, dance, play music and sports themselves instead of watching others do it. Don't be a spectator in your own life. And don't saw off the branch you're standing on.
Shop for resilience. The more of your food you can buy from local farmers, the less vulnerable you are to problems happening elsewhere. Search for farmer's markets, U-pick farms, orchards (this one is global), community-supported agriculture, and food coops near you. Bear in mind that late fall and winter is the signup season for most CSAs, because farmers order seeds and other supplies well before spring planting.
For any category, compare options. If you have local options, use them as much as you can. Local businesses keep most of their money in the community. Far-flung chainstores don't give a fuck about your community; they only see it as a place to mine for money.
For things that have to be shipped long distance, ask if you really need it. Sure global entertainment is fun, but it's a want not a need. You can entertain yourself locally. Everyone used to sing, dance, play music and sports themselves instead of watching others do it. Don't be a spectator in your own life. And don't saw off the branch you're standing on.
Shop for resilience. The more of your food you can buy from local farmers, the less vulnerable you are to problems happening elsewhere. Search for farmer's markets, U-pick farms, orchards (this one is global), community-supported agriculture, and food coops near you. Bear in mind that late fall and winter is the signup season for most CSAs, because farmers order seeds and other supplies well before spring planting.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2021-11-10 06:09 pm (UTC)By better I mean have something where you dont have to take a day off work for a 15min delivery window... that inevitably happens when you have to go to get your kids at the bus stop or whatever.
Alternately if you know a neighbor with a hand truck and a trailer/pickup truck, you could maybe do some barter or (if budget allows) hire them to collect your stuff.
We have a trailer, which occasionally gets used for this. And come to think of it the wheelchair van might be a good cargo van when not being used as a wheelchair van...ditto for the camper...
Re: Well ...
Date: 2021-11-10 07:25 pm (UTC)https://mashable.com/video/youtuber-cat-elevator