[GPSCC-chat] A 0 $ way to buy and sell services here now!

[Drew]

So many of us are un or underemployed, I think this should come as really great news: Please check out http://sfbace.org . Its a way for us to get work for ourselves and pay for many services that is imminently green - a Time Bank! 3 items from their FAQ below.


This morning I decided I had a job I needed help with - it could have been just about anything, but in 
this case its something many of us could use help with - decluttering my storage space.  Within 3 hours I have a bid from a very qualified provider!!!  And for only the cost of covering gas and supplies!!!  This is a service that can be quite expensive in $ dollars.  I've paid $50/hour and I know others who've paid more. And BTW its fine (within reason) with BACE that I haven't participated in offering services yet and so am starting off with a "debt".


Not only is this utterly practical, its quite revolutionary in overturning the old order.  Carol Brouillet  has been advocating for this type of thing for years!  Here it is in an established and functional form!

Green is NOW!

Drew

What is a Timebank?
A timebank is like a local community bank that keeps track of time instead
of US dollars. For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your
community, you earn one hour to use to have someone do something for you. It
is an alternative way to give and receive resources.
How does an exchange work?
Let's say you need someone to help out in the garden for two hours. You can
post a request to the timebank or search the timebank directory and contact
another member to set up an exchange. A timebank member then comes by and
helps out in the garden. Once the service is completed, you transfer hours
on the timebank from your account to the service provider. You've spent two
time dollars and another member has earned two time dollars that s/he can
spend elsewhere in the timebank.
You can also post service offers to earn more hours and help out your
community. Posting specific offers and requests help generate more exchanges
and invigorates the timebank.
What's in it for me?
For every hour of help you give, you also receive an hour of help. You may
get credit for things you may not normally be rewarded for but do anyways or
things that you love to do but don't often make time for. You can save your
scarce cash for things like rent, food, and medicine and use time dollars
for the rest.
You are also making a difference in someone's life, whether it's giving a
ride to a person who doesn't have a car, tutoring a student, translating,
sewing, or helping with computer problems, things that they might not be
able to afford but need. You are contributing to a more caring culture and
healthy community to live in that can help take better care of you in the
long run.
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