Podcasts about time banking

In this episode, Andrew and Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner explore the concept of Time Banking, a system where time is used as currency to exchange services within communities, promoting human interaction and communal support without relying on money. Andrew discusses the mechanics of Time Banking, where participants can offer services like tutoring in exchange for time credits, which can then be used to receive other services. Despite its historical roots dating back to the early 19th century and its presence in 42 countries, Time Banking remains a niche concept with around 40,000 active members globally. Could Time Banking help revive community engagement by making service more rewarding? Starting with local communities like New York City, can we grow it into a viable system that generates trillions of dollars in value by tapping into underutilized human resources in areas such as healthcare, education, and community services? Follow Stephen Dubner: https://x.com/dubnerstephen | https://x.com/freakonomics Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://x.com/andrewyang Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 Get 20% off your first order at https://ashanderie.com/ code yang ---- Subscribe to Forward: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine a world where your time is the currency, and every act of kindness is a deposit into a bank of human connection. Sounds too good to be true? Well, the time bank movement is making that a reality, and it's giving whole new meaning to the phrase "time is money." Buckle up, as we explore how this innovative concept is changing elderly care in China, one hour at a time. On the show: Heyang, Yushun & Yushan

Full Episode 2-19-24 - In this episode, Dave brings along the Final Boss of Time Banking experts, Christine Gray and Jo Rhodes to answer our most annoying Time Banking questions (yes, even THAT one). We learn a lot about various time banking-related projects around the world, including but not limited to community gardens, public living rooms, Netflix sharing parties and much more, and have some fascinating discussions about social change, the pandemic, organizing, community building, activism, mutual aid, and capitalism. Thanks so much to our guests!

Happy New Year.  It feels to me as if this year, the journey is going to be one of continual change and of challenge - that 2024 will be the year when it is impossible for anyone to pretend that the life we knew, the life we grew up believing would go on indefinitely - is going to continue. The old order is dying, but if we're to absolute collapse on a global scale (because clearly it's happening locally all over the world, usually pushed by the governments of people who are statistically most likely to be listening to this podcast) -but if we're going to avert absolute breakdown everywhere, then we need to dismantle the super-organism of the markets. Markets, globalisation, the entire neo-liberal model of free trade that was neither free nor liberal, nor particularly new... these are the common thread that perpetuates the world we know. Yes, we have to change our political systems, our power generation, our food systems..... all of these are core, but it's the markets and our concepts of value and money - the core of capitalism that keep the whole show on the road. One way or another, they are going - either there's a crash and nothing... or we succeed in managing a degrowth curve to a much simpler system that is not just less extractive, it's regenerative - it repairs some of the desperate harm we've done in recent times. So I want this podcast really to begin to look at how we could shape this downward slope - to play with ideas that could take use forward into something different - to begin to build narratives, stories, mythologies, collective heroic journeys of how we as a culture could affect the change that we need. Yes, the super-organism feels as if it has a life of its own, but it is composed of individuals and if we all change our behaviour, our expectations, our understanding of what's good and what isn't - then it will change. I still believe this is possible and I'm definitely working towards this. As is our guest this week. Diana Finch has worked in senior leadership roles in a variety of socially and environmentally focused non-profit organisations since 2001. Through this work, she became convinced that our economic system is the root cause behind the environmental and social challenges the non-profit sector is trying to address. She started to become interested in the field of new economics, and was thrilled to join the Bristol Pound team as Managing Director in 2018. She continued to be a director until the organisation was wound up in 2023. The experience helped her develop an understanding of the problems with our existing economic system, creating a determination to share what she has learned by writing a book called 'Value Beyond Money: an exploration of the Bristol Pound and the building blocks for an alternative economic system' The book is not out until September, but it I was privileged to read it early and was so struck by Diana's capacity to lay out clearly the various different ways we have begun to see money and the alternative systems that people are trying - the Bristol Pound was an astonishing endeavour and the story of how it came about and why it ended are remarkable in and of itself. But it's the ideas that come after - why did it not work and what could we do now - what could help us shift from exactly where we are, to where we need to be - these are the solid gold. We did talk for a long time. If necessary, we'll split this into two bits. I'm not sure if we're going to need to, so... we'll see.   In the meantime, enjoy the ideas of how we could be different - and then if you know of anyone who could fund this, please do let us know. PreOrder Diana's book https://crowdbound.org/product/value-beyond-money/The Bristol Pound legacy homepage https://www.bristolpoundlegacy.info/Holochain https://www.holochain.org/Art Brock Metacurrency https://www.artbrock.com/metacurrency/resourcesBradford Citizen Coin https://bradford.citizencoin.uk/Mark Fisher Ghosts of my Life https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghosts-of-my-life-writings-on-depression-hauntology-and-lost-futures-mark-fisher/517207?ean=9781780992266Mark Fisher Capitalis Realism - Is there No Alternative https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/capitalist-realism-new-edition-is-there-no-alternative-mark-fisher/7313424?ean=9781803414300Confessions of an Economic Hitman Short Animated Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYtb5zatgMgNew Economics Foundation https://neweconomics.org/Positive Money https://positivemoney.org/Reference booksLess is More: How Degrowth can save the world by Jason Hickel https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/less-is-more-how-degrowth-will-save-the-world-jason-hickel/364774Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/doughnut-economics-seven-ways-to-think-like-a-21st-century-economist-kate-raworth/

Today on the show, we are joined by Mike Strode. Mike is a writer, urban cyclist, facilitator, and solidarity economy organizer with the Kola Nut Collaborative. The Kola Nut Collaborative is Chicago's only time-based service and skills exchange that provides an open platform for mutual aid, community organizing, and network weaving. Through practices like the Offers and Needs Market, they develop programming to support Chicago-based organizers in facilitating non-monetary exchange networks. Mike is also a program manager at Open Collective Foundation and serves on the boards of the US Solidarity Economy Network, the New Economy Coalition, and more.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/mike-strode/The spring cohort of the Next Economy MBA is officially open! Save 20% when you register before 1/29 with our early-bird sale ➡️ https://lifteconomy.com/mba

Hard-won lessons form a Millionare who risked and lost it all and learned to move forward again.On this episode Shanta has an Authentic Talk with the cofounder and former CEO of Allegiant Bancorp, now he adds Best Selling Author to his title, Shaun Hayes. Shaun shares parts of his story, A millionaire, CEO in the Banking industry.At 29, banker Shaun Hayes was on his way to his goal of becoming a millionaire. Guided by hustle and ingenuity, he purchased his first bank and was CEO of one of the largest publicly held bank holding companies in Missouri. For years, he was lauded as one of the Midwest's top entrepreneurs and riding high as a business leader and family man. He took the risks and made the sharp decisions others wouldn't—Until those decisions led him to his downfall ... and prison.There are some lessons we can learn from Shaun's story. The book is available on Amazon and all places books are sold and also on Shaun's website. *****************************************************TITLE: The Gray Choice, Lesson On My Journey From Big Time Banking To The Big House*****************************************************ShaunHayes.ComFacebook: The Shaun Hayesin: Shaun HayesInstagram: @TheShaunHayesYoutube: @theshaunhayes*****************************************************AuthenticTalks2.comTwitter: @authentcitalks2Instagram: @Authentictalks2Facebook: @ Authentictalks2Youtube: @AuthentictalkswithShanta

Shaun Hayes | The Gray Choice: Lessons on My Journey from Big-Time Banking to the Big House (and Back)

WURD host and Citizen contributor Charles Ellison talks with Karla Ballard, founder of YING. She describes her app as an attempt to monetize time banking by turning members into a tight-knit community bound by helping one another.          

Full Episode 7-25-22 - In this episode, Monica from the Bay Area Community Exchange gets to the nitty gritty of time banking, and answers our lightning-round rapid-fire questions perfectly. Also: Biden, Nazis, and local politicians. 

Find out how APIs help businesses move to a real-time payments environment, while enabling automation and creating the connectivity that allows data to flow more freely.   Host Meg Garand, Managing Director, CashPro® at Bank of America   Guest  Agnieska Rudnik, Treasurer, HDI Global Insurance Company

On this week's podcast, we try to tie three different sets of federally collected numbers together in regard to child welfare during the earliest phase of the COVID-19 pandemic between March and September 2020, when lockdowns were ubiquitous, schools were mostly closed and vaccines were still in the offing. We also talk about some well-timed research on the nexus between income support for poor parents and child well-being.Later in the podcast we talk what could be the first collateral consequence of last year's Supreme Court decision on faith-based discrimination in child welfare; where things stand with a court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act and auditing L.A.'s child welfare agency. We end with a discussion of Edgar Cahn, a giant in the legal community whose legacy includes two innovative ideas in juvenile justice. Reading RoomChild Maltreatment 2020https://bit.ly/3rdgets2020 Child Maltreatment Data: A Breakdownhttps://bit.ly/3u5vfiIAdoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systemhttps://bit.ly/3udG5n0Trends in U.S. Emergency Department Visits Related to Suspected or Confirmed Child Abuse and Neglecthttps://bit.ly/3rdEuvJCash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Findshttps://nyti.ms/3KVYGtFPublic Investments and Class Gaps in Parents' Developmental Expenditureshttps://bit.ly/3GcwqzAMichigan Settles Lawsuit with St. Vincent Catholic Charities over Same-sex Adoptionshttps://bit.ly/32I7RwyJews Have Been Rejected by Adoption Agencies for Years. This Couple Hopes to Force a Changehttps://bit.ly/3KVqjDdEdgar Cahn, Pioneer of Time Banking, Passes Awayhttps://bit.ly/3KNvAMYA Perfect Combination of Chutzpah and Soulhttps://wapo.st/35AGINfA Novel Approach on Litigating Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justicehttps://bit.ly/3g9BWYZ

Ralph welcomes Donald Cohen, the founder and executive director of “In the Public Interest” and co-author of the book “The Privatization of Everything” to discuss the many different ways corporatism has corrupted so many of our public goods. Also, constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, joins us to give us his take on the constitutional ramifications of U.S. involvement in the conflict between Russian and Ukraine. Plus, we wish a happy hundredth birthday to legendary journalist, Morton Mintz and say a heartfelt goodbye to the innovative law professor, who created programs to provide legal representation to low-income Americans and devised the concept of Time Banking, Edgar Cahn.

"YING is an exciting way for our community members to share their skills with one another. Whether between friends, colleagues, or neighbors; YING helps communities by connecting them to one another". In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday we embrace community capital and a return to connection while talking to CEO & Founder of YING - Karla Ballard

We met with Patrick the host of the Man V Mob podcast to discuss his novel ideas about time banking and co-education spaces. In the first segment of the podcast, we discus some historical events and happenings that lead Patrick to the idea of creating a project that would allow people to exchange their time and knowledge instead of money for services/products. Of course, his ideas are more complex, and this is very brief description hence we recommend tunning in for the full episode! Find Patrick at: https://manvmobpodcast.podbean.com/

Full Episode 9-27-21 - In this episode, Time Banking expert and member of the Bay Area Time Exchange Monica Johnston dives deeper into Time Banking. Then Broken Record snaps and goes into some weird rant about astrology and science and indigenous people. Check out our after-show commentary by becoming a supporter on Patreon! patreon.com/thebrokenrecordradioshow

Full Episode 7-5-21 - In this episode, we discuss the concept of time banking with Dave, although we were supposed to discuss it with someone else. Check out the Patreon post-show conversation by supporting us at patreon.com/thebrokenrecordradioshow

On this episode, Crime Story contributor Amanda Knox, with her co-author Christopher Robinson, explores a revolutionary idea in resetting the incentives that shape prison life. Knox and Robinson explore "Time Banking" which imagines harnessing the already existing forms of social capital that prisoners generate organically as a potential path to rehabilitation and early release.

Alice Bagley shares about timebanking, urban farming and community-building through and through. Unity in Our Community Timebank is an organization in Southwest Detroit focused on sharing services and building community one hour at a time. Alice Beagley is currently organizing learning circles with Michigan Alliance Timebanking and farming at Fields of Plenty.

The ‘Tasmanian Perspectives’ series of PGAP examines the lives, projects and perspectives of Post-Growth game changers who have left the mainland to start a new life in Tasmania. What made them decide to jump the Bass Strait? How is it all working out for them? Should you follow by example and make the move yourself? For the first episode, PGAP had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Tania Brookes from the Reseed Centre in Penguin. Tania Brookes is an indigenous Maori woman living on Palawa country in lutruwita, Tasmania, Australia. Currently Tania is the Administrator for the Community Exchange Network Tasmania (CENTs) and is co Administrator for the national Community Exchange System in Australia covering LETS, Community Currency and Time Banking groups around Australia. Tania is a permaculture practitioner/educator affiliated with the RESEED Centre and Live Well Tasmania in northwest Tasmania. Tania discusses with me her reasons for moving to Tasmania from suburban Melbourne and the wonderful community she is now part of in the northwest. She shares her insightsof how the welcoming Tasmanian spirit in smaller, more intimate towns creates a culture of stronger community and giving. We discuss the joys and challenges of being involved in the broader permaculture community, and where permaculture ethics intersect with indigenous values of connection and care for country. We explore the role of spirituality to reconnect with the earth and each other, and finally, Tania shares her vision for change in regards to town planning and the growth based economy more broadly. I had an absolute blast talking to Tania – her care for people, community and place are really on show throughout our discussion. I would like to thank Tania for inviting me to her home and for letting me rearrange her living room to fit all my ridiculous over the top recording equipment! When I arrived she played for me a beautiful piece of local music, ‘My Mother the Mountain’ from Claire Anne Taylor. I was taken so much by the beauty of the song and Claire’s unique expressive voice. With Claire’s permission, I play this track at the end of the interview, as I believe it perfectly encapsulates the connection to family, community and place that were core values discussed in this interview. This interview was made possible by support from Holistic Activism (https://holisticactivism.net/) and Town Planning Rebellion (https://holisticactivism.net/town-planning-rebellion-tpr/). Also a shout out to SPA (https://population.org.au/) for making PGAP possible. _PGAP wishes to acknowledge and pay respect to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional and original owners, and continuing custodians of this land on which this episode was recorded and acknowledge Elders – past, present and emerging. _ Did you enjoy this episode and would like to explore more? The Reseed Centre (https://www.reseed.net.au/)in Penguin is an incredible community hub. Click here (https://www.reseed.net.au/) to find out more I also had the privilege to visit Live Well Tasmania (https://lwt.org.au/)in Wynyard, also doing incredible things. Tania Brookes is the administrator for Community Exchange Network Tasmania (http://cent.net.au/) (CENT) – find out more about their great work here (http://cent.net.au/). Claire Anne Taylor’s ‘My Mother, The Mountain’ has nearly 21 000 views on YouTube! Help give her OVER 21 000 views by clicking here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7TAFVQDOA). You can also buy her music at her website here (https://www.claireannetaylor.com/store). We name-checked Town Planning Rebellion and Holistic Activism in this episode, who helped make this interview possible. Check them out (https://holisticactivism.net/). Liked this episode of PGAP? You might like…. My interview with Prof. Anne Poelina (https://pgap.fireside.fm/martuwarra), Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner, gives insight into a First Nation perspective on connection and care for country which I felt resonated with many of Tania’s own insights. Artist as Family (https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily) explores a family who moved to rural Victoria to live a life a voluntary simplicity and foster a strong local community gift economy connection. Finally, if you’re here because of the permaculture, you can’t go past my interview with David Holmgren! (https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren) Want to connect more with PGAP? You can contact us here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact) Subscribe to us here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe) I'm pretty sure that a link the episode on Apple Podcast can be found here (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099) Until next time! Special Guest: Tania Brookes.

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These are the people in your neighborhood….. In this episode of the Idea Fountain we talk to Music Marketing Boss in the Game Kristen Fraser of PVTL who is also - my neighbor!! Neighborhoods and neighbors mean more than ever during quarantine. Join us for a deep dive on community, the power of local music marketing, and how to take advantage of resources like Time Banking, “Buy Nothing” groups or foraging fruit in L.A.!

Andrew and Zach discuss the TikTok ban and the Senate's inability to reach a deal on the stimulus. Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins to talk about time banking, data rights, and how the attraction to fame is hardwired into our brains. Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vCGSYKBQtKQ Joseph Gordon-Levitt - https://twitter.com/hitRECordJoe | http://hitrecord.com Andrew Yang - https://twitter.com/AndrewYang | https://movehumanityforward.com Zach Graumann - https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

黃國瑞博士來到節目中,啟發我們思考做志工做好事的動機，並介紹由Edgar Cahn 創建的時間銀行。他告訴我們如何以“賺取和花費”時間幣提供和接受幫助並落實社會公義，如何懷抱“不再有人被遺棄”的胸懷以及運用先服務再享受的模式，實踐“我為人人，人人為我”的理想，為什麼發展個人的社會價值是重要的，志工服務和時間銀行的差異，並鼓勵人人成為幫助者也接受幫助。時間銀行不但適用於各個年齡層，也有助弱勢族群發展個人社會價值並成為幫助者。Dr. David Huang inspires us to rethink the motivation for volunteering and doing good deeds and introduces us to the time banking model created by Edgar Cahn. He talks about people can "earn" and "spend" time credits to give and receive help in the pursuit of a more equitable society. He discusses how to embrace the "no more throw-away people" mindset and how by paying it forward, the ideal of "I help others and others help me" can be actualized. He talks about why developing individual social value is crucial, the differences between a volunteering model and the time banking model, and encourages people to both receive help and be helpers themselves. Time banking is applicable to all age groups and can help the underprivileged develop individual social value to become helpers as well.

On Episode 8, we get Right To The Source of Julie Pilat’s extraordinary journey from a chance encounter in middle school that eventually led her to run one of the biggest radio stations in the world and to become a pillar of the music community that she so passionately continues to empower and support through all of her creative and philanthropic endeavors. Join us as we redefine what success means in creativity, discuss the importance of building a creative community, how to use optimism as a superpower, how to work around roadblocks to find creative solutions, what “Time Banking” is and of course A Rose & A Thorn, The Daily, and all-new Golden Nuggets. So let it go, and let’s go…RIGHT TO THE SOURCE! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/righttothesource/message

Our ambitious undertaking covering every single policy in Andrew Yang’s epic platform continues. This time, we discuss three finance related policies: Algorithmic Trading, Modern Time Banking, and Timing of Payments for Small Businesses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/movingforward/message

In this episode of Mannacast, Brandon sits down with Anitha Beberg of Seva Exchange. Through Seva, Anitha is making time banking scaleable on a global stage. We explore the concept of time banking and how it relates to universal basic income.

Seva Exchange is reinventing volunteerism. As a B corporation, their mission is to connect, motivate and retain valuable volunteers for community-minded organizations. SEVA is an official spin-off of Timebanks.org, the organization that pioneered giving volunteers time credits redeemable for reciprocal volunteer help. If you know of Dr. Edgar Cahn's work, you'll dig this conversation. Anitha is kind and driven; just the person to lead the time banking charge

Seva Exchange is reinventing volunteerism. As a B corporation, their mission is to connect, motivate and retain valuable volunteers for community-minded organizations. SEVA is an official spin-off of Timebanks.org, the organization that pioneered giving volunteers time credits redeemable for reciprocal volunteer help. If you know of Dr. Edgar Cahn's work, you'll dig this conversation. Anitha is kind and driven; just the person to lead the time banking charge

Our guest this week is Anitha Beberg, the founder of Seva Exchange. Seva Exchange is reinventing volunteerism. Their mission is to connect, motivate and retain valuable volunteers for community-minded organizations. We are an official spin off of Timebanks.org, the organization that pioneered giving volunteers time credits redeemable for reciprocal volunteer help. Resources mentioned in this episode: Seva Exchange website. Paul's Easeful Marketing Plan The Awarepreneurs Community

Michael Collins discusses the UN Migration Pact.Paula and Peter Hynes discuss online shaming of farmers. Sarah Bank tells us about the Time Banking initiative and we have our weekly gardening advice from Peter Dowdall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amy Fairall, a postgrad student working with Prof. Kurt Iveson, came in to chat with Eddy about how banking and financial services impact sustainability. She ran us through some of the alternatives to the big four banks, including time banking. Check it out here -> www.timebanking.com.au

“We have what we need, if we use what we have.” - Dr. Edgar Cahn.I first read about Time Banking, an alternate currency based on reciprocity, ten years ago in Time Magazine. I joined the Echo Park Time Bank and not only met my neighbors but had doors opened and tried many new things from acupuncture to drum lessons, vegan cooking and even square dancing. In return I helped with social media, philanthropy, and music biz advice in the Time Bank. Inspired - I once attended a conference to hear Dr. Edgar Cahn speak and recently got the magical opportunity to do a fireside chat with him in my living room. Ying is taking the Time Banking concept to a new level and I got to dig deeper with one of my modern day heroes.

When the Christchurch Earthquakes struck 6 years ago - Project Lyttelton was already in operation and they were in many ways pivotal in assisting in and around Lyttelton during and after this disaster. Project Lyttelton in the South Island could be deemed one of the more unique communities in NZ - as enterprising people are doing effectual things as they build warm community relationships that support each other in their daily life. Situated on the other side of the Port Hills only a few kilometres from Christchurch  http://www.lyttelton.net.nz - Why does a community come together? Because these people enjoy warm hearted company that belongs to a creative and caring organisation. One that has the component of Time Banking being integral and is within the umbrella of Project Lyttelton - it is in many ways the glue that along with mindfulness and love - hold this little community together. When the Christchurch Earthquakes struck 6 years ago - Project Lyttelton was already in operation and they were in many ways pivotal in assisting in many areas of this disaster. That as a community it is very open to ideas - if someone comes to them with a concept they will first - run it past their ‘vision’ - and if it fits and if there is a champion of this vision - they will take it on and support that idea. The important component, is having a champion to run it - as often ideas do come up, but if they have no champion it fails because no one is ‘eating  breathing and being it.’ When they take on an activity or enterprise, Project Lyttelton also puts an advisory group around it, as it can be quite lonely, and this advisory group can then offer ‘group wisdom’ to support and assist it in steering this idea or concept into fruition. Mind Maps & Time Banks Are Important So they draw up a Mind Map to get a spatial plan of what ideas come up - many of them innovative and what Margaret has found that time and again, that a Time Bank is integral in nearly every mind map that they draw up - because a Time Back has the names of people who have the skills and the know-how and connections to make projects happen. Time Banks, Margaret says, are the blood supply or the nervous system of the whole area - that as a singular person championing their own project where you have to be your own lawyer, accountant, marketeer, artist, salesperson, go-for - when you are part of a team - you draw from the collective skills of your Time Bank. This is the gift and magic of organising a time bank in your localised area. You are resource rich! In NZ Time Banking is based around people’s secondary skills - that are not their main form of income - as they are taxed if they are following their primary financial means of earning a living.  For example - if you are a builder who can do hedge cutting by swapping an hour with a florist who is prepared to paint your garage - one hour of each doing what they are ‘2nd best at’ - is how time banks are structured here in NZ. In the USA and the UK - time banks are exempt from tax - so NZ is very behind with the times on this issue. Where in future there may be an opportunity in NZ when more Time Banks become ubiquitous across the country - there may then be legislation passed that allows an accountant to swap an hour of their accountancy time to have one hour of lawn mowing done, by a full time lawn mower - in return. A Large Membership for Their Area. The localised Lyttelton Township has a population of 2,500 and around the broader basin it’s naturally a lot larger - yet their Time Bank has around 780 members - which offers up a very broad area of skills that can be drawn on. They also have Savings Pools where people save collectively and yet lending to each other interest free - and the trust that is around this unique way of pooling money is very abiding. Huge Amounts of Trust. Margaret says that one of our biggest blocks is around how we think and that we need to have a totally new look at how we bank, because we have in some ways a large collective block on how we see banks these days - from the large ubiquitous commercial banks and our unknowing-ness around Savings Pools, Cooperative Banks - Trust Banks  Time Banks and Green dollars. Strong Values Base Project Lyttelton is strongly values based - which they don’t actually name - but have a postcard with pictures of these values on - which ‘hint’ as to what these values might be. Margaret talks a lot about love and also generosity and kindness and the practice of generosity does amazing things and to offer things to people - not expecting anything in return - allow marvellous things to happen. Rebecca Solnit’s book: A Paradise Built in Hell - Extraordinary Communities that Arise from Disaster - http://www.onthecommons.org/paradise-built-hell#sthash.R8lu4JYo.dpbs Where in disasters people do come together - Whereas Hollywood may show mayhem and everyone running amuck but in reality - people all pull together - they sense a deeper connection - Margaret says that when a disaster happens, everyone ‘drops their stuff’ and only think about helping their neighbour - that before the authorities finally show up - that little window before - is like paradise (group mind connects) - because everyone is working together - and now today, with that disaster behind them - many people go back to how they were prior to the Earthquake and forget what once was - and Margaret understands that - because our world is run on a financial model - that earning money and getting money to buy things is the central thing - and this brings about disconnection again. Listen to Margaret talk about how the Time Bank came to be of huge assistance in the Earthquake that also affected Lyttelton - big time. Associate Professor Lucy Ozanne  has written a document on Time Banking - http://timebanks.nz/resources - That during the time of a disaster, was actually documenting the Lyttelton Time Bank before that disaster struck and was able to follow through giving major insights to its efficacy - as there is very little research on a group being monitored prior to and during a disaster. This document has gone world wide showing that a Time Bank can be pivotal when disaster strikes. Challenges The NZ Authorities acknowledged and appreciated what Project Lyttelton accomplished during and after the Earthquake with no financial support. However Margaret says that Time Banks need to be acknowledged in such a way as to pay the administrators, because they cannot live on just credits alone etc - as there is rent to pay and all the other costs in living are many. She says this needs to be changed (because at another level they can act as an auxiliary Civil Defence) and it’s too hard for Time Banks to just exist without greater support from the established order. As Time Banks can run far more efficiently if there is someone working in a paid role. This way the community would become far more cohesive, mindful and caring. Funding for local initiatives like Project Lyttelton is becoming more difficult to obtain too - for reasons unknown - community initiatives of closer knit neighbourhoods is very difficult to enable Government officials to comprehend - so she and the Project Lyttelton team are looking at social enterprises to enable them to support themselves. Social Enterprises Their farmers market falls into this category - on good Saturdays they have 50 plus stalls at their market - which all pay a fee that pays the Farmers Market manager as well as supporting the community garden. That Garage Sales* are another social enterprise - and this is continuing from strength to strength. (Listen to this interview) People will give stuff and earn ’time credits’. Plus Project Lyttelton have rented an earthquake deserted (but safe) building where people also bring all their items* that they want to sell. Community Group Involvement If you are a community group you can come and run that Garage Sale with that group officiating and at the end of the day they can receive the ‘profits of the take' etc and that is the way community groups can piggyback on outreach of Project Lyttelton's goodwill.  For example $500 profit was taken on one particular Saturday. And they can have 4 Garage Sales a week. They have two part time employees - so they are providing work. People who are in real need - they don’t have to pay … Margaret, says she loves this model and it feeds people at multiple levels - and the people who run it get to know who needs what in the community.   (listening is best) Time Banks Again - there is not a model that suits everyone - as all situations are different - however the general principles apply - transplanting one model to another area though good in theory - always needs to be revised and changed for that other area or region. Living and Thriving in the Community Margaret gets her weekly shopping from the Farmers’ Market - due to it being organic and fresh - not from the supermarket where a lot of produce is packaged cartoned and tinned. A Local Co-Operative Project Lyttelton has a ‘friendship’ partnership in a Co-op in Lyttelton which has whole foods and it is owned by 200 people in Lyttelton - this is where Margaret obtains her whole foods, etc - so she shops at the Farmers’ Market and the Co-op. That the Co-op also acts as a conduit for all the localised farmers and producers that can sell their products into it and whatever organic produce that they only grow in a very short season - they can bring it to the Co-op. Social Interaction They do a lot around food - and shared events - Farmers Market on Saturdays are the best social bumping space to meet people.  Project Lyttelton has a board meeting once a months and they eat and discuss things - paid staff and volunteers meet every week and there is always food there - the savings pools meet every month over a shared meal too. Another fun event is called grow your own - and a dinner of your own growing - (Listen) The important Essence or Ingredient of Community is: Openness - being open with all your accounts - let everyone know where you are getting your money from. Being Truthful   Love Being Values based And Appreciative Enquiry  - looking at what is going well and seeing why it is going well - and transferring why it’s going well, to other things and projects - and while it is going well including values, like looking at clear communication and acting kindly towards each other. Including understanding conflict resolution - not that they have had real conflict but to embrace the skill of negotiating through goodwill. Gaining skills to work between and with each other.  The Significance of Appreciative Enquiry Put up an idea and the very next question is, where’s the money? - Project Lyttelton very seldom gets that question now - listen to how they manifest their money  - note it is very inventive and novel …. Margaret says if they have a dream -  put it out there - drop all attachment to it - and then it starts happening … and all sorts of possibilities come into being … keep talking to people - because they may have skills and they may be the answer. What NZ needs to involve themselves with, is that each NZer is encouraged to find what finds them joy and what they feel drawn to and follow this notion. As this is an Election Year we need to be more involved at a national level and raising questions as to what we would like NZ to become …  and raising questions.  Be involved in letter writing, submissions - attending meetings even marches and rallies  Margaret said she is not drawn to such things, but when times require it she has done it from time to time. Thinking Global and Acting Local - is where her passion resides. Present Focus Project Lyttelton are in the process of running a repair cafe … and remoulding plastics … looking at their waste stream - educating people into the finite nature of our resources - using things wisely and effectively - plus recycling, reusing and reducing items.  She mentions Doughnut Economics  - Kate Raworth https://www.kateraworth.com/ As we are taking and extracting  far more from our planet’s resources - some say we are taking far more than our planet actually can replace. Becoming aware of our ecological well being - our mental well being and our spiritual well being. Deepening our connection with life. The Global Commons - recognising that the global commons belongs to no one except the biota of our planet - The Global Commons is the opposite to a corporate raid. Connection at a Higher Level Margaret wants to see a method where ‘groups’ can be in contact and develop the skills in linking organisations together so that we can share - be more cohesive and connected with each other - especially spokespeople. By building the capacity to communicate nationwide across the sectors - grassroots groups - organising for a common purpose. So that we network our vision to more and more New Zealanders across the country, pulling the threads of community closer together. Such as ‘Not for Profit's’ in Christchurch need to form a Time Bank and all work together - and start linking up with expertise and material things like a shared truck or digger as an example. In a Future Scenario Margaret would like to get rid of party politics - as it locks down initiative - and that we are now caught up in the games that are being played between various parties  - as there is no real discussion - (which she admits is a sweeping generalisation) but we understand what she is saying.  That the issues have to be debated in a far more open forum. Instant Localised Internet Voting She would also like to see ‘instant localised voting’ on a ’safe, non-hackable’ system that allowed people to vote on initiatives at a very localised level - that are binding - in that smaller regions could have more control over their affairs - and possibly voting on Daily Issues even - they would come up on your computer at specific times - maybe every day and this would involve us in ‘Participative Democracy’ and we could vote on the issues. (Listen to the interview) She also wants a group of people within the localised community to become ‘the voice of the community’ - so that instead of having one person speaking on behalf of the community that these ‘elected people’ - from youth to elders -  can then speak - knowing that at heart they have the communities blessing - Margaret says there is a lot of wisdom embedded in her community so why her? And when you get this group together - you can pay them in time credits This is a very thought provoking and empowering interview of bringing ‘conscious’ care to you localised area and community. http://www.lyttelton.net.nz

After surviving the attempted abduction of Savant, the heroes are left to put together the pieces. Unfortunately, time is not on their side as a nearby bank is attacked by a pair of Metahumans. The Characters Ex-Gen (Krista) – A refugee from the corporate totalitarianism of 2910. Enhanced with a number of cybernetic improvements she hoped to […]

After surviving the attempted abduction of Savant, the heroes are left to put together the pieces. Unfortunately, time is not on their side as a nearby bank is attacked by a pair of Metahumans. The Characters Ex-Gen (Krista) – A refugee from the corporate totalitarianism of 2910. Enhanced with a number of cybernetic improvements she hoped to […]

Edition #915 Today we take a brief look at the Walter Scott killing, just one of the several recent police killings of unarmed black men in America, as well as examining the broader system in which these killings are allowed to happen   Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill 00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: American Police Kill More People in March Than UK Police Since 1900 - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 04-03-15 Ch. 3: Song 1: Stop the Killing - Kay Kay and the Rays 00:04:21 Ch. 4: Act 2: Why #BlackLivesMatter - The Good Fight (@teamgoodfight) - Air Date: 2-3-15 Ch. 5: Song 2: Black Lives Matter - Single - Pastor Chris Harris 00:21:18 Ch. 6: Act 3: If we can't trust our system then what system do we have? - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBnation) - AIr Date: 4-9-15 Ch. 7: Song 3: A System - Sungod Abscondo 00:29:07 Ch. 8: Act 4: What if there had been no camera at the Walter Scott killing? - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 4-10-15 Ch. 9: Song 4: Question Authority - Drunk Injuns 00:32:07 Ch. 10: Act 5: Police escalate violence when they should be deescalating - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 8-15-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: You're Only Making It Worse - Reno Divorce 00:37:42 Ch. 12: Act 6: The Costly Police Gender Gap - The F Word with @GRITlaura Flanders on @grittv - Air Date: 3-24-15 Ch. 13: Song 6: Saving Lives - A Fragile Tomorrow 00:40:52 Ch. 14: Act 7: Black? It's More Dangerous Driving Now Than 12 Years Ago - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 04-19-15 Ch. 15: Song 7: A Dose of White Supremacy - Neffe Odom Kragh-Muller 00:47:50 Ch. 16: Act 8: Juan González on Walter Scott Shooting: When Will the Police Killings of Black Males Stop? - @democracynow - Air Date: 4-10-15 Ch. 17: Song 8: Black Lives Matter - Single - NicDanger 00:51:38 Ch. 18: Act 9: Demand an Executive Order on Racist, Violent Policing via @ColorOfChange — Best of the Left Activism Ch. 19: Song 9: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard 00:54:41 Ch. 20: Act 10: An Overreaction: Words On #BlackLivesMatter And MLK - Sarah O'Neal (@sarahadebibe) on @ajplus - Air Date: 01-18-15 Voicemails 00:59:41 Ch. 21: Promoting LGBA2015.org from PrideOfIndy.org - Erin from Philadelphia 01:01:23 Ch. 22: Thoughts on the labels we use - James from Missouri 01:02:28 Ch. 23: JoatU.org as a marketplace to trade skills - Todd from Rochester 01:03:53 Ch. 23: Libertarianism would just bring back the guilded age - Ian from Chattanooga, TN Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics 01:05:34 Ch. 25: Final comments on Time Banking and the lack of coverage of police killings of women of color Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: Demand an Executive Order on Racist, Violent Policing via @ColorOfChange Take Action: SIGN and share the Color of Change petition: "President Obama: End discriminatory, violent policing and its unjust consequences” Additional Activism/Resources: SIGN and share: "Demand the Post and Courier issue a public apology for shameful #WalterScott article” SIGN and share: "Tell advertisers to ditch Bill O’Reilly” Sources/further reading: "President Obama Already Has a Way to Prevent Policing Abuses” by Alan Jenkins and Diego Iniguez-Lopez of The Opportunity Agenda” "The Origins of Modern Policing” via The Indypendent "Police ‘Reforms' You Should Always Oppose” by Prison Culture "Black Americans killed by police in 2014 outnumbered those who died on 9/11” at RawStory "Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality” by Mychal Denzel Smith at The Nation Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

We speak to legendary legal thinker, Edgar Cahn, who explains how we can make the world a better place through a concept called "Time Banking."  We also discuss the terrible pass interference non-call in the Cowboys/Lions game, the legacy of the late Mario Cuomo and answer more listener questions.

Project Lyttelton is a grass-roots organisation in Lyttelton, in the South Island of New Zealand, that is attracting wide attention both nationally and internationally.Its numerous successful community-led projects mean it is both an inspiration and a model for other communities wishing to build community resilience and sustainability through innovative projects and collective creativity.The organisation has embraced cutting-edge thinking to meet the challenges of a changing world. It is showing the way forward with community sustainability, using innovative methods to capture community imagination and help create a shared vision for the future. Through projects as varied as Time Banking, a monthly newspaper, waste minimisation, energy initiatives, three seasonal festivals, community gardening and local food production, the Farmer‘s Market, educational  courses, and collective visioning workshops, Project Lyttleton has made a significant contribution to the social, economic, recreational and environmental wellbeing of the Lyttelton community.www.lyttelton.net.nz