CEO Sarah Bird interview discussed community benefits of timebanking
Our CEO, Sarah Bird, was recently interviewed by Kasia Westwood of 3SC about the benefits and impact timebanking has on communities.
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Timebanking is a currency in which an hour of help given earns an hour in return for the support each contributor needs.
It is being used to great effect across the country from cul-de-sacs, blocks of flats, businesses that care, and supported living centres to youth offender institutions.
Timebanking can be applied wherever people want to help people. If you’re looking for ways to make an authentic contribution that will positively impact a community that matters to you — Timebanking UK is here to help you achieve that goal.
Connect with and contact Rebecca@timebanking.org to get started.
Could Timebanking help prevent climate crisis?
André Gorz, a French social scientist, coined the term “degrowth” in 1972. At an academic forum, he posed a revolutionary question: “Is the earth’s balance, for which no-growth—or even degrowth—of material production is a necessary condition, compatible with the survival of the capitalist system?” Back then, the idea of prioritizing human and environmental welfare over economic growth was so radical that Gorz was laughed out of the political sphere.
The concept of degrowth as demonstrated in a timebank in Boston in the US.
The full story can be read here (external link).
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