Build A Better World
Do-itOurselves
Economic
Justice
and
Community
Resilience
What would you do to improve
your community if you could?
What if money were no
object?
But wait...
Is Money an Object?
ob·ject
• Noun:
• A material thing that can
be seen and touched.
mon·ey
1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and
services and is used as a measure of their values on the
market, including among its forms a commodity such as
gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a
checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes
issued by a government.
MONEY IS AN AGREEMENT.
Greece builds abundance in a collapsing
economy with TEM
Athens TimeBank’s 1100 members
exchange time and goods they produce
themselves
The Wall Street Journal recognizes Spain’s 325
timebanks as a buffer against a collapsing economy
Oakland California’s Public Health Department
created a The Sobrante Park Time Bank to increase
cooperation and quality of life among diverse
residents
People in struggling West Virginia earn
time credits to make and install solar
panels and use the savings on energy
bills to fund the program
What would you do to
improve your community if
you could?
What if money were no
object?
What’s stopping you?
We learn by doing
Do
Do
Learn
Succeed
Succeed
Do
Learn
Fail
Learn
Do
Do
Fail
Fail
Learn
Trial and error
Learn
We learn more if we share
Do
Do
Learn
Succeed
Succeed
Do
Learn
Fail
Learn
Do
Do
Fail
Fail
Learn
Learn
We avoid repeating mistakes
We build on each other’s work
Do Better
Learn
Share
And make new friends in
the process
We all know ways we want
our world to be better.
What are we waiting for?