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w ellington timebank. Timebanking : Revaluing the Core Economy. Susie Schwartz & Willemijn Vermaat 27 April 2014. Overview Introductions The Timebank Movement Revaluing the core economy Heal C onnect Protect Questions & discussion. w ellington timebank.

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  1. wellington timebank Timebanking: Revaluing the Core Economy Susie Schwartz & WillemijnVermaat 27 April 2014

  2. Overview • Introductions • The Timebank Movement • Revaluing the core economy • Heal • Connect • Protect • Questions & discussion wellington timebank

  3. “There is one resource that is always locally available and always needed to sustain and enrich life. That resource is human beings: their labour, energy, and time.” Charles Eisenstein Sacred Economics (2011. p.305) wellington timebank

  4. What is timebanking? A complementary currency 1 hour of work = 1 time credit Everyone's time is equal Place offers Make requests wellington timebank

  5. The timebanking movement • Edgar Cahn • An asset based approach • Co-production – cooperating together for mutual benefit • Rebuilding communities • Timebanks in over 36 countries wellington timebank

  6. Timebanking in Aotearoa/New Zealand • 2005 New Zealand’s first Timebank in Lyttelton • At least 27 Timebanks nationwide and counting... wellington timebank

  7. Wellington Timebank • Launched in 2011 • 400 members • Over 2000 trades recorded so far... • Trades in the last week:- Nutrition advice- Advice regarding water leak- Homemade muesli- Syrian cooking lesson- Driving practice- Bike mechanics- Software help wellington timebank

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  9. wellington timebank Revaluing the core economy • We are all assets • Redefining work • Reciprocity • Social networks • Respect

  10. Heal wellington timebank

  11. Connect wellington timebank “Timebank connects individuals who would otherwise be oblivious to the needs and gifts each can offer.” Charles Eisenstein Sacred Economics (2011, p.305)

  12. wellington timebank “Wellington Timebank introduces me to people I would not have otherwise had the opportunity to interact with. Strangers are friends we have not yet had the opportunity of knowing" Quote from a Timebank member

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  14. Protect wellington timebank

  15. Questions • Discussion • Permaculture + timebanking = ? • What are the possibilities? • What skills do we have to share in this group?

  16. Get in touch wellington timebank WillemijnVermaat willemijn.sust@gmail.com Our Coordinator, Hannah Mackintosh wgtn.timebank@gmail.com 04 920 6708 wellingtontimebank.org.nz Susie Schwartz susiekschwartz@hotmail.com

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