<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>hey folks,</div><div><br></div><div>this is an initiative that many share tompkins folks are involved in. see below...</div><div><br></div><div>- shira :)</div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Leslie Strebel <<a href="mailto:les@lightlink.com">les@lightlink.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 18, 2012 6:01:18 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Timebanking coming, help needed!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Hi all, <br><br>As some of you know, a small group has been quietly working on bringing time banking to our region. For those that don't know, time banking offers a way to give and receive goods and services without having to pay cash. Exchanges of favors are made via membership in the system and everyones hour is valued at the same rate, regardless of the service provided. This enables the exchanges to be tax free. The scope of services that people employ through these systems is truly staggering, and the connections made between community members who otherwise might never cross paths is inspiring. Time banking is simply and elegantly social justice and community building at it's best!<br><br>Our group has done much of the heavy lifting, including identifying and implementing software (see hourworld.com for more, and look for the links to several good media pieces that have recently come out about this topic). We need to expand our number of volunteers at this time to get ourselves ready for prime time! Our goal is to offer memberships in the spring. For now, we are looking for people with a bit of time and passion for this endeavor. If this sounds like you, kindly reach out to me via email.<br><br>The words of the old CSN&Y song haunt me. We can change the world, rearrange the world. It's dying....to get better. Thanks. Leslie <br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>