At Casparfest this Sunday

2:00pm North

Local Currency Charles Cresson Wood This workshop will discuss the experience of Argentina in 2001, when its official currency system collapsed, and how an unofficial local currency system was pressed into service, successfully helping millions of people get their needs met. We will briefly survey the history of local currency systems, and the reasons why having a local currency system is desirable (giving local providers an advantage, revealing which provider is local, getting unemployed people to work, giving people a way to exchange value even if they don’t have dollars, etc.). We will additionally talk about the work of the local currency working group within Mendocino Coast Transition Towns, and where we will be going from here. Charles Cresson Wood is a local organizer for Mendocino Coast Transition Towns, and a member of the local currency working group. He is also a risk management consultant, assisting organizations build contingency plans for the many converging crises we are now facing (notably peak oil, climate change, financial system collapse, and ecological degradation). For over thirty years, Charles has researched and consulted on the systemic risks built-into our American way of life, risks that were dramatically revealed in 2008, when we had a collapse of the worldwide financial system. In addition to other books, he is the author of the book entitled Kicking The Gasoline & Petro-Diesel Habit: A Business Manager’s Blueprint For Action.

3:00pm North

Time Banking – Julia Frech What is a Time Bank? How does it work? Quick overview of other Time Banks, and Mendo Time Bank in particular. How does a Time Bank serve people differently than other currencies? Also, current problems with Mendo Time Bank, obstacles we’re experiencing and struggles in creating a local currency that people actually use; Group discussion/brainstorm on how to modify the Time Bank concept, (or other currencies?) to make it more accessible, useful, and commonly used.

Caspar Community Center
15051 Caspar Road – box 84
Caspar, California 95420
707.964.4997
gather@CasparFest.org

Mendo Time Bank Community Breakfast – All You Can Eat Pancakes!

Time Friday, March 11 · 7:00am - 9:00am Location JenEric’s House  357 Gardens Ave. Ukiah, CA (from Eric Cinowalt): Come enjoy a nutrient-dense, all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast! My goal here is to have a weekly community meal that is healthy, nutritious, and safe to eat. To me this means a Weston A. Price Foundation styled meal. I am an “amateur” making pancakes the Sally Fallon way. This includes using organic stone ground wheat flour (hand ground the night before) and soaked overnight in homemade organic yogurt. The end product is a tasty tangy sourdough pancake. Come have all you can eat drizzled with plenty of local honey! Requires 24 hours advance reservation/cancellation. Cost is 1 TB dollar per person. Not a Mendo Time Bank member? Check here to join/ If you’re not a Time Bank member feel free to come and learn more. This will be a weekly event, each Friday, through April 1st!

Mission Statement

Mission Statement

Mendo Time Bank increases the quality of life in Mendocino County by sharing skills and resources between community members. By connecting untapped time and labor with unfulfilled wants and needs, the Time Bank brings people together to create a  more secure, caring, productive, and sustainable community.

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Upcoming Orientations:

Come to the next orientation (required for activation) @ 106 W Standley st, in Ukiah at 5:30pm on Tuesday Nov. 2nd, or Tuesday Nov. 9th.

Click on the ‘join‘ tab at the top of the page, and submit your online application.