Health & Fitness
Time, Talent and Tools, Adding to Economic Recovery
Trading time, talent, tools or products without the use of money is catching on and building community.
Do you need help with landscaping? Do you have a skill to offer others? How about extra tools to lend? Has your garden produced more zucchini than your family is willing to eat?
Using Time as a means of exchange and sharing talent and tools is gaining popularity in neighborhoods around the region and adding to the economy. CleanScapes, the local waste management company serving Shoreline and parts of Seattle reported in their June 27th "weekly tips" on a variety of programs available to meet many different needs.
The list includes the nations first "Food Forest" a seven acre plot in Beacon Hill "that will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles from pears to herbs that are all free for the public taking."
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Also included is Shoreline Woodway Edmonds and Lake Forest Park (SWEL) Timebank and theWest Seattle Tool Library.
Not mentioned is the "Backyard Barter Sharing Food Growing Community" functioning in various neighborhoods of Seattle.
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Participants can exchange home grown food, homemade food, or skills and materials at events or online. There will be a Barter Fair event at the upcoming NW SolarFest July 28th at Shoreline Community College. NW SolarFest is free and open to the general public. To participate in the Barter Fair it is necessary to register online at the Backyard Barter website prior to the event.
Trading time, talent and tools adds value to people's personal lives through the community connections that are created in addition to leveraging their dollars. Be sure to check out bothBackyard Barter and the various programs listed in CleanScapes article.