I went to a meeting tonight for the planning of the Hancock County Time Dollar Network. I had heard of Time Banks before but didn’t know there was anything in this area. Turns out there has been one on Mount Desert Island for a while, the MDI Timebank and they are working with folks in Ellsworth and greater Hancock County to start something in this area.
Just makes a lot of sense in that an hour of one persons work is worth an hour of another persons work. Having time as a currency, and build a sense of community. Pretty cool. I’ll write more later when I know more but I’m excited about this.
For more information on Time Banks see http://www.timedollar.org/
For New England folks, check out The New England Time Banks site at http://www.mtdn.org/
So I figured I’d mention it here for anyone else in this area who might be interested, the next meeting is Sunday February 27th at 6 PM for a potluck dinner and 7 PM for an information session at the Ellsworth UU Church.
