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Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

Come August, Sarasotans will have an opportunity to help create a new kind of economy by joining Sarasota’s first time bank known as Common Wealth.   What is a Time Bank?  In the words of Time Banks USA founder Edgar Cahn, “The concept is simple: One hour of help of any kind given to another member earns one time credit, exchangeable for an hour of help in return.”  Think of it as a system of exchange based on a different kind of currency, made of what we already have in abundance [...]

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