October
Time Bank Seminar with Stephanie Rearick
TWO PRESENTATIONS:
October 2, 4PM - 6PM, Ocean Explorium in New Bedford
October 3, 9:30AM -11AM, Woodland Commons
Noted specialist in Time Banks and Director of the largest Time Bank in the U.S., Stephanie Rearick, will visit the SouthCoast to discuss the creation and success of her community’s Time Bank, and how communities in the SouthCoast can start them up.
Time Banking is an alternative monetary system centered on the principle that time one spends performing social and civil services can be turned into currency. One hour of labor served equals one credit of time received, which can be used or saved for accumulation towards a service. Stephanie Rearick is Director of the Dane County Time Bank in Wisconsin, a network of over 2000 individuals and organizations, making it the largest, most organized Time Bank in the United States.
Stephanie Rearick will give two presentations: Tuesday, October 2, from 4PM – 6PM at The Ocean Explorium at 174 Union St., New Bedford; and Wednesday, October 3rd, from 9:30AM – 11:00AM, at UMass Dartmouth’s Woodland Commons. Admission to Stephanie Rearick’s presentations is free.
Time Banks aren’t just an alternative monetary system; they also forge stronger community relations, build greater social capital, and encourage self-sufficiency. Under/un-employed workers and students looking to improve their economic and social situations can do that by utilizing the skills, time, and energy they already have.
For more information on the presentations or Time Banks, contact Bob Bailey from the Office of Campus and Community Sustainability at rbailey@umassd.edu or Christoph Demers at cdemers1@umassd.edu. You can also call the Sustainability Office at 508-910-6484. You can also learn more at http://www.timebanks.org or http://www.danecountytimebank.org/.
Sustainability Film Series: Farmageddon (2011, 90 minutes)
Tuesday, October 16th, 6:30 PM, Woodland Commons CR1
Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.
http://farmageddonmovie.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Farmageddon-Linda-Faillace/dp/B00744WZ8U
November
Sustainability Film Series: A Sea Change (2009, 83 minutes)
Wednesday, November 7th, 6:30 PM, Woodland Commons CR2
This film follows the journey of retired history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Darkening Sea,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the oceans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us.
http://www.aseachange.net
Sustainability Film Series: Happy (2011, 75 minutes)
Tuesday, November 27th, 6:30 PM, Woodland Commons CR1
The latest award-winning film from Academy Award nominated director, Roko Belic (Genghis Blues) and Executive Producer, Tom Shadyac (I AM), takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
http://www.thehappymovie.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Sonja-Lyubomirsky/dp/B007GBKFXI
