Time as Money Documentary Trailer

With the downturn of the economy a lot of people don't have jobs or have greatly reduced hours but they still have the skills. Those aren't gone. But, people feel paralyzed because without money, what can I do? Once the economy collapses again, you know, we really have to take a look at how we're doing things and find another way to make it work. Time banking is, frankly, a weapon to enable people to stop saying that economy can define who are throw away people and who are useful people. It empowers me and other people with an alternative means to get things done. This sort of builds a community and encourages them to exchange things. Alternative currency systems are created to create that sort of trust. To foster it. To build and strengthen community. Time banking is really about repairing and recreating that network of support. I see it as being part of the solution and it's gratifying. It took a lot of people to pull it together and provide their neighborliness to just trying something new. A new way of trading. A new way of building business. This whole kind of secret almost that's powering LA. It's this big shared venture with the community. And everyone has ownership and there's new projects sprouting, literally, every week. Well, I think it's time to get up on the radar screen and say, hey, this is a different kind of world. It's possible, and it's ours. So, let's grab it!