Programs
Graywater
Laundry-to-Landscape Systems are very inexpensive to install, divert washer water to plants and trees, and save the average household a minimum of 5000 gallons per year. The TimeBank has presented six public Graywater Workshops and installed four Laundry-to-Landscape Systems at members’ homes. http://greywateralliance.org
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Education
TimeBank Santa Cruz is a project of the Santa Cruz Reskilling Expo, a 501C3 educational public charity that offers sustainable-living skills education to the public. Pop-up reskilling workshops are taught at various public venues. Classes are free to TimeBankers and low-cost to non-members. Recent workshops: Bokashi Composting, Good Habits of Sleep, Winter Wellness and Graywater for the Home. Events
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Arts and Culture
TimeBankers share their skills and talents. Sample Offers: Art Career Consultations, Acting Coach, Literary and Business Editing, Public Speaking Preparation as well as lessons in Photography, Voice, Quilting, Realistic Drawing, Piano and Basic Music Skills.
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Little Libraries
We’ve designed and installed one Poetry Box and three Little Libraries as Resilience Builders. These curbside Sharing-Economy Amenities promote neighborhood cohesion as well as literacy. Library addresses: 1973 42nd Avenue, 702 California Street. The third Library will be installed soon.
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Giving Circle
Gifts are offered to anyone in the TimeBank as a way to build relationships of gratitude and obligation, as a way to share our wealth. Gifts are simply bestowed with no expectation. No return gift should be specified in advance or coerced thereafter. Recipients may want to return a gift to the giver or gift onward to someone else. Members claim a gift by contacting the giver. Gifts available are listed in our internal newsletters.
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