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[Trade Zone] Old Fourth Ward « positivenegative — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:29:50 +0000

[...] Tagged bionomics, citistate, community, feedback loop, living systems, networking, resilient community, trade zone The point I want to make with all of this is that you, your community and immediate environment form a series of transactions: inputs and outputs, trades, exchanges and feedbacks. Most people donâ€™t pay these interactions and relationships any attention until they are forced to change them through external factors. In this case, the world economy obliterating might turn out to be just such a factor. In order to maintain your way of life or at least some sense of stability, you may want to begin really taking a hard look at the daily, weekly, monthly and hourly trade zones in which you operate. Iâ€™m not just talking about formal bills and expenses either: Iâ€™m talking about who do you hang out with, who do you see, what do you talk about, what do you give each other? Now, before things get too overtly bad, is an excellent time to really sit down and figure out how you can strengthen your connections to the people around you who enrich your experience of life. How can you become better friends? How can you help one another out now and in the future? Do you have any skills you could teach one another? Can you help each other out with things like yardwork, or with moving to a new apartment? On a more opportunistic level: can you make friends with local bartenders, shopkeepers and significant figures in your local community? You can always offer your time and a sympathetic ear if you have nothing else. - Tim Boucher [...]

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