Time banks

So I was looking on the internet the other day and found this site:

http://www.mtdn.org/main.asp

And it goes a long way into my thinking of how society can work without the need for the current monetary system that we have now.

Now, I know it is against all things capitalist to think that money is NOT the only measure of worth, but hey, I am an idealist after all. :)

Here is a link for more information that explains how the non-monetary economy affects the monetary economy and the ramifications if it didn't exist.

http://www.mtdn.org/images/pdf/nonmonetary.pdf

What I find encouraging about this project is that the variety of skills available and offered for the time-dollars.

And the one thing that I am encouraged by and plan on doing is offering my time on things that I would never have an outlet otherwise.

Some of the things that I can offer as skills would go unused and uncompensated. But with the time-dollar idea, I can offer an hour of my time for another's hour's worth of time. I can offer my computer skills, my math/physics skills, my proof-reading skills, and I am sure others that I haven't even thought about yet.

Usually I offer my time for free to my friends, which of course I still will within reason, but now have a way to not only support my community but also benefit myself while using skills I would not be able to benefit from otherwise.

Ah well, I am repeating myself.

Think about the ramifications of you getting to know your neighbors and offering constructive skills to the community for your and their benefits.