The Old Mole's  Jan Haaken talks with Maude Heines about the Multnomah County Library program "Everybody Reads", and in particular about the current selection A Long Way Gone, a memoir of a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.  Learn more about the reading program here.  

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Chris Andreae

02/08/08

A special Report on the January 31, 2008 Local Food Conference in Vancouver, and the national Focus the Nation Teach-In on Climate Change.

We may use money to buy goods and services, but as John Poling, organizer with the Cascadia Hour Exchange, points out, money is not the only way, or even the best way to get what you want. He and others at the Cascadia Hour Exchange have formed a network where each person offers their skills, such as house painting, graphic design, child care, or even legal advice. Each one hour block of time given entitles members to exchange their services the skills and time of any other person in the network. Poling believes that relying on non-monetary exchange systems both strengthen local economies as well as create a deeper sense of community.