The
Directory:
• Welcome!
• Children's Services
• Clothing
• Food
• Health, Body and Spirituality
• Home and Garden
• Language and Travel
• Music, Art and Craft
• Odds and Ends
• Office and Organization Services
& Supplies
• Student
Services & Education
• Transportation and Recreation
• Personals
• Events
Autumn 2009
Welcome to the Autumn 2009 Issue of the Humboldt Exchange!
To participants of the Humboldt Exchange and members of the Humboldt community:
Thanks for picking up the Autumn 2009 Issue of the Humboldt Exchange Directory! Inside you’ll find both individuals and businesses offering their goods and services for Community Currency. We hope you’ll support these local businesses and entrepreneurs who are showing their dedication to Humboldt County by supporting our local currency.
The next year will be a pivotal time for the Exchange. The project has been running in debt for several years. Although the Exchange has grown over the past six years, those of us who work on this project have significant concerns regarding its ultimate viability.
Many of these concerns regard the problems faced by any new currency: Enough people (both individuals and businesses) must be willing to accept it in order to have sufficient circulation to be practical. But many potential users do not accept it for their own services because it’s not yet widely accepted. It’s a classic “Catch-22”-- Growth depends on participation, yet would-be participants demand growth before they participate.
We understand that there is a risk in accepting Community Currency, if you can’t be guaranteed that you can use it. That’s why the Humboldt Exchange has been working to provide the dramatic growth needed to take the project to the next level. We have been doing community outreach to bring in new individuals and we have been signing up businesses for the Exchange Penguin Pledge.
A penguin pledge is based on the behavior of penguins when jumping into water. Penguins will not jump into water alone for fear of predators. Instead, they wait on the ice, stamping impatiently until they are joined by enough of their fellow penguins to guarantee that the entire group will be safer when they all take the plunge. When a critical mass is reached, they all jump in together. It is a beautiful sight to behold this kind of collective solidarity in nature.
That’s what we are doing with the Exchange Penguin Pledge: gathering businesses that pledge to dive into the project. Not alone, but only when enough of their fellow business owners are willing to make the jump together!
We have many new businesses pledging to join the project. While we have been doing this outreach, we have also been improving our relationships with current participants. We have surveyed business owners about ways to improve the project for them, and attempted to implement that feedback.
For instance, we have heard that many customers have no idea about the currency, or how to use it. That means we need to do more community outreach and education. So we have begun hosting quarterly events to draw new individual members into the Exchange and to educate them about the existence of Community Currency and how to use it. We have hosted several concerts, contra dances, and community carnivals.
Despite these efforts, we continue to receive complaints from some participants. We have been urging patience, but in truth we are becoming impatient ourselves.
All the issues and concerns with the Exchange Community Currency Project could be adequately addressed through increased community participation and ownership.
We have heard from many community members that are excited about the project, about the possibilities it presents for re-imagining our local economy and building stronger community bonds. Despite this initial enthusiasm, we rarely have as many people commit to helping the project become a success.
If you use Community Currency, have you educated your friends, family, and neighbors about its potential and usefulness? Have you patronized those businesses that accept Community Currency? Have you talked about Community Currency to business owners that you know?
Every day at the Humboldt Exchange we hear about people who are excited that our group has taken on this work. We really do believe that we have the skills and talents in our community to meet our own economic needs. We do not need to depend on federal aid, outside corporate influence, or anyone else. We can do that for ourselves. We regularly hear from people who have used Community Currency, or who have had a chance to use their own skills to earn supplemental Community Currency income.
Which means that many people are benefiting from having a suplementary, local currency.
But in order for the currency to be beneficial to all those who would use it, the project needs more assistance than the current volunteers and members alone can provide. We need YOUR PARICIPATION if the Exchange is going to continue.
In that spirit we are announcing that we will be re-evaluating the nature and direction of the project in one year. If there has not been a significant increase in community participation, support, and ownership of the currency, then the team of volunteers currently running the project will likely scale back their regular participation with the project.
The Exchange Community Currency Project is at a crossroads. Will Humboldt County continue to benefit from a Community Currency? Will we use Community Currency to build strong local economic institutions as our national economic systems fail? Will we use community currency to find creative, cooperative and community-building ways to meet our daily needs?
Success depends on you. If you care about the future of a community currency in Humboldt County, now is the time for you to get involved. Come to a volunteer meeting. Offer your skills in the directory. Buy at a local business, and bring your own local company on board.
Take this chance and be a part of the change you want to see right here in Humboldt County!
Respectfully,
Kaitlin, David, Jon, Meghan and Meg
(The staff at Democracy Unlimited, the sponsor of the Humboldt Exchange
Project)
= This person is willing to accept 100% Community Currency as payment
for this item or service.
Children's Services
None this month.
Clothing
None this month.
Food
Offered
Creative artesian homemade bread. Brett and Lauren. 928-277-5577
Duck eggs. Fed with organic feed, organic greens and backyard bugs. Sold at monthly pancake breakfast (see Events section for dates) or call for appointment. $3/half dozen. Accepting up to $1CC. Kaitlin. 476-8502
Fresh chicken eggs. Fed with organic feed, organic greens and backyard bugs. Sold at monthly pancake breakfast (see Events section for dates) or call for appointment. $5/dozen. Accepting up to $2CC. Kaitlin. 476-8502
I can teach you how to harvest native edible plants and seaweed. Shane. 825-7335
Make
your own Kombucha workshops. Sarah. 825-0288
Raspberry and blueberry vinegars. Great for salad dressing! Made from local fruit. Sold at monthly pancake breakfasts. See Events section for dates. Kaitlin. 476-8502
Volunteer at Arcata Ed. Farm. M,TH. 10-5pm for trade veggies. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Winter squash bread. Organic! With chocolate or without. $5/loaf. Kaitlin. 476-8502
Yacon tubers for trade. Fhyre. 826-7367
Wanted
Thai cooking lessons. Nutritious and delicious. Douglas. 223-6979
Health, Body and Spirituality
Offered
Bicycle stands. Turn your bike into a stationary exercise cycle. $50 each, accepting 1⁄2 CC. Shane. 825-7335
Bicycle exercise stands. $50 – 1⁄2 CC accepted. Micky. 599-6996
Learn to make your own all-natural lip balm! Willing to demonstrate for small group or individuals. Variety of recipes, including cocoa butter, chocolate, honey, essential oils and medicinal needs. Accepting up to half CC. Yvonne. 443-3944
Need to practice lost Thai massage skills. DougTickner@gmail.com
Sauna and hot tub passes. $9 each, accepting $5 CC, $4 US. Shane. 825-7335
Swedish and hot stones massage, out-calls. DougTickner@gmail.com
Home and Garden
Offered
Appliance sale and service, minor auto repair, handyman services. 10% CC exchangeable. Bill. 443-8347
Carpentry, reasonable rates. Labor or lessons. Shane. 825-7335
Composting
worms (red wigglers). Sarah. 825-0288
Garden questions, permiculture design ideas. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Gardening. Years of experience, willing to teach or help with gardening. Install, plant, maintain. Shane. 825-7335
Handyman/yard work. Have a pick up truck. Fhyre. 826-7367
Herbalism advising, knowledge, offered. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Leading and teaching owner builders to build their own structures. Shane. 825-7335
Lawn care in Arcata. Paul. 822-2556
Licensed electrical work. Roger. 826-9901
Living roofs. Can teach or build. Shane. 825-7335
Papercrete blocks and panels for sale. Available to teach building techniques. Shane. 825-7335
Papercrete construction. Building, making, consulting, workshops. Shane. 825-7335
Pruning fruit trees in Arcata. Paul. 822-2556
Recycling, appliance and greenwaste hauling, moving by bike and truck. Shane. 825-7335
Solar electric installation. Roger. 826-9901
Virgo dude loves tidying up. De-clutter your space. DougTickner@gmail.com
Winter seedlings available now! Brussels sprouts, greens, kales, broccoli, perpetual chard and more. Michele. 599-6996
Wanted
Any garden tools or wood planks for building. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Chicken wire fencing. Sarah. 825-0288
Cow and/or chicken manure. Sarah. 825-0288
Fruit tree saplings. Fhyre. 826-7367
Teepee, any size. Fhyre. 826-7367
Tools, chainsaw, drill w/ bits, wrench set. Sarah. 825-0288
Window installation. Replacing our old windows. We will buy the new ones, need someone to install them. David. 476-8502
Language and Travel
Offered
Beginning French lessons! Monsieur Douglas. 223-6979
Traveling companion for those in need. Experienced on 5 continents. Douglas. 223-6979
Wanted
Looking for someone to practice German with. Brett. 928-277-5577
Traveling partner for trips to S.F., Ashland, etc. Fhyre. 826-7367
Music, Art and Craft
Offered
Fabric is my forte. Perhaps I can help you fix your favorite piece of clothing or create something unique. Costumes and utilitarian solutions. Michele. 599-6996
Poi
swings and lessons. Practice ribbon/glow/fire poi. Sarah.
825-0288
Recording studio time. Sarah. 825-0288
I’ll help you understand your sewing machine or teach you to create and sew your ideas. Michele. 599-6996
Wanted
Berets, knit caps, any color. Fhyre. 826-7367
Quilter. 24”x24” hanging piece. Exchange for CC/$/or new photo book. Manette. 677-5050
Wanna get a digeridoo and then lessons. Douglas. 223-6979
Want to go out and take pictures? Photo buddy wanted. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Odds and Ends
Offered
Crochet
Kleen Kanteen kozies. Keep your hands away from extreme heat/cold.
Sarah. 825-0288
Firewood. $400 cord hardwood, $280 softwood. Accept $80-100 CC. Shane. 825-7335
Your economics questions answered: 1. Email your question (not to exceed 250 words). Reply answer will be emailed back 2. Follow up question and schedule availability for 15 minute follow up questions emailed. This is NOT in any way a form of financial advising. 5CC first email only. 10CC for follow-up call. Ph.D. U of Oregon with specialization in Global Warming. Dan. 442-1676
Wanted
Kaleidoscope enthusiast! Have any lying around? Lauren. 925-783-7336
Red and orange semi-gloss paints. Fhyre. 826-7367
Someone to help build/knowledge of appropriate tech design. Maddy. 415-596-7565
Office and Organization Services and Supplies
Offered
Data entry, typing projects. Experienced with FileMaker Pro and other databases. Hourly or project based. Accepting up to half CC. Yvonne. 443-3944
Lending library. Full of social change and organizing resources – see the collection in our new online catalog: www.librarything.com/profile/DUHC Democracy Unlimited. 269-0984
Press release writing and flier design. Shane. 845-9372
Volunteer opportunities! All kinds of tasks and projects for different experience levels and interests. Democracy Unlimited. Give us a call 269-0984
Website maintenance. Basic html projects. Hourly or project based. Accepting up to half CC. Yvonne. 443-3944
Wanted
Computer lessons on photo, music, video sharing, burning. Shane. 825-7335
I want to learn to copy and burn CD’s, videos and the best ways to post and send photos. Shane. 825-7335
Laptop computer. Sarah. 825-0288
Newer laptop computer. Fhyre. 826-7367
Newer, used T.V. Fhyre. 826-7367
Student Services and Education
Offered
Algebra tutor. $20/hour. Josh. 818-430-8099
Biology tutor. $20/hour. Josh. 818-430-8099
Internship available at Arcata Ed. Farm. Maddy. 415-596-7565
General/Organic Chemistry tutor. High school/college. Josh. 818-430-8099
Top-notch editing. Your term paper, thesis, etc. Dr. Tickner. 223-6979
Tutoring. Chemistry,
soil science, logic, biology, botany. Sarah. 825-0288
Philosophy tutor. Paper writing skills $20/hour. Josh. 818-430-8099
Wanted
Tutor for beginning Korean. Fhyre. 826-7367
Transportation and Recreation
Offered
Dude with a pickup and time. Help you move? Douglas. 223-6979
Two Red 6spd Cruizer bikes. $300 each, accepting up to 50% CC. Shane. 825-7335
Wavesport Descente whitewater kayak, with spray. Micki. 822-2048
Wanted
Plastic truck bed liners. Shane. 825-7335
Community Events
September 12 – Why Do Corporations Have More Rights Than You? Democracy Unlimited Intro Workshop. Learn about the history of corporate rule and strategies for local democracy. 10:30am-5:30pm. $25-$100 sliding scale, willing to consider work-trade. Pre-registration required. Eureka. 269-0984
September 20 – Humboldt Exchange Pancake Breakfast. 10am-noon. $5 Community Currency (or $US) – all the pancakes you can eat. Free for kids under 10. Open to Humboldt Exchange participants and supporters. Bring your products to sell for CC. Call for location. 476-8475
September 26 – Food and Democracy Workshop. Celebrate Local Food Month and learn what you can do for food sovereignty. Presented by Democracy Unlimited. Redwood Roots Farm in Bayside, 1-4pm. Sliding scale cost. www.DUHC.org or 269-0984
October 18 – Humboldt Exchange Pancake Breakfast. 10am-noon. $5 Community Currency (or $US) – all the pancakes you can eat. Free for kids under 10. Open to Humboldt Exchange participants and supporters. Bring your products to sell for CC. Call for location. 476-8475
November 13 and 14 - The Corporatization of Culture. HSU Extended Ed Class. 1 Unit Sociology class open to students and community members. Taught by Democracy Unlimited. Register at www.humboldt.edu/~extended/
November 15 – Submission Deadline for the Winter 2009 issue of the Humboldt Exchange. Don’t forget to get your listings to us today!
November 15 – Humboldt Exchange Pancake Breakfast. 10am-noon. $5 Community Currency (or $US) – all the pancakes you can eat. Free for kids under 10. Open to Humboldt Exchange participants and supporters. Bring your products to sell for CC. Humboldt Exchange 101 Workshop from 12:30-1:30pm. Call for location. 476-8475
Democracy Unlimited Organizing Skills Trainings. Bone up on your skills. Second Tuesday of every month. 6-7:30pm. Call for details and this month’s topic or see www.duhc.org. 269-0984
Humboldt Exchange monthly meeting and open hours. Come get involved in the Humboldt Exchange! Learn about what’s going on with the project, get involved by plugging into projects like outreach, creating the directory, distribution, and business involvement. If interested in carpooling from Arcata or elsewhere in the area, give us a call. This meeting is the last Tuesday of every month. Drop by from 4:30-7:30pm. Eureka – call for location. 476-8475
