Betterment and Praxis

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The community for cool things you've done out in the real world, or are doing in the real world!

Covers things like volunteer work, community gardens, political activism, organizing clubs and communities in your public circles, and all the information surrounding how to do that stuff. Also covers self-help and betterment, because to help your community it helps to help yourself!

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time banking, a concept based on everyone's time having equal value and something I would like to start in my community (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Wigglet to c/betterment

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It's such a neat concept that can make certain expensive services like lawyers or therapists more accessible. I could trade a few hours gardening, sewing, cleaning, or baking, for someone else to give me a hand building a larger project. It's a beautiful way to connect a community through acts of service 🥰

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[–] lwaxana_katana 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think PwD generally fit into skills trade or labour-oriented community organising structures. I don't think that means that those things shouldn't happen, I just think it is important for part of the conversation to be about the limitations of those types of organising structures and not just their merits (and they do have many merits!).

[–] Wigglet 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for bringing it up!