What is a Time Bank?

The most valuable thing you have is time.

This is a way to make use of your time in a way that's productive for society instead of propping up the status quo

“TimeBanks track the hours members earn by helping others and the hours they spend receiving help. All hours are valued equally, whether for professional services or simple neighborly assistance.

For every hour of help given, a member earns one “time dollar” or “time credit,” which the recipient can repay by helping someone else.” – timebanks.org

a time bank is a community that trades "hours of service" instead of money. For example, you may provide 1 hour of your time helping someone cook in exchange for 1-hour of yard work, body doubling, or something else from the same or another person