THIS MONTH’S ORIENTATIONS:
- Tomorrow, Sunday the 13th from 4-5pm. Location: Soma Vida – 1210 Rosewood Ave. 78702
- Saturday, January 19th from 1:30 to 2ish. Location: Hot Mama’s Cafe – 2401 E. 6th St. #1004 78702.
This is part of the Austin Sustainable Swap (see below!)
Have you heard of the Austin Sustainable Swap? Going on 3 months now, it has existed on Third Saturdays at Hot Mama’s Cafe and is a great addition to Austin’s alternative-commerce landscape. From their website, Austin Sustainable Swap is:
- a meeting space where folks can gather and exchange home-grown produce, home-made crafts, as well as skills and services.
- an educational space, for individuals or groups to provide free workshops and classes to those interested in learning.
- a space for raising awareness; for local non-profit organizations to educate us on how they contribute to our local community, and how we may help them to succeed.
- a place for folk to gather and exchange ideas, plan projects, plant seeds, and gather each other–as resources. Because when we work together, we can accomplish so much.
- a place to let go of the tools or objects you no longer need: clothes,shoes,toys,books,excess supplies…and trade them out for ones that are new, to you, and may serve you better, now.
- a space to play, and dance, and hoop, and spin.
ATEN is grateful to Austin Sustainable Swap for creating this space and the opportunity to reach out to potential new members. Come participate!
And looking into the Future…
- Want to get together for a potluck in February? Okay! In an effort to be more present in areas of town other than East, we would love to find a place (a home, or other free-to-use space) willing to host that is South or North. Please get in touch if you want to host or have a suggestion.
- This year we will be working on a new version of the ATEN web site. It will also be open source and available for other time banks to implement. We might have fewer features at the beginning but hope to scale it up over time and continue to add features according to what the ATEN community needs. More info to come later, so stay tuned!
“I really appreciate how versatile ATEN is! I’ve used it for everything from tutoring to building design and know I will continue to rely on it more for all the interesting things i want to know more about/be able to do, but am just not ready for DIY quite yet. Thanks for being here!” –Leta
Do you have a story about what ATEN has done for you? Please share with us at info@ austintimeexchange.org
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