Other Worlds partnered with the National Radio Project to produce the first piece in an ongoing radio series about alternatives. Our first program, Gifting in Mali and India: A Way of Life explores how giving traditions transcend geographic and cultural boundaries, while strengthening communities. You can listen to the piece, together with segments on time banks, gifting at burning man, and community support vs. charity, on the website of Making Contact. This past holiday season, charitable organizations were hit with the troubling combination of increased need and dwindling resources. But in hard times, people find ways to take care of themselves, and each other. On this edition, we continue our series “How We Survive”, a look into how communities around the U.S. are responding to the economic crisis. This week… people meet each others’ needs, _without _charity, or even exchanging a dollar.
Featuring:
Danette Truso, Yvonne Pugh and Al Miller, Sobrante Park Time Bank participants; Paul Butler, Sobrante Park Time Bank co-administrator; Craig White, Center for Participatory Change staff member;** Coumba Toure**, Ashoma Fellow with Institute of Public Education; Shilpa Jain, former Shikshantar worker and gift economy participant; Larry Harvey, Burning Man Founder; Skip, Burning Man Elder Camp member. Contributing Producer: Rachel Wallis with Other Worlds