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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." In OE, select "Tools/Options/Send/"Plain Text"/Apply/Close." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ . HALIFAX LETS PARTNERED WITH EAC FOOD ACTION COMMITTEE There is now a Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) in Halifax! Halifax LETS is a thriving barter network that is socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable and that allows members to meet their basic needs. We are partnered with the Ecology Action Centre through the Food Action Committee (FAC). This partnership will ensure that we keep a strong focus on local food! It works like this: You offer a service or goods for exchange. When another member receives those services or goods, you get a credit that you can use to obtain services or goods from any other members. It's like bartering stoked up! There are hundreds of these systems around the world. There are many philosophical and practical benefits. These benefits include: 1. Increase in localized trading - leading to reduced transportation costs 2. Reduced reliance on global economy where cheap products are often produced in environmentally/socially unsustainable ways 3. Community building and networking. 4. Trading skills that many newcomers can not yet trade in the formal job market (eg. professional skills) for local currency they can use for other goods and services 5. Entrepreneurs have access to a captive market and get free or low cost advertising and lots more! (eg. increase market for local foods, increase reuse of goods and materials etc). PLEASE CONTACT US AT: Phone: 422-2772 E-mail: halifaxlets@care2.com http://www.halifaxlets.com ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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