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Wanted: People to live on complementary currency system, for one month

October 15, 2013 – 1:32 pm |

The Golden Bay, New Zealand based complementary currency system H.A.N.D.S. is looking for one or more members to live solely on HANDS for a month this summer or autumn so that they can “to explore …

How to feed and maintain your happiness, as we move into the depths of winter

June 17, 2013 – 2:57 pm |

Happyzine asks readers how they feed and maintain their happiness during the winter season, in New Zealand.
Joanna Piekarski – Joanna is the HANDy Messenger for New Zealand’s most successful complementary currency HANDS, in Golden …

Occupy Your Local Money System

November 15, 2011 – 8:55 am | 2 Comments

I recently went into debt, officially. My account balance on the computer screen has turned red, with a big minus sign next to it. And I’m happy about it.
Why? Because while Wall Street et al …

Check Out the Lyttelton Timebank – ‘Back to the Future’

November 6, 2011 – 1:54 pm | One Comment

Here in Golden Bay, which is tucked away between two National Parks in the North West of the South Island of New Zealand, we have a very successful complementary currency in operation known as ‘HANDS’ …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 327 – Recipe for My New Favorite Recipe: Double Choc, Raspberry Brownies (gluten free, dairy free).

March 20, 2011 – 6:55 pm | 2 Comments

Yes indeed, today was another HANDS market day. They have HANDS markets four times per year here in Golden Bay and this time I decided to have my own stall, rather than simply consume.
I’ve fallen …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 238 – Today I Bought All My Christmas Presents And I Didn’t Spend One Kiwi Dollar

December 19, 2010 – 9:16 pm |

I thought I’d take a leap of faith this year and hold out until a week before Christmas to buy everyone in my family their Christmas pressies from the HANDS market.  Did I succeed in …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 204 – HANDS Currency Cares for Kids

November 14, 2010 – 2:00 pm |

Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely.
Yes, I know this word is about as exciting as ‘nice’ but that’s just the way things were …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 201 – The Horse Girls

November 11, 2010 – 8:18 pm |

When I was a young girl I was obsessed with horses.  Yes I was one of those girls with equine posters all over her walls, who lingered at the fence of any horse she saw …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#169 – HANDy Relations

October 7, 2010 – 9:30 pm | One Comment

Have you got a complementary currency in your community? Honestly, they can be so useful. Here in Golden Bay I’ve been making the most of ours, which is called HANDS (just in case you’re …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#158 – The Equinox HANDS Market – How This Complementary Currency Can Feed the Family

September 26, 2010 – 9:52 pm |

I’ve just spent a glorious morning at the HANDS market mingling with my people.  Or my ‘peeps’ as some would say.  We were crammed in to the Kotinga Hall, a humble little community hall up …

Our Future is in Their HANDS

September 22, 2010 – 3:05 pm | 3 Comments

As Golden Bay’s complementary currency goes from strength to strength, the youth of Golden Bay are now being invited to participate as “Young HANDS.”
Starting now, children and young adults may join H.A.N.D.S. as Young HANDS.  …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#10

April 25, 2010 – 10:37 pm |

Tonight I attended the HANDS (Golden Bay’s complementary currency system, see Rebecca’s recent article here) Harvest Feast along with around 140 other people. I’ve got to be honest, I felt really emotional to be there, …

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