Clothing Store Hemp & Company Joins Tetla Economy

Hemp & Company, a locally owned clothing store with two locations is now allowing customers to pay for 20% of all purchases with tetlas.


http://www.hempandcompany.com/


According to their website, Hemp & Company carries over 50 different brands of organic and eco friendly clothing, bodycare and accessories lines. Approximately 60% of their inventory is Canadian made, and their own line of Hemp & Company Originals and Essentials is designed and manufactured entirely in Canada.

They have two locations :one in downtown Victoria and the other in Esquimalt.


Hemp & Company Government Street1102 Government Street Victoria, BC, V8W 1Y2
Phone: 250.383.4367 Toll Free:1.866.383.4367

Hemp & Company Vicwest

422 Craigflower Road, Victoria BC, V9A 2V8

Tetla Mentioned in The Tyee

Here's a link to an article on alternative currencies in the Tyee that mentions Tetla. The Tyee is an online publication.

Mostly the article is about local currency systems in Brazil, but it's another mention for tetla.

Living The New Economy - A Week of Events

The Living the New Economy event is coming up. Actually there are two such events coming up. One in Vancouver and one on Vancouver Island in Victoria. Some of the events at the conferences are by donation, and some require tickets to be purchased.

 

Living the New Economy in Victoria will feature Tetlas. Tetla founder Meaghie Champion will be speaking at event during the "Indigenomics" segment. Also tickets to the event can be purchased online with Tetlas by entering the discount code "TETLA" when buying tickets online. This will cause the money price to go to zero. You'll automatically receive an email confirmation and printable tickets attached to the email. You'll need to remember to bring the actual Tetlas to the registration desk at the event to pay for the ticket, but you will already have the ticket and not have to worry about whether they sell out before you get there. If you have only enough Tetlas to pay for part of the cost of the ticket, use the same code and print the tickets, just pay at the registration desk partly in Tetlas and partly with regular money.

 

 

There will also be a table where you can buy Tetla t-shirts and probably other things.

 

Here's a link to the website for the event in Victoria:

 

http://neweconomy.ca/victoria.html

 

Here's an explanation from the event website explaining what they mean by the "New Economy".

 

 

The "New Economy" encompasses:

economic activities that bring the human economy into greater balance with our natural ecosystems;

a movement towards a more equitable economic arrangement for people and communities, including more collaborative and distributed forms of ownership and greater economic democracy;

the building of economic, physical and social resilience in local economies and communities;

the "sharing economy", which includes collaborative consumption and the restoration of a more human and social element to economic transactions and other economic activities;

and the use of new technologies, especially communications and internet-based technologies, to make all of the above possible in ways they haven't been before.

The New Economy cannot be reduced to a strategy or an "idea" to be considered, but is an emergent phenomenon that is being manifest in many different ways all over the world right now, in response to the rapidly changing economic, technological, social and ecological environments. The economy is being transformed, and the question for stakeholders is "Do we wish to be leaders in this transformation, or followers?"

Living the New Economy is co-hosted by the Healing Cities Institute – a not-for-profit society dedicated to making cities places that enhance our physical, social, mental and spiritual health, and the EcoDesign Resource Society – a charitable organization. Since cities are made up of people and few things impact our social and mental health more than money, exploring different dimensions and approaches to the economy is key to the diversity, sustainable prosperity and health of any community.

 

 

Living the New Economy will be held in Vic West, just across the Blue Bridge (Johnson Street Bridge) from Downtown Victoria. Here's the details http://neweconomy.ca/venue.html

 

There are 20 events taking place over 7 days from November 29 to December 5, 2013. Here is the schedule of events:

http://neweconomy.ca/program.html

 

Barter Auction Oct 21, 2013 7pm

Participate in the barter economy!

We'll be having a barter auction from 7pm to 9pm on October 21, 2013. The Community of Christ church has been kind enough to allow us to use the lower level of their church building as the venue for this event. The building is located at 495 Burnside Rd. E. It's atthe intersection of Burnside and Finlayson near the Mayfair Mall. There will be free parking in the church parking lot.

Bidding at the auction will be with Tetlas, green dollars or other pre-approved barter currencies. There will even be an experiment where you may be able to issue your own barter currency and use it to bid on and win items at the barter auction. If you are interesting in issuing your own currency, please contact us prior to the event.

In addition to the auction, you can buy or goods and services for barter currencies.

One dollar from each item or lot auctioned will go towards building or repairing homes on Indian Reserves. There will also be opportunities to make donations in Tetlas, green dollars, etc. to this project or to the Indigenous and Settler Allies Homemakers Association.

Some snacks will be made available for free. There will probably also be other snacks and food items for sale for barter currencies.

So bring your tetlas if you have any or open a free LETS barter account at www.lets.victoria.bc.ca and get 1,000 green dollars of free credit you can use to bid on items at the auction. Or look around your house or garage for that stuff you thought you would use when you bought it, but now is just taking up space. If it's worth something, you could auction it off and get Tetlas or green dollars you can spend in the barter economy. (Check out www.tetla.org and click the tab that says, "Where Can You Spend Tetlas?" to see a list of local businesses that accept payment in Tetlas.) Please let us know in advance if you have something you want to auction off.

This is also a chance to meet other people who participate in the barter economy and be a part of building a new economy from scratch. This isn't just an auction. It isn't just a fundraiser. This is the seed of an economic transformation. That seed is already planted. Come watch it grow.

Tetla Home Building Project Kicks Off in a Good Way! New Coordinators for the Ed Seymour Build

Announcing - Bonnie Johnnie, as Volunteer Coordinator for the Ed Seymour home fix... Muriel Johnnie is going to be heading off to Chemainus in the next little while to get a handle on what needs to be done, and start pricing out the supplies and costs that will be involved. His Uncle, David Jack is a ticketed Roofer in Kuleet Bay and has also volunteered to help!

Tetla Tsetsuwatil Advisory Council Announced

The Following People Comprise the Tetla Tsetsuwatil Advisory Council  as of this date, Aug 19th 2013.


Bonnie Johnnie - Build Volunteer Coordinator, Steve Alphonse - Cultural Consultant, Protocol and Community Relations
Ellen Cenname - Volunteer Coordinator, Community Relations, Photographer
Charlene Seymour-Joe - Language Instruction/ Hul'qumi'num Translation
Charles Rice - Construction, Carpentry, Training
Meaghie Champion - Communications, Public Relations
Krista Raphaelle - Perma-Culture Advisor
Nathan Moss- Religious & Global Outreach, De-Colonization Expert
Charles Champion - Financial & Accounting Advisor - Secretary Treasurer



(The following are not on the advisory board but still have volunteered to help out where they can)

Liason to Cowichan Tribes - Darin George (member of Council)
Josh Walker Youth representative

If you have an interest in serving on the board please contact any advisory council member and let us know. The Advisory Council meets once a month in person, and once a week on-line. We also need people who are not on the advisory council to be part of the Family Selection Nutsamaat. This work will involve reviewing application from prospective partner families, interviewing families and working together to achieve consensus on the choosing the families that will enter into partnerships with the Tetla Tsetsuwatil in building their family home.

Steve Alphonse and Meaghie Champion are also planning to work with Speaker and Elder Kwulthustun  or Suhilton (Willie Seymour) to develop a constitution in Hul'qumi'num. This constitution will be comprised of the teachings of our ancestors (Snuwuwyl) and will be the principles under which this advisory board will work together according to the values and principles that are consistent with our traditional culture and teachings.

T-Shirts

 

The TetlaTsetsuwatil is now giving out t-shirts to those who donate at least $23 in money or tetlas. We plan to use the funds raised to go towards the housebuilding/repair project. Chemainus elder Ed Seymour has asked for help in repairing his roof.

 The t-shirts display the same salmon image as appears on Tetla gift certificates. It also has the words "I accept tetla. I accept  Indigenous Sovereignty." If you want one of these t-shirts, please email info@tetla.org with your name, contact info such as phone number and/or email and your mailing address. Also the amount you would like to donate. Please state a preference for payment options such as cash, cheque, tetlas, etc. Also, we would need to know what size t-shirt you would prefer. If you need us to mail the shirt to you, we'll probably need to be reimbursed for shipping costs, but if you can pick it up in Esquimalt, there's no shipping costs.

Here's the t-shirt design: