Thanks to you all, the new Trade School software is open source! 

Connecting an international community dedicated to the power of non-monetary value, artist and Trade School organizer Or Zubalsky conceived of and created software that makes possible a conversation between 11,000 teachers, students, and organizers who participate in barter based learning in 20 dialects in 50 cities.

http://vimeo.com/41996790

As an online sharing platform, we are proud that Trade School’s internal structure reflects our public goals of reciprocity between students and teachers in classroom. Trade School is organized by a collective that shares decision making power. 

Now, for the first time, Trade School is also built with an open source software that anyone can share and modify, embodying our principles of cooperation and mutual aid. With international organizers giving input from Indianapolis to Athens, Guadalajara to Paris, the software was built with teaching and learning in mind.

You can see more at: http://tradeschool.coop/start-a-tradeschool/ 

The Trade School New York chapter plans to open again soon, when we find a permanent space to host classes. Until then, we will be mailing you all T-shirts and sending you updates here.

Want to dance with us?

Saturday, October 13, 2012 from 7:00pm until 1:00am at TreeHaus: 94 Monroe St. bt. Bedford Ave and Franklin Ave. in Brooklyn NY

For the first time ever Trade School New York is open in the fall! We want to celebrate the traditional school season by wrapping up all the brilliant foliage, practical layers, freshly sharpened pencils and crisp apples in a crust and baking them. Yum. Come to a pie social hosted by housing cooperative Treehaus to share YOUR idea of a delicious pie. Sweet? Savory? A delectable swirl of each? Prizes awarded to Most Original, Prettiest, Tastiest and Failure pie-because one person's failure is another person's hangover breakfast food.

Then burn off the calories on the dance floor to the stylings of DJ Make Believe and DJ Lil Lil. You'll be sliding around the floor like a it's a greased pie tin. The last party we had was pretty wild (that's where these photos are from).

Remember we need eaters as well as bakers. People with their own forks and plates get a humanitarian award. Jello shots and $2 beers will be for sale until they run out or we get tired of manning the bar. Finally, wear your pie finest whilst you pie dinest.

Until we meet, check out our classes at http://tradeschool.coop/newyork/class, join our FB page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/TradeSchoolNY/, and let us know you're coming to the party at https://www.facebook.com/events/429032347133624/?fref=ts.

Yours,
TSNY

Are you free tonight? Come to 2 West 13th Street to celebrate from 6:30-7:30pm...

Come to the Sheila C Johnson Design Center at Parsons the New School for Design to celebrate the fourth season of Trade School as part of Art, Environment, Action! If you can't make it tonight, visit us at 2 West 13th Street, NYC through October 28th. We'll also be having a pie social on October 13th, so get ready for a wild month. Sign up to teach or take a class at: 

http://tradeschool.coop/newyork/class

xo

Trade School

PS: We've been working furiously on the new software, helping new Trade Schools open every other week! Check out all the Trade Schools at: http://tradeschool.coop/

New York
London
Guadalajara
Singapore
Cardiff
Oakland
Milan
Barcelona
Manila
Paris
Purchase
Glasgow
Charlottesville
Cologne
Indianapolis
Amsterdam
Toronto
Bangkok
Quito
San Francisco

Amsterdam

This is Radio!Oct 1, 2012 8:30pm
How to Design your own ExperiencesOct 2, 2012 8:30pm
On Chronology and Time TravelOct 3, 2012 8:30pm
Viewpoints: playing with time and spaceOct 5, 2012 8:30pm
How to Write Text for Art GrantsOct 9, 2012 8:30pm
Basic Financial Administration Skills for ArtistsOct 10, 2012 6:30pm
Holiday Picture 2.0 : Travelling through Google streetviewOct 10, 2012 8:30pm
Basic Yoga for Computer Lovers with RSI SymptomsOct 11, 2012 6:30pm
How to turn an individual dream into a collective actOct 16, 2012 6:30pm
From idea to product to marketOct 17, 2012 6:30pm
Smokey eyes, baby!Oct 17, 2012 8:30pm
What's so special about You and Birds?Oct 18, 2012 8:30pm
No Trade School todayOct 19, 2012 6:30am
Communication Design in 2DOct 22, 2012 6:30pm
How to organize your own art world.Oct 23, 2012 6:30pm
Follow your Heart, and Make it HappenOct 24, 2012 8:30pm
From throw-away to coutureOct 26, 2012 6:30pm

Barcelona

Sueños en AcciónOct 1, 2012 7:00pm
Aprendizaje por trueque!Oct 2, 2012 7:00pm
Libre-tasOct 5, 2012 7:00pm
La sonrisa internaOct 9, 2012 3:00pm
Charla informativa Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga Oct 9, 2012 7:00pm
Introducción a WordPressOct 16, 2012 7:00pm
Taller ContacontesOct 17, 2012 5:00pm
Charla informativa La Astrología: herramienta para conocerse y liberarse de los patrones limitativosOct 19, 2012 7:00pm
Educalibre Taller Infantil *Viajando con la música en la máquina del tiempoOct 26, 2012 3:00pm
Passegem per BarcinoOct 26, 2012 6:00pm
Cocina Macrobiótica I: Algas y legumbresNov 23, 2012 4:00pm
Un tastet d'epigrafia (o com llegir Nov 23, 2012 6:00pm
Cocina Macrobiótica II: Los cerealesDec 7, 2012 4:00pm
Cocina Macrobiótica IIIDec 14, 2012 4:00pm
Cocina Macrobiótica IV: PostresDec 21, 2012 4:00pm

Cardiff

Repair CafeOct 8, 2012 6:00pm
Non-violent communicationOct 9, 2012 7:30pm

Glasgow

Our Neighbourhood Needs You (Govan/Linthouse)Oct 2, 2012 3:00pm
Who Cares? We Care!Oct 3, 2012 6:00pm
SCIF Providers CaféOct 9, 2012 5:30pm
Speaking with Confidence Oct 10, 2012 6:00pm
Change Your Life in Two Hours! An introduction to Life CoachingOct 17, 2012 6:00pm
Learn Traditional Indian Madhubani ArtOct 31, 2012 7:00pm
Speaking with Confidence Nov 7, 2012 6:00pm
Change Your Life in Two Hours! An introduction to Life CoachingNov 7, 2012 6:00pm
Our Neighbourhood Needs You (Eastend)Nov 13, 2012 3:00pm
Sectarianism - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Frightened To AskNov 21, 2012 6:00pm
Sectarianism - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Frightened To AskNov 28, 2012 6:00pm
Our Neighbourhood Needs You (Scotstoun)Dec 4, 2012 3:00pm
Speaking with ConfidenceDec 5, 2012 6:00pm

Guadalajara

Danza TerapiaSep 29, 2012 4:00pm
Taller de Hula HoopingSep 29, 2012 4:00pm
Grupos de Auto-Ayuda(Terapia de grupo)Sep 29, 2012 4:00pm
joyeria hecha con alambre y figuras de epoxicaSep 29, 2012 5:00pm
Filosofía para el día a díaSep 30, 2012 12:00pm
Cultivo de plantas medicinalesOct 6, 2012 4:00pm
Sesión Musicoterapia Oct 6, 2012 5:00pm
taller "Elaboración de productos a partir de plantas medicinales y sus propiedades"Oct 13, 2012 4:00pm
Huertos urbanos para principiantesOct 18, 2012 4:00pm

Indianapolis

Build Your Own Website: It's Easier Than You ThinkSep 27, 2012 6:30pm

Manila

Finding Your Spark & Turning Ideas Into Action (Part 2)Sep 29, 2012 10:00am
Events 101Sep 29, 2012 3:00pm
Creativity Not Required - Design DiscussionSep 29, 2012 3:00pm
"Party Like It's the End of the World" Dance Class (Part 2)Sep 29, 2012 7:00pm
Makeup 101Sep 30, 2012 10:00am
Investing 101. Grow you money without a sweat. THE REPEAT!Sep 30, 2012 10:00am
Personal Financial Planning (The Repeat)Sep 30, 2012 3:00pm
Cashflow 101 - The WorkshopSep 30, 2012 3:00pm
CHEMISTRY 101 FOR HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTSSep 30, 2012 7:00pm

New York

Photoshop for BeginnersSep 28, 2012 7:00pm
Financial Literacy 101Sep 29, 2012 12:00pm
Critical Thinking for the 21st CenturySep 29, 2012 4:00pm
Awesome Workshops & Presentations Without PowerPointSep 30, 2012 2:00pm
Barter: Theory and PracticeSep 30, 2012 4:00pm
IcebreakersOct 1, 2012 7:00pm
Meditation= CelebrationOct 1, 2012 7:00pm
Surveying Waste and CapitalOct 2, 2012 7:00pm
my debt storyOct 5, 2012 7:00pm
How to build a website from scratch (intro to DreamWeaver CS6)Oct 6, 2012 2:00pm
English Paper PiecingOct 6, 2012 4:00pm
Ensemble ImprovisationOct 7, 2012 2:00pm
Efficiency of movementOct 7, 2012 4:00pm
Creative Contracts: Beyond the Handshake and the Form ContractOct 8, 2012 7:00pm
Online Organizing 101 for Advocacy and OrganizingOct 9, 2012 7:00pm
Eat seaweed for a healthy thyroidOct 12, 2012 7:00pm
Invasive Pigments: Reconsidering Weeds through WatercolorOct 13, 2012 12:00pm
Pleasure Society Dances of the Hungry March BandOct 13, 2012 2:00pm
How to Do an I-Ching ReadingOct 13, 2012 4:00pm
Pie SocialOct 13, 2012 7:00pm
Cyanotype PhotogramsOct 20, 2012 12:00pm
Learn to code, the how and why (and some history!)Oct 20, 2012 2:00pm
Inkspirations: How the shapes created by Sumi ink and water can stimulate imagination and creativityOct 20, 2012 4:00pm
Introduction to the Alexander Technique - Find Relief from Pain, Improve Performance and Breathe FreelyOct 21, 2012 3:30pm
From Crash to Crash: Art Activism and Gentrification in NYC since 1974 Oct 22, 2012 7:00pm
Run. Enjoy. Repeat. Oct 22, 2012 7:00pm
The job of your dreams is here now: a collaborative discussion about your job searchOct 23, 2012 7:00pm
U.S. Immigration 101Oct 23, 2012 7:00pm
Fall Soup Making CourseOct 27, 2012 12:00pm
Climate Change: Science, Economics & PolicyOct 27, 2012 2:00pm
Solidarity, Justice, and Cooperation, oh my! Economics for the rest of us.Oct 28, 2012 2:00pm

Economic Anthropology Reading Group: case studies in re-distribution, community-based value, and the commons

Thanks to you, we're making Trade School an open source project for people everywhere! Three cheers for self-organized learning spaces that run on barter!!!

Here's a list of some classes happening around the world this week:

Barcelona

Charla sobre el libro "Life without money"
Un tastet d'epigrafia (o com llegir "pedres velles")
Passegem per Barcino

Guadalajara

Aperturas ajedrez La apertura inglesa

London

How to read between the lines. Textual analysis masterclass.
Brick Factory
Dancing the Irish Way
LETTERPRESS PRINTATHON
Introduction to Street/Urban Art

Manila

Homeschooling 101
So You Want to be a Radio/Events Host
DIY Workshop: Three Purses
Introduction to Zen
Personal Financial Planning

Paris

Jerry Workshop - Turn old jerrycans into low cost servers and computers

xo

TradeSchool.coop

PS: It's not too late to support our work! All tax-deductible donations can be made online at OurGoods page via our fiscal sponsor. Please write "for Trade School Everywhere" in your notes. The donation link is: https://www.thefield.org/Profile.aspx?SAID=2141. Also, if you're a Python developer, and want to work with us, let us know by e-mailing info@tradeschool.coop

Dear supporters,

If you increase your pledge to $100 or more, you'll be invited to a special dinner with Trade School backers like Sunny Bates, Lisa Gansky, and Trade School organizers. Please tell your friends to give $100 if they can, because we have 9 days to raise $4,500... if 45 people give $100 each this week, we'll make it!

Also, we hope to see you on the 4th of July at Industry City Distillery. $10 will get you a feast of two roast pigs, top-secret vodka, homemade pies, and more, with all proceeds to benefit Trade School Everywhere. RSVP for that here: http://thecityfoundry.com/party

Thanks again,

Trade School Everywhere

PS: Trade School Barcelona just opened! Trade School Manila and Trade School Bangkok are nearly open, and Trade School Oakland is on it's way.