It favors uneven columns to differentiate types of information, simple but striking graphical elements to add visual interest, and photographs of participants to convey an approachable human character. Ithaca Hours Online is the virtual home of Ithaca Hours, the local currency project based in Ithaca, New York that has sparked a national movement. The idea is simple. Issue currency based on the labor of participants in the community. Part of what is behind this is the seemingly radical notion that all labor is to be valued equally.
Buyers exchange hours with sellers.
And the seller becomes a buyer in another transaction. Since more of the fruits of community labor remain in the community, the community as a whole benefits. The Ithaca Hours Online site is primarily a site providing information. To make it easy to navigate, the site uses a classic header, navigation bar, and body frameset. Your browser treats each frame as a set of interconnected windows.