Chris Rankin: On Wednesday, Sept. 13, we celebrated the launch of our new book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” and crowdfunding campaign, at the Embassy Network house in San Francisco, California. We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a fun and inspiring evening. It gave us a rare opportunity to connect with supporters… Continue reading
New Economy and Social Innovation: Commons are often associated with natural resources like the oceans and forests — areas that belong to everyone. But commons are not just resources. They are not simply Wikipedia pages or the city grounds used for urban gardening. They comprise of a resource, a community, and a set of social… Continue reading
Dear readers, We have exciting news. For the past six months, our team has been hard at work on forging a new path for Shareable. We sought and received invaluable input from more than 400 readers, 34 leaders in the sharing movement, our readers, partners, board, funders, staff, and Miriam Abrams, our indomitable strategic planning… Continue reading
Cross-posted from Shareable and written by Maira Sutton, Cat Johnson and Neal Gorenflo: The sharing economy held great promise when it first emerged. It was seen as a way to help people build community, reduce unnecessary consumption, and generate extra income. It was based on the brilliantly simple notion that when we share, everybody has… Continue reading
I always appreciate it when interviewers force you to articulate things that lie just below the surface. That’s what happened when Cat Johnson of Shareable recently talked with me about Patterns of Commoning, the new book that I co-edited with Silke Helfrich that profiles dozens of notable commons around the world. Here is an excerpt:… Continue reading
Between the 9th and 16th of September, we’re going to revolutionize the Sharing Economy to return it to neighborhoods and citizens The discussion about collaborative consumption is reaching pretty clear positions on the role of business. As Neal Gorenflo said this week: As for Uber, Airbnb, and the other giants of for-profit sharing, “they do… Continue reading
Reposted from our friends at Shareable, please share the following article, written by Cat Johnson, as widely as possible. Neil Thapar first encountered seed issues in law school when he worked with the Center for Food Safety against genetically-modified food. But it was a season spent working on an organic farm in Santa Cruz, California when he began… Continue reading
For this, the final installment of our serialization of Shareable’s Policies for Sharing Cities Report, we look at jobs and jobs creation in the context of the Sharing Economy. Top image photo credit: Zach Klein. Excerpted from the Policies for Shareable Cities report. The sharing economy offers enormous potential to create jobs. Sharing leverages a… Continue reading
Continuing with our serialization of Shareable’s Policies for Sharing Cities Report, in today’s segment we explore 7 policy ideas for the creation of Shareable Housing. Check in again next week for the final segment, “Job Creation and the Sharing Economy”. WHAT STEPS CAN A CITY TAKE TO PROMOTE SHAREABLE HOUSING? Here are seven ideas to… Continue reading
Continuing our serialization of Shareable magazine’s Policies for Sharing Cities Report, today we take a look at food provisioning in cities and how it relates to the sharing economy. Come back next week for Part 4, dealing with Shareable Housing. In a sharing economy, individuals look less to big chain stores to meet their food needs, and… Continue reading
After last week’s introduction, we’re proud to present the first in-depth chapter of Shareable’s invaluable Policies for Sharing Cities Report. This week’s chapter deals with how to maximize shareable transportation (and minimize redundant consumption) in cities. Tune in next week, where we’ll expand the discussion to food and the sharing economy In the sharing economy,… Continue reading
Shareable’s groundbreaking “Policies for Shareable Cities” report has been out for a few months now, but we feel it’s worth revisiting, so we’ve decided to serialise it each Thursday for next month or so right here, on the P2P blog. This report is the result of months of research by Shareable and the Sustainable Economies Law Center, and… Continue reading
HOW CAN A CITY HARNESS THE SHARING ECONOMY IN ORDER TO CREATE JOBS AND DEVELOP ENTERPRISE? Excerpted from the Policies for Shareable Cities report, by SELC: 1. EXPAND ALLOWABLE HOME OCCUPATIONS TO INCLUDE SHARING ECONOMY ENTERPRISE We recommend that cities expand allowable home occupations to include “nano-enterprises” characteristic of the sharing economy, or define such… Continue reading
Republished from David Bollier: “Shareable and the Sustainable Economies Law Center have released a fantastic new report surveying the ways in which cities can adopt policies to promote “sharing” in a range of areas — food, housing, transportation and jobs. The landmark report, “Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders,”… Continue reading
Shareable Australia, launched by Darren Sharp and friends, helps to facilitate and spread the word about Meetups, unconferences, swap meets and the sharing marketplace, and reports on local movements and events. Cat Johnson explains: “The recently-created Australian channel of Shareable Magazine, Shareable Australia acts to create person-to-person connections within the sharing movement. The channel helps… Continue reading
Our friends of Shareable needs your help to continue their fantastic work. Please help them by donating now! More about their campaign: Shareable is a non-profit. We’re in the final year of a startup grant. But the SHIFT Foundation will only continue to support Shareable if we diversify our funding. So we’re turning to our readers… Continue reading