How to Map the New Economy in Your City
Groups all over the world are resisting the status quo of profit maximization by putting society’s happiness, health and the Earth first. This work, though,...
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What Can We Learn from the Bike-Sharing World Map?
Though I’ve used bike-sharing programs in three different countries (Spain, America and Canada), it wasn’t until I saw a news story about a bike-sharing...
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Lessons from Microfinance for the Sharing Economy
Microfinance is the provision of financial products and services to economically active poor people who, for a variety of cultural, social, gender-related, and...
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The Rise of the Sharing Communities
As the sharing economy picks up momentum, its reach has become global. In cities and towns around the world, people are creating ways to share everything from baby...
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Lessons for Building a Co-operative Movement
A GEO Interview with John Curl, Fall 2012 PM Press has released a second edition of John Curl’s 550 page history of “cooperation, cooperative movements, and...
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Using Tribes to Enable Sharing Within Offline Networks
Neal Gorenflo wrote a thoughtful post on the issues related to neighborhood stuff sharing. In the post he noted that while there are a huge number of sharing sites out...
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20 Must-see U.S. Co-working Spaces
Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space....
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Sam Muir goes Open Source Everything!
Sam Muirhead will have to turn his rather non-handy hands to all forms of making and DIY as he attempts to live without proprietary products for a year. If you...
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Shareable: 25 ways to enliven your ‘hood
Join an Online Meeting to Help Shape Shareable’s Future You’re invited! Shareable is redesigning our site to better serve our readers and the sharing movement....
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