Shareable: Sharing by design

Collaborative Consumption is Overrated
Collaborative consumption is promising, but doesn't have the potential to create high-skilled livelihoods for users like the maker movement.
Young Adults: Win a Grant to Start a Sharing Project!
Want to start a sharing project in your community? You may be eligible to win a grant of up to $1,000 and support package from Shareable.
Bringing People Together with Benches
Can a park bench transform the way that people interact in public spaces? Danish artist Jeppe Hein says yes.

urban agriculture

Harvesting the City

By SPUR

| 02.04.13, 9:51am | Comments (0)

What can we learn from San Francisco's successes and failures in expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture? SPUR has a more than a few suggestions based on extensive research.

airbnb

2013: A Year of Lifestyle Experiments in the Sharing Economy

By Mike Brown

| 01.31.13, 4:19am | Comments (1)

Today I’m launching a yearlong life experiment. I’m devoting 2013 to test driving the Sharing Economy by trying out as many services as possible, and with the rigor of an engineer, with spreadsheets and ROIs.

redesigning Shareable

A Plan for Shareable 2.0 - What Do You Think?

By Seth Schneider

| 01.29.13, 4:38pm | Comments (14)

This summer we listened to you, our readers, about how to improve Shareable. Now, we’re excited to announce a plan for creating version 2.0 of Shareable, and we’d appreciate your feedback.

hackerspaces

Mothership Hackermoms: A Shared Space for the DIY Mom

By Tay Wiles

| 01.29.13, 11:10am | Comments (0)

Where can mom go to use an industrial sewing machine, get an HTML tutorial, and hand over the kids to a great babysitter in one place? Mothership HackerMoms, of course.

Church of the Messiah

Meet the Maker Space in a Church Basement

By Mira Luna

| 01.24.13, 8:48pm | Comments (0)

Mira Luna, Shareable's newly hired Organizing Director, is in Detroit where on day one of her trip she found a thriving maker space in a church basement.

Detroit

Be Me: Black Men Engaged in Sharing and Community

By Niema Jordan

| 02.06.13, 11:23am | Comments (0)

BMe empowers black male social entrepreneurs in US cities. Their slogan is "Share, Inspire, Connect."

New Era Windows and Doors

A New Era: From Occupation to Workers' Control

By Willie Osterweil

| 02.06.13, 9:44am | Comments (0)

After two plant shutdowns and two successful occupations, workers at the New Era Windows and Doors factory have transformed it to a worker's coop.

walking school bus

How to Create a Walking School Bus in Your Neighborhood

By Cat Johnson

| 02.06.13, 6:45am | Comments (0)

Walking school buses get kids moving, reduce air pollution, and strengthen communities. Here's how to get started.

collaborative consumption

Captain Up: Cruzin Launches P2P Boat Sharing

By Jessica Reeder

| 02.05.13, 8:57am | Comments (0)

17 million boats sit idle 95% of the time. A new company wants to let boaters share the waves.

social change

Six Habits of Highly Empathic People

By Roman Krznaric

| 02.04.13, 9:48am | Comments (0)

We can cultivate empathy throughout our lives, says Roman Krznaric—and use it as a radical force for social transformation.

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