Seven Job Creation Strategies for Shareable Cities
Sharing is also at the heart of the employment model that is designed to keep wealth and jobs in the community: cooperatives.
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Monroe’s Sharing Garden — The Giving is Growing
During this five-year experiment in the giving economy, the garden has tripled in size. Sharegivers (volunteers) of all ages work in the gardens…No money is exchanged. Materials and labor, and even use of the property, are freely given and showing up in abundance.
Blueprint for P2P Society: The Partner State & Ethical Economy
A new way to produce is emerging. By this I mean: a new way to produce anything and everything, whether it is software, food, or cities.
The single most important principle for sustainability
The non-natural needs to prove its benefits, not the natural. This principle is the clearest expression of the precautionary principle I’ve ever seen, and it is even more stringent.
The Third Revolution
My thesis is that all these things that we are describing are the seed of a new political economy, of a new system of civilization.
Why Peer Production Thrives in the Field of Theater Arts
What happens when you apply the tools of the sharing economy to the mission of an enterprising arts organization?
Is the Sharing Economy Here Yet?
Living quietly alongside the Industrial Growth Economy is another economy, an ancient one.
Who knew that Seoul was a leader in the sharing economy?
Did you know that Seoul, South Korea is one of the world’s key sites for post-growth economic re-development? No? Neither did I, until I saw for myself.
While Government Shut Down, the Global Sharing Movement Ramped Up
In October, while the US government…shutdown, the global sharing movement ramped up and demonstrated that if we want to get stuff done, we’re going to have to do it ourselves.
We Gathered, We Mapped, We Shared: a #MapJam Follow-Up
Sharing services aren’t always easy to find. For two weeks in October, people all over the world gathered to make maps.
The Rise of the Sharing Economy in my Community
This emerging collaborative way of living and working is a potential economic regeneration strategy for communities, particularly those in rural areas.
Join the Sharing Cities Network
Imagine a city where everyone’s needs are met because people make the personal choice to share.