12 Policies to Boost Innovation, Resilience & Prosperity in Cities
Cities are ripe with sharing opportunities.
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Open Wide
In cities and on the Web, distinctive shared spaces attract private capital, which erodes the very qualities that make them unique
The Sharing Economy Just Got Real
The legal problems of the sharing economy just got real.
Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders
This report details 32 specific policy steps that local leaders can take to benefit from the growing sharing economy and support innovations such as carsharing, ridesharing, cohousing, cooperatives, and urban agriculture.
What’s Next for the Sharing Movement?
With the launch of a promising new sharing movement organization called Peers today, it’s a good time to reflect on the character of the sharing movement.
Profiles in Sharing: Janelle Orsi – The Sharing Economy Lawyer
“The media, when they define the sharing economy, is often narrowly focused on technology-enabled sharing,” she says. “Most of the sharing that I work with is local, neighborhood-based so the title Sharing Economy Lawyer gives the wrong impression, but it’s taken more seriously.”
Common questions about economic sharing
As the concept of sharing slowly begins to grip the mass public consciousness, there are many questions that arise about the meaning and relevance of this simple concept for political and economic reform.
Liberate Education: How to Start a Free School
This how-to guide was written for Shareable by organizers (especially Aaron Rosenblum) from EXCOtc, a collective of Experimental Colleges in the Twin Cities of Minnesota that shares visions of a better world, offering free and open classes, and building a community around education for social change.
The Next New Economy
Hardly a new idea, the sharing economy has been hotly discussed among rising entrepreneurs and the media since the global recession of 2008.
Sharing as a Solution to Global Crisis
The social, environmental and economic crises that continue to reap havoc across the globe provide a critical opportunity for ordinary people to demand economic reform and political transformation says STWR’s director, Rajesh Makwana, in an interview with John Habets & Henk Gloudemans.
Foodlab Detroit Fosters New Business Paradigm, Jobs
As Detroit recovers from staggering unemployment due to the mass exodus of the auto industry, small business creation is now being touted by many locals as a better solution for resiliency, higher wages and employment stability than big business recruitment. But starting a new business from a dream with little business experience can be daunting, especially without the capital to carry you through early mistakes.
Eating Rich, Living Poor: DIY Food By Necessity
It started disastrously. Three bare months before my partner and I moved, at the start of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, I was diagnosed with celiac disease. There was no cure, only a strict diet to be followed. No more gluten, which meant wheat, rye, or barley. Those three ingredients seemed to be in everything. No cookies, no crackers, no soups, no bread, no pasta, no potpies. Nothing. I couldn’t even add soy sauce to my stir fry. It was winter and the cold was already taking a toll on me. Long, cloudy months lowered my spirits. Winter cut through my jacket and bit at my bones.