Launching the Slow Homes Movement
November 17, 2009 – 5:09 pm | No Comments

Shareable.net just published my two-part “Slow Homes Manifesto,” which is really meant to be the starter for a much broader conversation. In the piece, I start to paint a picture of what a slow homes …

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Sharing ideas from Bioneers: Part 2
November 7, 2009 – 5:17 pm | No Comments

We asked attendees of the Bioneers conference to write down an answer to “What Do You Share?” Here is what they said:

* Tools
* Plants
* Produce
* A dog
* Music parties!
* Yerba mate
* My/our kitchen
* Homeschooling
* Myself in the service of the planet
* Garden
* Humor
* Yoga and dance studio space
* Orchard
* Water
* Food
* Child care
* Time
* Money
* Energy
* Crying
* Intuition
* Love

Tip: Sharing Food and Making Friends
November 12, 2009 – 11:28 pm | No Comments

Here’s a great idea for sharing food in community with others: get a bunch of people, many of whom are strangers to one another, together in a kitchen and give them cooking assignments in small …

Sharing Ideas from Bioneers: Part 3
November 10, 2009 – 5:23 pm | No Comments

At our “Cooperative Living and Sharing Brainstorm Booth” at the Bioneers Conference, we also asked people to tell us: “What are barriers to community building?”
Here are some of the answers:

Petty issues that get people …

Sharing ideas from Bioneers: Part 2
November 7, 2009 – 5:17 pm | No Comments

We asked attendees of the Bioneers conference to write down an answer to “What Do You Share?” Here is what they said:
* Tools
* Plants

Shareable Has Launched: A new web community for sharing
October 2, 2009 – 6:53 pm | No Comments
Shareable Has Launched: A new web community for sharing

This is a huge boost for the sharing revolution: Shareable.net has launched!  Shareable is a new online magazine, a breeding ground for sharing ideas, and a space to develop our visions for an innovative, sharing, …

Shared Housing is also for the Mechanically Inclined
October 1, 2009 – 7:01 pm | No Comments
Shared Housing is also for the Mechanically Inclined

Today, there was yet another article about sharing in the New York Times – “The Modern Answer to the Commune,” profiling the urban optimists who are forming shared housing around common values, sustainability, and, as …

Social Sustainability Blog Reviews The Sharing Solution
September 30, 2009 – 10:34 pm | No Comments

Really nice shout-out for The Sharing Solution yesterday on “Social Sustainability: Musings on the Social Side of Sustainability.” Thanks Jennifer! And look for a more to come on this blog about Living Green: Communities that …