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When the Sharing Hits the Fan
September 1, 2010 – 1:26 pm | No Comment
When the Sharing Hits the Fan

Read Emily’s article on Shareable.net: When the Sharing Hits the Fan

Let’s Make Money Soup! Part 1 of 3 of Janelle’s legal guide to barter and gift economies
September 1, 2010 – 1:14 pm | No Comment
Let’s Make Money Soup! Part 1 of 3 of Janelle’s legal guide to barter and gift economies

Read it on Shareable.net: How to Barter Give and Get Stuff: Attorney Janelle Orsi Explains the Legal Nuts and Bolts of a Sharing Economy

Shareable Has Launched! Please Spread the News!
October 2, 2009 – 7:47 pm | No Comment

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, and …

Plant Sharing – Good For Us, Good For Our Plants
October 1, 2009 – 7:36 pm | No Comment
Plant Sharing – Good For Us, Good For Our Plants

Every year, my mom, an avid gardener, puts out the word to her friends and colleagues that she is having a massive plant give-away. Her garden seems to get more vibrant every year, but I …

Sharing Food and Making Friends
September 17, 2009 – 7:17 pm | No Comment

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 Revolution v. Big Grey Cloud
July 5, 2009 – 12:35 pm | No Comment

With all the excitement around the release of The Sharing Solution, I have been daydreaming lately about the sharing revolution. The sharing revolution. Hmm… that seems to merit capital letters: THE SHARING REVOLUTION!
That’s better.
We are on the …

Cash-Strapped States Find Sharing Is One Solution
May 26, 2009 – 6:59 pm | No Comment

Once in a while, someone hears about The Sharing Solution and says, “That’s SO California!” To the contrary, sharing is catching on all over the place, as the New York Times reports in an article about sharing between …

Coming Together at the Seams (or “A Stitch in Time Saves Nine or More People from Having to Buy Sewing Machines”)
May 25, 2009 – 4:56 pm | No Comment
Coming Together at the Seams (or “A Stitch in Time Saves Nine or More People from Having to Buy Sewing Machines”)

A friend of mine who is a landscaper recently told me about his plans to spend an afternoon at a local sewing center, patching up his denim work pants and mending various articles of clothing. …

Free the Cans! Working Together to Reduce Waste
May 23, 2009 – 12:57 am | No Comment
Free the Cans! Working Together to Reduce Waste

In a blog about how people share, it’s worth the occasional reference to the bizarre ways that people DON’T SHARE. Is it safe to say we live in a society that places great value on …

Sophisticated Stuff Sharing
May 21, 2009 – 12:33 am | No Comment

Sharing can be a simple as lending a book to a friend, but opportunities are arising on the Internet to share more things, more often, and with more people, including those you don’t know. There …