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

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 …

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

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 Comment
Sharing ideas from Bioneers: Part 2

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

Grocery Shopping in the Age of Sharing
November 4, 2009 – 6:39 pm | No Comment
Grocery Shopping in the Age of Sharing

EcoSalon posted a nice piece today: “Sharing: It’s not just nice, it’s necessary.”  I love the “rundown of the 15 coolest sharing concepts.”

Coincidentally, I know the journalist who wrote the piece, Vanessa Barrington, because we …

“Bioneering” Ideas for Sharing, Part 1
November 3, 2009 – 9:54 pm | No Comment
“Bioneering” Ideas for Sharing, Part 1

The weekend before last, I shared a “Cooperative Living and Sharing Brainstorm Booth” with Regenerative Real Estate at the incredible Bioneers Conference. Our booth featured a coffee table and chairs in a circle, and …

Sharing the Task of Nurturing Our Local Economies
September 27, 2009 – 11:03 pm | No Comment
Sharing the Task of Nurturing Our Local Economies

Yesterday, I moderated a panel discussion and had many great conversations at the Festival for Grassroots Economies, where brilliant ideas seemed to be generated, on average, every 2 seconds. My mind is still spinning from …

Sharing the Task of Nurturing Our Local Economies
September 27, 2009 – 7:24 pm | No Comment

Yesterday, I moderated a panel discussion and had many great conversations at theFestival for Grassroots Economies, where brilliant ideas seemed to be generated, on average, every 2 seconds. My mind is still spinning from it …

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. …

Some Benefits of Sharing
April 16, 2009 – 8:12 pm | No Comment

The benefits of sharing are many, and I’m always discovering new ones. Sharing can benefit us personally and financially, and it can make the world a much better place. Here is a listing of some …

Sharing Nourishes Local Living Economies
April 15, 2009 – 11:56 pm | No Comment

It’s no fun to focus on bad news, so I won’t for more than just a second. One piece of news literally drove home for me the importance of building local economies. I used to …