After two months, 41 sharing stories, 1,158 votes, and an intense round of judging, the results of our Share or Die Storytelling Contest are in.
The top prize in the video category comes from Shira Golding Evergreen and tells the story of two pioneering women who make a new life together in Ithaca, New York, by starting a vibrant barter community called Share Tompkins, which has hosted 25 local sharing events in the last three years.
Check our contest story channel for more stories and our book, Share or Die, for an even bigger collection of stories about sharing.
In 2008, Shira Golding Evergreen and her partner headed upstate from New York City to Ithaca, New York, with the goal of living a more shareable life. Once there, they connected with the Freeskool and other community members who were steeped in various sharing-based practices. Within no time, they had founded a vibrant barter community called Share Tompkins, which has hosted 25 local sharing events in the last three years.
Here’s their story:
