Foster Road in Southeast Portland, Oregon is lined with wrecking yards, auto body shops, gas stations, cheap appliance stores, and vacant lots. Read more »
As every store and online outlet hawks their holiday deals, Shareable reposts this 2009 piece about how Neal Gorenflo gave up holiday gifts and discovered a new way to bond with friends and family. Read more »
Popular music has always had an ambivalent relationship with American law and order, so it's unsurprising that the mash-up DJ Girl Talk has become a living example of what stringent intellectual property law makes impossible. Read more »
One of the most amazing things about the process of our economic downsizing has been how embraced and supported we feel by our friends, neighbors, and surrounding community. Read more »
Will freecycling startups dethrone the mighty Freecycle? Is Facebook now a freecycling platform? Are we even allowed to say freecycle? The sordid tale of giving stuff away for free. Read more »
Hacker 'elf' Pavlik doesn't have a job or use money, but works incredibly hard to strengthen the commons and is immeasurably rich for it. Here's how he thrives. Read more »
Do you want to hold a sharing event or attend one in your community? Based on reader ideas, we've put together an idea for an events network that would include assistance for hosting events and the ability to attend community-created events -- such as gift circles, swaps, conferences, hackathons, and happy hours. Read more »
For the sharing economy to go mainstream, it must address the safety concerns of women users. How can services address these risks and ensure their safety? Read more »
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