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It Takes a Village

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A consistent theme here at Shareable is that sharing begets more sharing. Rachel Botsman's story about the Santa Rosa tool library, "Is Sharing Contagious?" is a good case in point. Read more »

Lessons from an Abandoned Lot

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Today, my kids--ages 11, 4, and 3--are playing in the abandoned lot again. They call it "Nature Center. Read more »

Global Commons Idea Navigates Public Private Split

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America’s bitterly divided discourse about government and the public sector is all but absent here at the global commons conference in Hyderabad, India where criticisms of government seem driven more by an impulse to protect communities from st. Read more »

How to Manage Usage of a Shared Asset

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So you've seen the light and are thinking about sharing ownership of a boat, car, or some other infrequently used asset. Great! But what happens when you all want to use it at the same time?

Shared ownership (a.k.a. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

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Here are some links we enjoyed from around the web this week. As always, enjoy and share your own in the comments.


Stewart Brand argues the future of the planet belongs to urban squatters. Read more »

Five Mobile Apps for Civic Engagement

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The immediacy of the mobile web and the molasses-slow pace of government bureaucracy may seem to be at odds, but not to government 2.0 thinkers, civic planners and developers. Read more »

Are Cities Any Place for Children?

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I was genuinely surprised to come across a website called the Conservative Planner, promising a “A different dose of urban planning” (featured on this week’s digest from one of my favorite sources of urban news and views, Planetizen. Read more »

Everything Solid Melts into Jelly: Coworking in Rural England

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More and more people are, by necessity or choice, working for themselves and from home. Read more »

A Walk in the Park

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Last Sunday, my friends Josh and Erica plus their little Ursula hosted my wife Andrea, little Jake, and I for a tasty brunch at their Upper Haight flat. Read more »

Sharing Tech Strategies with Digital Natives: Six Surprising Benefits

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For the record, let’s stipulate that there’s a lot of worthless, if not downright offensive, material online and that some who lurk in cyberspace have less than honorable intentions. Read more »

 Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy

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