The Share Or Die Storytelling Contest has been live for a week now and we’ve already received some passionate, inspiring and even beautiful stories. Here are the entries from week one:
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Last year, Adam Greenfield got together with some neighbors and created a street festival to highlight what was great about their community. He tells the story in his video submission, "Sharing Our Streets".
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Keith Binkly’s "Sharin'-dipity" tells a story of a complete life change. He packed it all up and took a bus trip to a new life where he now knows that “the pie grows the more we share.”
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Jen Abrams’ sharing and Sharing relates how she discovered a new level of support from her community in a moment of crisis.
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"Share for Life" tells how Rebecca Brian discovered a community when she began working at a coworking space and found she no longer had to do everything by herself.
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Sharon Ede, in "How Virtual Sharing Changed My Real World Life", tells how sharing on social media led to a much bigger collaborative effort with the Post Growth Institute.
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Lindsay Burstedt submitted "Sharing Offices, Homes and Cars, Oh My!" and how those forms of sharing have led her to feel happier and more positive about the world.
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"Load OUT! sharing materials for creative re-use by artists", a video by Tamara Greenfield, tells how FABnyc found a new life for materials that local theaters were dumping in the garbage.
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Will Watman offers a critique of this storytelling contest in "The Big Share". He writes about embracing our interdepedency to counter popular culture's concepts of individualism, atomism, and competition.
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In "Necessary Needs", Heather Villa writes how she and her family’s diminished income led to closer relationships and more generosity.
- The title of Melina Mel P’s story, "Freecycle Network - Giving things is fun - and you also win a free space at home !!", sums it up: gifting excess stuff from her consumerist days lets her help herself and others.
As Neal Gorenflo writes, “the most important thing we can do as a community is to tell our story together.” Take a moment to read some of the entries received so far, and leave a comment and vote for stories that inspire or delight you.
Please enter the contest by telling your story of sharing. Help push the movement forward, while earning a chance to win up to $1000 for your favorite sharing service or nonprofit.
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