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Open Source Help for Haiti

01.22.10, 9:35am Comments (0)

Shareable reader Bernice points us to this fascinating, Africa-based project:

The earthquake in Haiti has rallied inspiring international support. Read more »

How Nonprofits Can Share Down Their Costs (Part II)

By Janelle Orsi

01.22.10, 7:34am Comments (3)

In part one of this piece, I discuss the various ways that nonprofit organizations can benefit from sharing relationships with each other and with their supporters. Read more »

How to Plant a Habitat Garden at the Local Playground

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.21.10, 1:32pm Comments (2)

I've described how our circle of San Francisco families have launched a number of neighborhood projects--and in the Shareable article "Urban Butterflies," my pal Olivia Boler describes how started we started a group to explore the lifec. Read more »

How Nonprofits Can Share Down Their Costs (Part I)

By Janelle Orsi

01.21.10, 7:40am Comments (0)

Q: What are ways that nonprofit organizations can benefit from sharing… without losing autonomy?
Recently, I picked up a flyer for a theater company requesting a unique kind of donation: storage space. Read more »

How to Be Open with Financial Information

By Traci Fenton

01.19.10, 8:50pm Comments (0)

Q: How open should a company be with financial information? Should they even be open about salaries and if so, why?
A: Srijan Technologies, an New Delhi, India-based IT consulting company engaged in designing and building web applications and . Read more »

How to Start a Farmers' Market

By Elizabeth Crane

01.18.10, 5:41am Comments (1)

I stroll down the aisle and sniff the basil carried on the air from the next stand over.
The sun is warm on my head, and there are children running about at my feet. They are not mine, but I know them all. Read more »

Pavement to Parks

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.15.10, 9:28am Comments (0)

Absolutely fascinating DIY video (from the New Urbanism series) about neighbors in San Francisco turning a parking lot into a public park. Read more »

How to Design for Social Inclusion

By Aaron Arbuckle

01.14.10, 11:39am Comments (3)

Much has been published about the decline of public life and how sprawl is ruining the social fabric of our cities. Read more »

How Can Companies Promote Pay Transparency?

By Traci Fenton

01.13.10, 10:38am Comments (1)

Q: The pay gap in any company is always a difficult subject. Read more »

How to Share a Nanny

By Kathleen Webb

01.13.10, 6:55am Comments (8)

Childcare is very expensive—ask any working parent.
According to the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, full-time infant care in a childcare center in the District of Columbia averages $10,400 per year. Read more »