Shareable: CivicSystem

Seven Ways to Help Haiti Now

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.13.10, 1:09pm Comments (0)

Thousands are dead in Haiti, but many more of the living could use our immediate help. Read more »

Take the PitchIt! Media Challenge

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.12.10, 2:38pm Comments (0)

Do you use media to make social change?

Consider entering the 2010 We Media PitchIt! Challenge, sponsored by We Media and Ashoka's Changemakers. The deadline: January 20, 2010. Read more »

The Sock Exchange

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.11.10, 10:29am Comments (2)

My wife stumbled across the sock exchange in a Bernal Heights laundromat. Read more »

Nominate the Net for a Nobel

By Neal Gorenflo

01.08.10, 4:24pm Comments (0)

Go here to nominate the net for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Here's a little background on the Internet for Peace (I4P) campaign, which produced the video. Read more »

The Top 10 Shareable Events of 2009

By Jeremy Adam Smith

12.29.09, 11:17am Comments (1)

Compiled with the help of Rachel Botsman, Chris Carlsson, Neal Gorenflo, Michel Bauwens, David Bollier, Silke Helfrich, and Jay Walljasper. Read more »

Web of Life

By Silke Helfrich

12.27.09, 8:15am Comments (1)

1. When we talk about the commons, what are we talking about?

A ship is cruising from port to port. On the upper deck there are a few deck-chairs, three times less than the number of passengers. Read more »

Coming Soon: Who Owns the World?

By Tom O'Connell

12.24.09, 6:33am Comments (0)

The commons is a new way to express a very old idea—that some forms of wealth belong to all of us, and that these community resources must be actively protected and managed for the good and all. Read more »

The 15 Best Shareable Books of 2009

By Jeremy Adam Smith

12.21.09, 2:08pm Comments (3)

The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, by Frans de Waal (Harmony Books): We often fancy that chimps and other nonhuman primates live in a state of constant competition and violence—an image, we fear, that also applies to. Read more »

Milestone: Open Government Directive Released

By Neal Gorenflo

12.17.09, 12:52pm Comments (2)

Well, we're a little slow on the draw with this, but better late than never for what by all accounts is an open government milestone. Read more »

How to Design the Commons (or, Elinor Ostrom Explained!)

By Jeremy Adam Smith

12.10.09, 1:39pm Comments (5)

This past Tuesday, Elinor Ostrom accepted her Nobel Prize in Economics. That was a watershed intellectual event for those who are trying to build a more shareable society. Read more »