This Week in Sharing: Ideas, Ideas, and More Ideas

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This Week in Sharing, ideas reign supreme - from urban agriculture and urban planning to open source mathematics and open tech education. Read more »

How to Encourage Recycling in Your Neighborhood

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Recycling systems, no matter how comprehensive, do nothing to deal with gluttonous First World consumption patterns. But we have to do something! Read more »

Cabaret Punk Rockstar on the Art of Asking [Video]

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Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer on trusting strangers, the parallels between couchsurfing and crowdsurfing, the future of sharing art, asking for help and the power of the crowd. Read more »

Why Is It Harder to Ask Than to Give?

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After writing her PhD thesis on neighborhood sharing, Millie Stone was given a "community cake" that required her to ask her neighbor for a cup of sugar. She reflects on why she -- and so many other people -- find it so much easier to give than to ask for something as simple as a cup of sugar. Read more »

How to Start Your Own Free Store

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Starting a Free Store is easy and fun! Variously thrilling and/or threatening to the uninitiated! The following are step-by-step suggestions, and only suggestions. Read more »

How to Kick Off a Shareable Spring

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Spring is just around the corner. Here are some ways to kick off the season, Shareable-style. From community gardens to neighborhood work parties, swaps, DIY weddings and more, these how-to’s provide ways to share goods, experiences, land and food. Read more »

Hacker 'elf' Pavlik Connects the Moneyless World

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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 »

This Week in Sharing: The Recycling of Cities, Clothes, & Waste

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This Week in Sharing showcases cities, clothes, and waste that are all being recycled. Plus, the new Washington state bike tax and Open Education Week. Read more »

Charles Eisenstein: A New Story of the People [Video]

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In this TEDx talk, Charles Eisenstein discusses how many people feel that the small choices they make can't possibly make a difference in the greater world. Read more »

The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2012

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In 2012, new findings added nuance, depth, and even some caveats to our understanding of the science of a meaningful life. These are the 10 top results. Read more »
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