How to Build Sustainable Communities - Let's Collaborate NYC

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Building an active user community is now on the agenda of many companies and nonprofits. But what does it take to build a sustainable community? Read more »

Microfinance Supports Social Currencies in Brazil

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In Brazil, hundreds of neighborhood social currencies, supported by local microfinance banks, are bringing prosperity to favelas. Read more »

To Give or Not to Give: Enter the Gift Economy

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Serendipity, value creation based on unexpected encounters, is a new trend in business, and The Serendipity Machine shows how it works. Read more »

Building Offline Trust with Online Tools? Survey Says Yes.

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A recent survey explores what creates a sense of trust between people, why people share, and what role companies should play in building trust. Read more »

Will 2013 be a Breakout Year for Ridesharing?

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Ridesharing blew up last year with an upsurge of new companies, members and media attention. Is 2013 shaping up to be even bigger? Read more »

4 Seriously Cool Ways Nonprofits Are Using Crowdsourcing

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Expert Casey Armstrong shares four ways nonprofits are using crowdsourcing to power their missions. Read more »

From Green New Deal to New Economy

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The rise of a green economy depends on a mass movement, and a mass movement isn't possible unless the green economy helps ordinary people. It's time to transform the green economy into the new economy, one where people are the priority. Read more »

San Francisco Startup Offers Green Energy Through Cooperation

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Evan Wynns founded the San Francisco Energy Cooperative in 2011 to make green energy affordable for almost anybody. This is his story. Read more »

My Year of Coworking

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From the kitchen table to a shared office space: a freelance writer blogs about her transition into the more hopeful frontier of coworking. Read more »

Rockaway Training Center Becomes Post-Sandy Relief Hub

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A worker training center becomes exactly what the community needs to recover from devastation. Read more »
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