The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) helped get the UN to recognize the importance of coops to resilient local economies by making 2012 The International Year of the Cooperative. With 2012 coming to a close, the ICA releases a roadmap for the cooperative decade. Read more »
At first glance, microfinance and the sharing economy have little in common. A closer look reveals many similarities and lessons the sharing economy could learn. Read more »
Below is my first post here at Shareable. I originally posted it at my main blogging site, Grassroots Economic Organizing Newsletter. I plan on posting a series of interviews here as well as other things. Read more »
Adam Werbach, environmentalist and sustainability innovator, launches sharing service yerdle today, Black Friday, the biggest shopping of the year, to highlight the advantages of sharing over shopping. Read more »
A terrific new report has been released about how to understand the deeper social and economic dynamics of online networks in regard to the collaborative economy. Read more »
Results from Deskmag's 3rd Global Coworking Survey are in: Coworkers are forging new relationships, collaborating, and growing the economy with nothing but a laptop and a smile. Read more »
While pundits debated failing macro-economic strategies in the election media frenzy, students at NASCO Institute shared proven community-driven economic solutions -- from coops to alternative currencies. Read more »
At the heart of the WikiSeat project is an awkward piece of angle iron called a Catalyst used to build three-legged stools, and an audacious plan to change education. Read more »
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