The Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade

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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 »

Lessons from Microfinance for the Sharing Economy

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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 »

A Community Driven Strike: Walmart's Black Friday

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A widely distributed, web-organized Black Friday strike at Walmart brought new forms of community organization to the fore. Read more »

Lessons for Building a Co-operative Movement

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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 Launches yerdle on Black Friday with 10,000 Free Items

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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 Lucid New Primer on the Collaborative Economy

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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 »

Global Coworking Survey 2012: It's All About Having Fun

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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 »

Student Coops: the Cutting Edge of the New Economy

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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 »

One Girl’s Wish to Share a Few Awkward Pieces of Metal

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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 »

It's Time to Go Big: A Vision for the Sharing Economy

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A call to lead with a big vision supported by a broad coalition working for economic democracy. Read more »
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