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The Shareable Doomsday

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Remember the Cold War? I used to love the idea of a nuclear apocalypse. As a kid in Michigan, my little friends and I battled green-skinned mutants across our town's bombed-out fields and through abandoned factories. Read more »

When the Sharing Hits the Fan

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Q: In the past, whenever I have tried to share with others there has been tension over some part of the arrangement, and sometimes things have ended badly. Read more »

Sharing: The New Recycling?

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Over at the wonderful Streetsblog, Shareable friend Chris Carlsson reminds us that curbside recycling was once considered a wacky, far-out idea. "We tend to take curbside recycling for granted," writes Chris. Read more »

How Sharing Increases Innovation

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I believe there is a strong tie between sharing and the ability to innovate. This post will walk you through the logic.
Innovation is built on these things:

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Thinking About Scarcity & Abundance

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I keep turning the concepts scarcity and abundance in my head. Mind games are tidier when you think in the purest, most extreme forms. Let's consider the human condition to be constant flight from scarcity and constant seeking of abundance. Read more »

An Exceedingly Pleasant Introduction to the Commons

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Our friends at On the Commons pointed us to this video, an exceedingly pleasant introduction to the idea of "the commons. Read more »

Bike Sharing Comes to Denver (with Spimes?)

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A new bike-sharing program, B-Cycle, will launch in Denver, Colorado, managed by the newly formed nonprofit Denver Bike Sharing. Read more »

What Core Services Must a Resilient Community Have?

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As a cohost of Design 4 Resilience, I've been thinking about the relationship of resilience and sharing recently. Read more »

Health Care as Commons

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Health care reform has passed, bringing America into the twenty-first century and extending coverage to tens of millions of Americans. In general, we at Shareable. Read more »
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