As their name suggests, the Grey Area Foundation for The Arts (GAFFTA) understands that the best solutions are not black and white, they come from the gray area - the space of overlapping interest in common problems and solutions. Read more »
Gabriel Levinson, the man behind the Book Bike, is getting ready for another summer of distributing books to Chicagoans young and old at parks and other public venues around the city. Read more »
Spontaneous communities like the one that has emerged in the Madison, Wisconsin Capitol building are inspring for their commraderie and resourcefulness, but they're often bound to collide with existing rules. Read more »
The basket’s packed. I’m ready to go. The sun is shining outside my door. I love to eat and meet new friends but I'm a bit nervous about meeting 21 strangers.
I have organized a summer picnic in the park on eatwithme. Read more »
A consistent theme here at Shareable is that sharing begets more sharing. Rachel Botsman's story about the Santa Rosa tool library, "Is Sharing Contagious?" is a good case in point. Read more »
I barely have time to write this story, never mind puree several batches of vegetables and grains every week. Like so many of us, I’m part of a working family. Read more »
During college, I lived at a 32-member student housing cooperative where I had more fun there than I did in all my other years of college combined and met lifelong friends. Read more »
Can the world’s intractable issues be solved with 60-second soundbites?
Probably not, but there’s still value in small kernels of ideas that could potentially inspire larger initiatives. Read more »
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