Tag: DIY

Three Cool Ways to Explore a City

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.23.10, 1:30pm Comments (5)

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Community-Supported Music

By Bernice Yeung

02.22.10, 11:24am Comments (0)

It was the summer of 2007 and Kristin Hersh, frontwoman for the then-defunct band Throwing Muses, was at the end of a seven-month tour to promote her latest solo record. Read more »

How to Improve Bike Signage

By Joseph Prichard

02.19.10, 3:50pm Comments (1)

The idea that Los Angeles is a car town is a generally agreed-upon truism that few Angelenos would think to dispute. In the popular imagination the act of driving is what defines the city. Read more »

How to Live Your Values at Work

By Traci Fenton

02.17.10, 11:35am Comments (0)

Q: How can we be sure to live our values at work and how will it help make our company more democratic?
A: Explore Communications, a Denver-based marketing and advertising firm, had staff members collectively determine the company’s valu. Read more »

Happy Together?

By Danielle Davis

02.15.10, 8:23am Comments (0)

Los Angeles is known for sprawl and the attending ills of traffic, pollution, and disconnect. Our horizontal growth shows on the horizon. Read more »

12 Nifty Ideas to Improve Your City

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.11.10, 3:49pm Comments (6)

Since our launch in October, Shareable.net has published lots of nifty DIY ideas for making cities more sociable, resilient, and sustainable. Read more »

The Open Source Urban Farm

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.11.10, 7:53am Comments (1)

Refarm the City is a new wiki and a blog that seeks to provide open software and hardware for urban farmers. Read more »

How to Make a Franchise Shareable

By Traci Fenton

02.03.10, 2:36pm Comments (0)

Q: How can I promote choice within my franchise while maintaining a high-quality product?
A: Great Harvest Bread Company is the largest group of specialty bread retailers in the United States with over 200 bakeries in 39 states. Read more »

New Frontiers in Shareable Innovation

By David Bollier

01.29.10, 10:29am Comments (1)

The growing sophistication of the digital commons can be seen in its expanding political ambitions, collaborative innovations, and stylish new forms of advocacy. Below, three examples of highly original commons-based projects that really rock. Read more »