The United Nations has named 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, and indeed, co-ops seem poised to become a dominant business model around the world. Read more »
The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank held a holiday fair demonstrating how to build community solidarity through sharing skills and time during the holidays. The holidays are an occasion to give and share, no money required. Read more »
We all recognize that sharing is good. Sharing, lending, and borrowing help connect neighbors, encouraging isolated individuals to create community by consuming less. But most of the latest sharing projects focus on wealthy neighbors. Read more »
Every day we are bombarded with stories of scarcity. We are constantly being told that we’re running out of everything from food to freedom. But is that true? Maybe. Read more »
Leaders, artists and creative entrepreneurs have plugged into Kickstarter, a relatively new funding platform that utilizes a new form of patronage sometimes called crowd funding. Read more »
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