Tag: The Year of Living Shareably

Playborhoods: Placemaking for Kids

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Childhood has been enclosed. Time to re-establish the play commons and rescue our kids from boredom, obesity and depression. Read more »

I Spent Earth Day Spitting Seeds

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This year, Neal Gorenflo decided to have fun with his family, despite his reservations about Earth Day. The family free sale was a big success and Neal had time to contemplate his competitive side during a seed-spitting contest. Read more »

Free Sale Sells out in Minutes

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Yesterday morning, I put a set of folding shelves, a stainless steel trash can, and a smaller plastic trash can at the end of our driveway with signs that said, "FREE". I went inside to get more stuff to give away. Read more »

Occupy as an Invitation

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I went to Zuccoti Park on Saturday, October 22 to participate in Occupy Wall Street with the little time that I had as someone with a family, a mortgage, who is also managing a startup nonprofit. Read more »

Bank Transfer Day Turns into Bank Transfer Week

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Well, I thought I'd wait until November 5th (today), Bank Transfer Day, to actually transfer money from my big bank to Prosper, the leading peer to peer lending marketplace. Turns out it isn't that simple. Read more »

I Stayed in a Cabin Inside a Loft

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When I arrived at my Airbnb rental after flying all day from California, Terri, my host, offered me a beer. A cold beer sounded pretty good after a trying day of travel. So I sat down at the big kitchen table across from her and we began to chat. Read more »

The Multi-family Garage Sale Flop That Succeeded

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I had a dream of a well-organized multi-family garage sale. Alas, it did not happen. Life intruded, and the sale flopped as a sale but succeeded in unexpected ways. Read more »

The Ritual of Critical Mass

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Every last Friday of the month there's a mass, a Critical Mass that is -- the self-organized bicycle happening that momentarily reclaims the streets of San Francisco for bicyclists and pedestrians. Last Friday, I partook in the mass. Read more »

The Serendipity of Coworking

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I coworked yesterday at Hub SoMa, my coworking homebase in San Francisco where Shareable is a member. When I arrived around 2pm, I didn't feel like just plopping down and opening my laptop. Read more »

My Adventures in Freecycling

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I was tempted to just put a "broken" lamp in the trash, but posted a Craigslist ad in the free section instead. The lamp was gone the next morning. Read more »
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