Tag: videos

Designing the Shareable Restroom

02.08.10, 12:03pm Comments (0)

Here at Shareable.net, we've explored the design of public spaces like restaurants, cafes, offices, parks, and more. Read more »

New Study: Smart Grid Would Shrink Carbon Footprint by 18 Percent

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.05.10, 9:20am Comments (0)

In a Q&A with Shareable. Read more »

Terraformed Rooftops

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.04.10, 6:55am Comments (0)

From the New Urbanism video series: "Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees--people displaced by the mortgage crisis. Read more »

The Expert Lab

By Rick Smith

02.03.10, 11:31am Comments (0)

Expert Labs is a Web2.0/Governement2.0 hybrid headed by the internet expert Anil Dash. Started in November 2009, this AAAS-associated non-profit promises to become a major collaboration between experts in the academic world and policy makers. Read more »

GreenXchange: The Digital Commons Meets Sustainability

By Neal Gorenflo

02.02.10, 2:48pm Comments (0)

Sounds like a Godzilla movie, but no, it's much better. It's that rare instance when the digital commons intersects with sustainability. Read more »

Augmented Reality Architecture Videos

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.02.10, 2:24pm Comments (2)

Augmented reality allows our electronic devices to superimpose digital information on physical spaces. If that seems like a hard concept to get your head around, these two videos might help. Read more »

Cameron Sinclair: No Ownership in Rebuilding Lives

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.29.10, 5:56pm Comments (0)

Cameron Sinclair published the following piece on the Architecture for Humanity website, presenting a plan for rebuilding Haiti that I think is visionary and completely consistent with Shareable's values. 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 »