Built Environment

Stories of people-centered infrastructure and place-making for just, livable, and connected communities.

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  • Assets in Common: Opportunities for action

    Assets in Common: Opportunities for action

  • Nurturing community and planetary well-being

    Nurturing community and planetary well-being

  • Architects without frontiers: A journey from divided cities to zones of fragility with professor Esther Charlesworth

    Architects without frontiers: A journey from divided cities to zones of fragility with professor Esther Charlesworth

  • Key choice-points for starting an Intentional Community

    Key choice-points for starting an Intentional Community

  • How to start a housing co-op

    How to start a housing co-op

  • The Economics of Intentional Communities

    The Economics of Intentional Communities

  • Consuming the Creative City: Gastrodevelopment in a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with Eden Kinkaid

    Consuming the Creative City: Gastrodevelopment in a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with Eden Kinkaid

How-To

Explore 300+ guides to help your community thrive.
  • New toolkit from Shareable will help you start (and grow) a Library of Things in YOUR community

    Libraries of Things (often referred to as LoTs) are community hubs that facilitate the sharing of a wide range of items. Operating on the familiar model of a…

  • How to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement

    This how to guide is reposted from PowerSwitch Action’s “Community Benefits Agreements” policy toolkit. The toolkit and additional resources can be found here. A Community Benefits Agreement or…

  • How to free the soil by depaving

    How much thought do you give to pavement? Our cities are covered with it, but it’s not exactly a hot topic of conversation (though it should be!) Pavement…

Podcasts & Videos

Solutions based news stories showcasing what’s possible for people and society through sharing.

  • The cities we need: Essential stories of everyday places with Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
    The cities we need: Essential stories of everyday places with Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
  • The Pointillistic City: Well-being and equity in communities and their places with Dan O’Brien
    The Pointillistic City: Well-being and equity in communities and their places with Dan O’Brien

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