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Cooperation Law for a Sharing Economy
by Janelle Orsiposted Sep 23, 2010 - A new sharing economy is emerging—but how does it fit within our legal system?
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Reclaim Your Streets: How to Create Safe and Social Pedestrian Plazas
by Erika Kosinaposted Sep 22, 2010 - 6 steps for replacing cars with parks.
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Share Your Stuff
by Jeremy Adam Smithposted Sep 17, 2010 - From socks to cars to skills, how sharing and swapping gives you more.
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At Last, a Human Right to Water
by Daniel Mossposted Jul 30, 2010 - Good news for thirsty people around the globe: The UN affirms the right to safe and clean drinking water.
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When Couches Become Communities
by David Bollierposted Jul 29, 2010 - Venturesome travelers are using the web—and the couches of strangers—to create an international gift economy of hospitality.
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Better Than Facebook?
by David Bollierposted Jun 30, 2010 - Fed up with Facebook's commercialism, four NYU students have created an open source, peer-to-peer alternative: Diaspora.
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10 Ways Our World is Becoming More Shareable
by Neal Gorenflo, Jeremy Adam Smithposted Jun 22, 2010 - We're sharing more things, more deeply, with more people. Why sharing is the answer to some of today's biggest questions.
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Dry Run: Bostonians Learn to Appreciate Clean Water
by Chuck Collinsposted Jun 01, 2010 - On May 1st, Bostonians got a remarkable glimpse of our water commons and how we might respond to future disruptions.
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Building the World We Want: Interview with Mark Lakeman
by Brooke Jarvisposted May 12, 2010 - Interview with the co-founder of the City Repair Project, a Portland group that helps neighbors turn public spaces into gathering places.
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Transforming Space Into Place
posted May 12, 2010 - Video: Is the shortest distance between two points all that life is about? City Repair doesn't think so. They're helping people imagine and create lively public spaces—starting with your local intersection.
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City Repair in Action
posted May 12, 2010 - Photo essay: City Repair helps people organize, design, and implement new, people-friendly visions for their communities—and reclaim the notion of “neighborhood” in the process. Here’s a collection of their best work.
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The Village Building Convergence
posted May 12, 2010 - Portland, Ore. is the home of the Village Building Convergence, an annual event that draws on the power and creativity of neighbors to build the places they'd like to live.
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5 Ways to Stand Up for Fairer Taxes
by Chuck Collinsposted Apr 12, 2010 - How can we protect public services while stopping the "Great Tax Shift" from corporations and the wealthy to the middle class and small businesses?
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Solidarity as Economic System
by Beverly Bellposted Mar 26, 2010 - In Haiti, sharing communities are proving more shock-proof in the wake of disaster than market-based economies.
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8 Keys to a Successful Commons
by Elinor Ostromposted Feb 26, 2010 - Advice on how to govern our commons by Nobel winner Elinor Ostrom.
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