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Flowers emerging from pavement. All Things Michigan's photo, licensed as CC BY-SA 2.0

Systems are breaking—And that’s our opportunity

Jem Bendell|June 23, 2025
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New toolkit from Shareable will help you start (and grow) a Library of Things in YOUR community

Shareable|December 11, 2024
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Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy alternative, owned and run by artists and makers

Aaron Fernando|November 20, 2023November 29, 2023
Portland's circular economy is home to a network of nonprofits, businesses, and municipal powers working collectively to promote circularity. One example of this is municipal funding provided to organizations for the development of repair cafes (like the one pictured here). Credit: Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Portland’s circular economy is primed for success. Can it offer a blueprint for the rest of us?

Aaron Fernando|December 6, 2022December 8, 2022
La BOM Staff and members participating in a World Cafe workshop exploring what it will take to become of 'Sharing Hub' led by Shareable's Tom Llewellyn

The making of La BOM: Montreuil’s new Library of Things and Sharing Hub

Tina Jenkins Bell|December 1, 2022December 2, 2022

How to set up a community co-op

Kat Darling|October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
winter sports; Norway's BUA network is a social franchise system operating as a cooperative web of lending libraries. Individual hubs provide winter sports gear (and other potentially-costly equipment) to families for free. Credit: BUA

Sharing communities in Europe bring winter sports to all

Marina Kelava|March 1, 2022February 27, 2022
How to Start a Library of Things

How to start a Library of Things

Cat Johnson|December 16, 2021January 3, 2022
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Circular Economy: A Shareable Explainer

New Economy and Social Innovation|March 24, 2021March 30, 2021
Sharing Swap Stuff

5 Free Apps to Swap, Share and Sell Your Extra Stuff

Cat Johnson|February 20, 2021May 27, 2021
Credit: Have | Need

Multi-party bartering app saves time, money, and the environment

JoAnna Haugen|January 21, 2021January 27, 2021
tools

A new landscape for skill-sharing emerges from pandemic aftermath

Ruby Irene Pratka|January 7, 2021January 21, 2021
A neighborhood workday I helped organize. Our work together made the pandemic much more bearable. Credit: Neal Gorenflo

What I learned about government by fixing our community’s irrigation system

Neal Gorenflo|December 21, 2020January 22, 2021
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Socially conscious book buying alternatives to Amazon

Alexandra Frost|December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
Practicing harm reduction in a climate of disasters

The Response: Practicing harm reduction in a climate of disasters

Shareable|December 16, 2020June 18, 2022
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HOW-TOs

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New toolkit from Shareable will help you start (and grow) a Library of Things in YOUR community

Shareable|December 11, 2024

How to set up a community co-op

Kat Darling|October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
How to Start a Library of Things

How to start a Library of Things

Cat Johnson|December 16, 2021January 3, 2022
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8 Best Practices for Creating a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace

Chelsea Rustrum|September 10, 2014March 4, 2019
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How to Share Your Parking Space

Ilya Movshovich|May 19, 2014March 4, 2019
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How to go solar if you can’t put panels on your roof

Andreas Karelas|May 13, 2014April 25, 2019
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The 10-Step Guide to a Successful Coworking Space

Info_1|April 8, 2014August 4, 2019
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How to Build Thriving, Resilient Communities

Kelly McCartney|February 24, 2014April 23, 2019
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5 Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Lending

DavidBakke|November 4, 2013

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