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The negative effects of waste range from pollution to public health crises. A paradigm shift is needed to turn waste into a useful resource.

Party Kit displayed with reusable plastic bowls of many colors filled with food.

How (and why) to add a Party Kit to your Library of Things

Isabel Mack|June 5, 2025June 5, 2025
Libraries of Things Toolkit header Image

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

Shareable|December 11, 2024
How-to-Prevent-Food-Waste.jpg

How to prevent food waste: 27 tips for community leaders

Cat Johnson|November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
Shareable: dumpster-diving

How to dumpster dive, eat free, and fight waste

Vicky Osterweil|May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
Repair Café in action

How to start a Repair Café

Sven Eberlein|March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
The State of Libraries of Things 2024 Report cover

New report: The State of Libraries of Things 2024

Shareable|February 29, 2024February 29, 2024
Minga at work: Quito Solidario delivers food kits to vulnerable families in the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador.

Best of Shareable 2023 | Reader’s Digest

Paige Kelly|December 20, 2023March 11, 2024
Grow Your Own Toilet Paper Initiative - Leaves with Compost Toilet - Robin Greenfield

How to grow your own toilet paper

Robin Greenfield|April 19, 2023April 24, 2023
Demonstration organized by the trade unions in the French uprising against the government pension reform

The Response: The French uprising with Konstantin

Shareable|April 4, 2023November 3, 2023
The Next Economy: the path to social and environmental justice with Teju Adisa-Farrar

The Next Economy: The path to social and environmental justice with Teju Adisa-Farrar

Lift Economy|March 15, 2023November 3, 2023

Best of Shareable 2022 | Reader’s Digest

Zanetta Jones|December 7, 2022December 11, 2022
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
Mattia Carenini and Alberto Infante, co-founders of Matter of Trust Chile

Matter of Trust Chile uses human hair waste to combat effects of mega-drought

Paz Fonseca|May 3, 2022

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with permanent change

Cat Johnson|April 19, 2022April 19, 2022
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HOW-TOs

Party Kit displayed with reusable plastic bowls of many colors filled with food.

How (and why) to add a Party Kit to your Library of Things

Isabel Mack|June 5, 2025June 5, 2025
Libraries of Things Toolkit header Image

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

Shareable|December 11, 2024
How-to-Prevent-Food-Waste.jpg

How to prevent food waste: 27 tips for community leaders

Cat Johnson|November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
Shareable: dumpster-diving

How to dumpster dive, eat free, and fight waste

Vicky Osterweil|May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
Repair Café in action

How to start a Repair Café

Sven Eberlein|March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Grow Your Own Toilet Paper Initiative - Leaves with Compost Toilet - Robin Greenfield

How to grow your own toilet paper

Robin Greenfield|April 19, 2023April 24, 2023

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with permanent change

Cat Johnson|April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

How to start a community composting project

Brenda Platt|June 23, 2021July 7, 2021
Zero-waste party pack

Bring sustainability to the party with reusable party packs

Paige Wolf|November 21, 2019January 2, 2020

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Sexual health emergency preparedness with Kelley Dennings and Kyliah Hughes

The Response|November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
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Tool libraries, mutual aid, and community-led disaster response with Rachel Kinbar, Shelby Treichler, and Ben Wyatt

The Response|October 29, 2025November 12, 2025
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The Pointillistic City: Well-being and equity in communities and their places with Dan O’Brien

Cities@Tufts|October 24, 2025November 12, 2025
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Freedom Farmers: Agricultural resistance and institution building with Monica White

Cities@Tufts|October 8, 2025November 12, 2025
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Artists against fascism: People power and resistance with Jordan Seaberry

The Response|September 30, 2025October 21, 2025
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