Cosmo-Localization: Can Thinking Globally and Producing Locally Really Save our Planet?
By Fernanda Marin, Sharon Ede, OuiShare
Fablabs, makerspaces, emerging global knowledge commons… These are but some of the outcomes of a growing movement that champions globally-sourced designs for local economic activity. Its core idea is simple: local ownership of the means to produce basic manufactures and services can change our economic paradigm, making our cities self-sufficient and help the planet.
How the ‘Walking School Bus’ Promotes a Safe and Healthy Commute for Kids
By Sharon Ede, Shareable
Conceived by Australian creative planner and urbanist David Engwicht in 1992, the Walking School Bus is an agreed, set route to and from school supervised by adult volunteer "drivers" (often parents) who collect students from various stops.
Oregon-based Opportunity Village Eugene Addresses Homelessness with Tiny Houses
By Sharon Ede, Shareable
Opportunity Village Eugene (OVE) is a "tiny house" community in Eugene, Oregon, that provides secure accommodation for around 35 people who were previously homeless. OVE provides residents with more than just affordable shelter — being part of the village offers the dignity of having a private space...
Hearts & Minds: Sharing as a Mental Health Intervention
By Sharon Ede, Post Growth Institute
Sharing and collaboration opens up incredible opportunities for strengthening individual and community resilience.
Transactional Sharing, Transformational Sharing
By Sharon Ede, Post Growth Institute
What is ‘the sharing economy’? This is a term that is being hotly contested and debated right now, both in the media and among leading thinkers and practitioners.
The Circular Economy meets The Access Economy
By Sharon Ede, Post Growth Institute
What would we be capable of if we combined the existing strength of the Circular Economy with the emerging juggernaut of the Access Economy?
The Corrosive Effects of Green Puritanism
By Sharon Ede, Post Growth
During the Economics of Happiness conference in Byron Bay in March this year, I experienced a truly cringe-worthy moment.
Enough childish name calling
By Sharon Ede, The Daly News
In an article peppered with inaccuracies and faulty logic, the author makes a claim that is way off target – an accusation that those advocating a steady state economy are misanthropists. On the contrary, we want to see good lives for all, now and into the future, secured through sound management of our ecological assets, and a quality of life that includes meeting material needs – but recognizing material needs as only one aspect of the totality of being human.