The New Economy Gets Real at CommonBound Conference this Weekend
Real talk? Something is happening on planet Earth: people are realizing that our economic traditions are unjust, unhealthy and unsustainable.
Eli Feghali
ShareFests: Celebrating an Economy for the People in a City Near You
ShareFests are the perfect opportunity to celebrate the city commons and to connect activists excited to create a sharing city together.
How to Increase Public Land Sharing in Austin, Texas
As one of the scarcest resources in urban areas, land holds some of the greatest potential for sharing.
The Rochester ShareFest: Swaps, Workshops, Hugs and a Little Rain
A three-day showcase of Rochester, New York’s sharing economy, the Rochester ShareFest that took place May 2-4, included swaps, repair cafes, upcycled art, music lessons, seed sharing, food, bike repair and even a thunderstorm which cut the activities a bit short.
12 Agrihoods Taking Farm-to-table Living Mainstream
Ever wish you could live at your CSA? Or move to a neighborhood where everyone is as excited about fresh, healthy food as you are?
The Age of Communities
OuiShare Fest 2014 brought together 1,000 sharers from 31 countries under the big tent of the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.
Jackson Rising Merges Black Power, Solidarity Economy and Democracy
…the ‘Jackson Rising’ conference in Jackson, Mississippi…was a highly successful and intensive exploration of Black power, the solidarity economy and the possibilities unleashed for democratic change when radicals win urban elections.
Lisbon ShareFest Brings Together the Portuguese Sharing Community
Recently, a team of 16 organizers, including Carla Calado, hosted the Lisbon ShareFest. A gathering of people who organize different sharing projects around Portugal, the event was an opportunity to share resources, tips, information and ideas.
Could NAFTA force the Keystone XL pipeline on the United States?
If the U.S. government fails to approve the Keystone XL pipeline soon or rejects it outright, the Canadians may challenge the delay or rejection under the provisions of NAFTA. This move opens up a politically attractive option not previously available to the Obama administration.
Hacking the Future of Money
Brett Scott discusses how the Hacker Ethos can be a useful outlook for approaching complexity and help sharing advocates to explore a system, experiment with ways to jam its various components, or to rewire it.
Prehispanic 2.0: Latin America’s Peer-to-Peer Roots
Here’s the paradox: Words like “the commons” already exist in Spanish, and have existed since Antonio Nebrija published the first Spanish dictionary in 1492.
Interview: The Deep Roots of African American Cooperative Economics
Through her extensive research, Jessica Gordon Nembhard chronicles how African Americans used cooperative economic practices to help each other survive and how those practices related to the Black civil rights and economic equality movements.
