US Seed Libraries Mobilize to Protect Their Right to Share
The goal now is to direct that energy toward protecting seed libraries, which are a cornerstone in efforts to foster the genetic diversity of food and strengthen food security.
Cat Johnson
Sharing Activists Reveal Plan to Turn Los Angeles into Sharing Mecca
As a founding member of the Sharing Cities Network (SCN), Shareable interviewed Arroyo Sustainable Economies Organization (ASECO) to get the scoop on their recently released plan to create Share LA.
16 Worker Coops Redefining the Cooperative Movement
The worker cooperative movement has hit a new stride. Here are some of the most interesting and innovative worker cooperatives around.
Bike Sharing: Safer than your own bike
Last year, as New York City prepared to launch bike-share program Citi Bike, naysayers grumbled about the 10,000 additional bicycles soon to join the streets of the Big Apple.
Crowdfunding and Ownership in the Sharing Economy
What would…our sensibilities regain, if sustainable local food projects matched the design of ownership and control to the sense of fit and appropriateness of each place the project were implemented?
You Did This! The Birth of the Sharing Cities Network
The Sharing Cities Network is a grassroots network of communities from around the world that are want to live happier, healthier, and more sustainably by sharing resources and knowledge.
Can Walkable Urbanism Boost the Economy?
Has the United States finally reached peak sprawl?
Pennsylvania Seed Library seen as encouraging “agriterrorism”
County Commissioner Barbara Cross said about the potential risk, “Agri-terrorism is a very, very real scenario,” she said. “Protecting and maintaining the food sources of America is an overwhelming challenge…so you’ve got agri-tourism on one side and agri-terrorism on the other.”
How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in the U.S.
A powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, Cooperation Jackson was born of a need to transform the state, in particular its capital and largest city, Jackson.
Roots & Remedies Converges to #WageLove in Detroit
What do you draw from your roots? What remedies are you cultivating? What is your vision of our future?
Why Startup Urbanism Will Fail Us
The city is more than just office space, but a place to discover and nurture the values that make it more than the sum of its parts.
Why Banning Uber Makes Seoul Even More of a Sharing City
This past Monday Seoul City said it planned to ban Uber, the smartphone car-hailing service, and launch its own app for official taxis.