The Sharing Solution - The Story of Stuff

I am inviting you to listen to a Story of Stuff Podcast with Janelle Orsi, lawyer and author of The Sharing Solution - click here.

Law, so far, has not been looking at how to 'share' with others and what to do when things go wrong.It is always about protecting one individuals and/or extracting resources from one person to the other.
Law and agreement process surrounding collaborative consumption is a new field and it can be a bit scary to start with if you are unsure about what could happen if you break the vaccum cleaner which you borrowed from your neighbour. Do you have to repay it or can you find a solution where both of you pay for half of it knowing that the vaccum cleaner ended their lifecycle.

 The Sharing Solution is a timely practical and legal guide that explains how to create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing common concerns about liability, communication, and more.
The guide is US based but still can provide the appropriate steps or questions you need to ask yourself when making arrangement with others for:

• 'Meals and food, through bulk buying clubs, meal-sharing arrangements, community gardens, neighborhood fruit harvests, and more
• Household goods, from tools and toys to appliances and exercise equipment
• Cars, by sharing a car with a neighbor, starting or joining a car-sharing group, carpooling, or ride-sharing
• Caregiving, whether for pets, children, older family members, or relatives with disabilities
• Business resources, such as office supplies, equipment, space, and even employees
• Housing, whether by sharing a house, retrofitting a home to accommodate two households, or joining a cohousing community'

If you have the growing desire to not only live more sustainably, but also save money and create stronger communities.Sharing is a simple step anyone – young or old, rich or poor – can take, right now, to make a difference.

'The ultimate beauty of sharing is that it’s a solution we create for ourselves. It’s not a government program, nor is it the “latest and greatest” product marketed to us on billboards. It’s a solution based on our own needs and lifestyles, in our own communities. It’s a way for each of us to shape our own lives in positive ways and simultaneously benefit the world as a whole. In that respect, sharing is more than a simple trend: Some might even say our society is moving toward a sharing revolution'.  The Sharing Solution

StreetBank in your Town

All we needed was to put a notice on StreetBank inviting others to meet up in Café Bruxelles to share hopes, concerns and next steps to make Streetbank more prominent in Leicester. 

In just a couple of hours we received 5 replies. 

The gift economy is already present, all it need is a bit of a nudge for it to achieve critical mass.

Hope are high.

Have a go in your own town!

For more details on the Meet-up in Leicester

Click here

Streetbank - Collaborative Consumption is the new Black

Collaborative Consumption is the new black.

So, please give it a go!

The unfortunate thing with those new platforms such as Streetbank, timebank, landsharing etc. is that if they does not achieve critical mass, no one can rip the full benefit of its offering.

So even if you do not want to borrow anything from the various dvds collection that you can find on Streetbank, borrow still.

I ended up watching the full season of the killing, a thriller serie produced by the danish. it was absolutely awesome and I've met in turn a lovely lady.

I gave myself the target of sharing a new item once a day on Streetbank and leaflet my neighbours before the end of the month!

What about you?