Stop 'N' Swap Events Make New York City More Sustainable
When I put a Free Stuff box in the laundry room of my apartment building on the Upper East Side of New York City, I wasn't thinking about the bigger idea of holding a live swap event with the...
View ArticleCheck Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys
Entrepreneur Rhonda Collins's twin daughters are the inspiration behind the new online community, Toy-Cycle which launched this month. The toy exchange site will help parents save money by buying fewer...
View Article10 Reasons Why Ithaca is a Great Sharing City
Twenty years ago, a piece on Utne Reader praised Ithaca, New York, as one of the "most enlightened" places in America. Today, Ithaca is still a hub of the kinds of sharing that earned it that...
View Article15 Reasons (And Counting) Why Montreal is an Exemplary Sharing City
Montreal is the largest city in Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and arguably the most cosmopolitan city in North America. The cooperative movement in Quebec dates back to the late 19th...
View ArticleHow Make Something Week brought together thousands of makers around the globe
Greenpeace, Fashion Revolution, and Shareable joined forces last December to inspire people around the globe to join the maker movement. The inaugural #MakeSmthngWeek campaign, which ran from Dec....
View ArticleHow to start and participate in a Buy Nothing group
Back in 2014, I read an article about the Buy Nothing Project, a collection of independent Facebook groups across the country where members can give and receive freely in their own neighborhoods. The...
View ArticleThis holiday season, host an event to make something for loved ones
On Black Friday this year, ditch the long lines at big box stores and bring your friends and family together to share skills and create something special from old and reused items. It's not only a...
View Article8 tips on hosting a successful clothing swap
Fashion is one of the world's most polluting industries. Given the critical risks our planet is facing, buying new clothes and accessories, especially ones produced unsustainably, only worsens the...
View ArticleHow to set up a swap or free store
When I first moved to New York City, New York, in the late '90s, not only did I have friends with impeccable taste who purged their closets bi-annually, I also lived in a high-rise building where...
View ArticleCampaign to promote sharing and the maker movement draws thousands around the...
Global waste is reaching staggering levels and is set to worsen, if things don't change drastically. The combined waste generated by cities around the globe is projected to increase by 60 percent by...
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Clothes Swaps Skirt Need to Shop
When I attended my first clothing swap a few months ago, I had no idea I was taking part in a growing social movement that has caught fire since the U.S. economic crisis hit in late 2008. The...
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How to Stage a Clothes Swap
One person’s discard is another one’s treasure. That’s the philosophy behind clothes swaps — friendly social gatherings where participants, usually women, bring clothes and accessories they don’t need...
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Five Easy Ways To Have A Shareable Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner, and that means ghosts and goblins everywhere will soon be showing their spooky faces. But there's something more terrifying than bloody corpses and flesh-hungry...
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thesixosix: A Netflix for Designer Clothes
As a burgeoning upstart in the sharing economy, Lauren Wetherbee's startup, thesixosix, aims to give fashion-conscious sharers a helping hand by providing a community closet to pull from. The idea is...
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National Halloween Costume Swap Day Is This Weekend!
Halloween is just over two weeks away, and kids of all ages are looking for the perfect costume. In fact, discount stores pedaling costumes and accessories are popping up all over the country–but don't...
View ArticleShareable Announces Seed Grant Winners!
Building on its success with SHARE San Francisco, Shareable is supporting the broadening of the sharing movement through a seed grant and technical assistance program for new, youth-led, sharing...
View ArticleTurkey Puts DIY Twist on Clothing Swap
Giysi Takası, which means clothing swap in Turkish, celebrated its 1st anniversary with a day-long swap, skillshares, and performances on Saturday, April 6th at Mixer Art Gallery in Tophane, Istanbul....
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The Rising of the Sharing Economy in Italy
Collaborative services experiencing a surge in Italy. Much ink is being spilled by the media about this growing movement. The radio does its part, too, by making people aware of this new phenomenon...
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