#shareable cities

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The City as a Commons – Panel discussion about the state and future of sharing

Check out a sum up from last week's event with Neal Gorenflo! 

The Josefstadt branch of Vienna’s Lokale Agenda 21 began its new season on 29/01/2015 by hosting a panel discussion with Neal Gorenflo, co-founder and publisher of online network and news hub Share...

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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GOALS

Here's what we want to do: 

Build a local understanding of what collaborative economy means in the context of Vienna – that means lots of interviews, lots of fruitful discussions, lots of ideas

Increase the visibility of collaborative economy

Come up with ideas for translating the concept through online and offline channels, thus increasing the knowledge on sharing and non-ownership based consumption – sounds fancy, but what is meant here is basically workshops, workshops, and once again workshops

Ever heard about smart city? Well, collaborative economy is where smart economy and smart people meet. SHARE VIENNA supports smart city processes in Vienna, feeding into the need for less technological focus and bringing people back into the smart city picture

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SHARE VIENNA IN A NUTSHELL

SHARE VIENNA is a research project focusing on collaborative economy, placed within the broader framework of transformation towards more sustainable consumption and production. 

In other words, it is about getting to know what exactly sharing means for the Viennese people. 

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Imagine a city where everyone's needs are met because people make the personal choice to share. Where everyone can create meaningful livelihoods. Where fresh, local food is available to all. Where affordable housing and shared transportation are abundant. Where the poor are lifted up, the middle class is strengthened, and the rich are respected because they all work together for the common good.

Sounds like a pretty special community to us. Learn all about the benefits of Shareable Cities from this post on GE's Ideas Lab. 

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Great report from Shareable and Sustainable Economies Law Center @ http://www.shareable.net/download-your-copy-of-policies-for-shareable-cities

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Some foods are just too good not to share, which is one reason to think about policies for food sharing. A more sobering reason is that close to 15 percent of households in the U.S. have been identified as food insecure. Food sharing is a joy and a necessity, and it’s also just a practical and obvious thing to do. Growing and preparing food is labor- and resource-intensive, which means it makes sense to collaborate in the effort, and to share in the bounty. Cities should, thus, embrace citizen-led initiatives to share food, and should remove legal barriers to it. Our last article in this series focused on policies that facilitate urban agriculture, and this piece looks at other ways that city policies affect communities’ ability to share in the production and consumption of food. A large number of laws related to food are made at state and local levels, but cities still have a significant role to play in affecting a local food system. Furthermore, through zoning ordinances, especially, cities can affect what kinds of food-related activities take place and where.

Shareable: Policies for a Shareable City #12: Food Sharing