sharing economy
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Can Airbnb keep its users from discriminating against each other?
Sharing our resources is one piece of a more sustainable future -- if we can share fairly.
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This affordable housing complex has a solar farm on its roof
A community solar project in Seattle is powering the real sharing economy.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard is just as depressed by empty American consumerism as you are!
In the most recent installment of this series, Knausgaard briefly and grimly decries colonialism -- with some degrowth undertones.
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This co-op bike shop will teach you to fix your own damn bike (and that matters)
The bike kitchen movement greases the gears of the real sharing economy.
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The sharing economy is bullsh!t. Here’s how we can take it back
Real sharing can help solve big problems like climate change. But we have to start small.
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Uber, Lyft, and the growing problem of temp jobs
Riders love the convenience and availability of the swaggering, app-wielding, taxi-displacing car services. But they could turn us all into…
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Don’t call Uber and Lyft “ride-sharing,” says AP
Uber and Lyft don't actually 'share' anything, rides or otherwise. The Associated Press suggests calling them "ride-hailing" or "ride-booking" services…
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Uber says half its drivers make $90K a year — yeah, right.
The ridesharing company employs some questionable math to calculate the mean income of a NYC UberX driver. Let's run those…
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There must be 50 ways to share your sweater
We'd like to help you in your struggle to be free. Here's how to stop buying and start sharing, swapping,…
