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‘Peer-to-peer’ lending cuts out the Wall Street middlemen
Social lending outfits allow you to loan money to actual humans, providing a leg up for people who really need one.
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Back to the land again: Folk schools teach skills for modern-day survival
A new generation of homesteaders heads to the woods to learn about beekeeping, artisanal bread making, how to make an electric car -- you know, the basics.
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Shareable’s Neal Gorenflo wants to share with you
Neal Gorenflo, founder and publisher of Shareable, chatted with Grist readers about the sharing economy. Check out a replay of the chat.
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Knit together: Can collaborative fashion change the way we approach clothing?
Amy Twigger Holroyd wants to slow fashion down and empower people to make their own long-lasting, sharable clothing.
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Friends with benefits: New tool uses Facebook to speed up sharing
Former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach says his new sharing platform, yerdle, will make snagging free stuff as easy as a trip to the store.
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Here’s one more thing you can share: Kids
The sharing economy makes it easy for people to connect via technology to share cars, bikes, homes offices, tools, pets -- and now children.
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Bike sharing goes big — but can it get over its little helmet problem?
Bikeshare programs have gained speed in recent years -- except where laws require riders to protect their heads. Can Seattle crack that nut?
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Couchsurfing the continents: On the road with the sharing economy
In which our hero travels to South America with a little money and a lot of luck, and learns about the power of human generosity.
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Life in the fast lane: In the D.C. area, carpooling ‘slugs’ ride fast and free
Turns out "ridesharing" isn't just for the techy-sharey set. In Washington and other cities, they've been doing it for decades -- no smartphone required.
