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How to Start a Neighborhood Work Group

By Emily Doskow

03.01.10, 10:07am Comments (0)

Q: My house needs a lot of work, but I just don’t have the time or skills. Is sharing work with neighbors a solution? How can I can do that?

Three Cool Ways to Explore a City

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.23.10, 12:30pm Comments (4)

1. Flip a Coin: "Lliving a block away from the World Trade Center site after 9/11, I re-explored lower Manhattan by leaving my house, flipping a coin at every intersection to determine my route," writes photographer and writer Gavin Edwards.

How Can Companies Promote Pay Transparency?

By Traci Fenton

01.13.10, 9:38am Comments (1)

Q: The pay gap in any company is always a difficult subject. How can I promote more fairness in my company with regard to pay?

Foods We Share: Vegan Greens Pie

By Lisa Jervis

02.24.10, 10:35am Comments (0)

Whenever I cook for a group, I like to keep it vegan.

12 Nifty Ideas to Improve Your City

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.11.10, 2:49pm Comments (1)

Since our launch in October, Shareable.net has published lots of nifty DIY ideas for making cities more sociable, resilient, and sustainable.

The Open Source Urban Farm

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.11.10, 6:53am Comments (0)

Refarm the City is a new wiki and a blog that seeks to provide open software and hard

How to Share Time

By Mira Luna

01.27.10, 3:22pm Comments (2)

Time exchanges have been around for over a 100 years, presumably much longer in various forms, many undocumented.

How Nonprofits Can Share Down Their Costs (Part II)

By Janelle Orsi

01.22.10, 6:34am Comments (1)

In part one of this piece, I discuss the various ways that nonprofit

The Visceral Neighborhood

By Claire Kessler-Bradner

10.28.09, 5:48am Comments (1)

My mother is a painter, and she has never owned a home. I was fourteen when our landlord, Mr. Andersen, died. My mother couldn't afford to buy the house, which Mr.