Four degrees of sharing

By Janelle Orsi, Written with Emily Doskow

http://shareable.net/blog/four-degrees-of-sharing

excerpts :

Sharing to the First Degree
Requires Cooperation + Minimal Planning

in these ways:

Potlucks or meal exchanges with neighbors or co-workers, Borrowing and lending goods, Babysitting exchange, Dog walking exchange, Harvesting and sharing fruit from neighborhood trees, Sharing computer code or content

Sharing to the Second Degree
Requires Cooperation + More Extensive Planning

examples:

Sharing an in-home care provider for children, elders, or people with disabilities Sharing rental housing or ownership of a single family home Sharing yard space for food cultivation Babysitting co-op with multiple families Neighborhood tool lending “library” (which could be a shared shed where neighbors store their tools, or a list of tools each neighbor owns and is willing to lend) Food-buying club Neighborhood home repair group

Sharing to the Third Degree
Requires Cooperation + Extensive Planning + Infrastructure

examples:

Cohousing communities and housing cooperatives, Community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs, Cooperative groceries, Parent-run cooperative preschools, Offices, studios, commercial kitchens, and other workspaces shared among multiple entrepreneurs, Community-wide tool lending libraries, Cooperatives that facilitate sharing of resources and collective bargaining by businesses (such as an alpaca fiber cooperative that processes and sells fur from hundreds of small alpaca farms)

Sharing to the Fourth Degree
Requires Cooperation + Extensive Planning + Infrastructure + Community-Wide Restructuring and Mobilization

examples of fourth degree sharing include:

Dedication of public land to community gardening plots Expansion of public library systems to include lending of tools, equipment, and other goods City-wide bikesharing programs Official designation of casual carpooling parking lots and pick-up spots Planning of neighborhoods and design of housing to facilitate extensive common areas and community interaction City-wide wifi programs

Developing Our Sharing Toolkits
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http://shareable.net/blog/four-degrees-of-sharing

More References
Video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtNHVgB3K9o&feature=youtube_gdata

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