This was a discussion panel at the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp conference held in San Francisco on June 2, 2011. Panelists were Micki Krimmel of NeighborGoods, Shelby Clark of Relay Rides, Barbara Pantuso of HeyNeighbor. Moderated by Caterina Rindi of mo foods.
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Rindi - Using Collaborative Consumption and the Sharing Economy to Strengthen Neighborhoods
1. Using Collaborative Consumption and the Sharing Economy to Strengthen Neighborhoods Caterina Rindi mo-foods.com [email_address]
2. Collaborative Consumption defined: An economic model based on sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting access to products as opposed to ownership . From Wikipedia June 2011 C. Rindi
Welcome! We’re going to try to 1. describe Collaborative Consumption and the Sharing Economy movements; 2. help you discover opportunities online and in your communities for connecting, sharing, and collaborating; 3. suggest ways to cut back on your spending and reduce your environmental impact by utilizing shared resources. My name is Caterina Rindi. I come from a teaching and non-profit background, which predisposes me to making do with less already. And I can’t stand to see the waste of resources. I have an expanded, international, and chosen family and have been rallying community for years, building Burning Man Camps and even a house with my friends. I came across CC last year, through Twitter and the local food movement. I found Shareable magazine and that’s when I fell down the online rabbit hole of the Sharing Economy. Relay Rides and NeighborGoods were picking up momentum, and I had started mo foods in the Spring, using resources that already exist and tapping local community. With mo foods we collect surplus fruit and vegetables from local backyards and make value-added delicious products. So let me know if you have too many lemons in your backyard and I’ll come get them and trade you for some Spicy Pickled Oranges or Umeboshi. I’m also in the research phase of starting a community kitchen space so if anyone is interested in talking more about that, catch me after the session.
Some of the key components that are encouraging the spread of sharing are environmental concerns, cost consciousness, and technology. This model makes even more sense when you consider that 90% of what we own gets used once a month. (Rachel Botsman)
Published Feb 2011. Australian. Tons of great resources on the website including a few snappy videos.
Published Sept 2010. Website has a huge directory of businesses.
Micki introduces herself and why she started NeighborGoods.
Shelby introduces himself and why he started Relay Rides.
Barbara introduces herself and why she started HeyNeighbor.
I’ll collect business cards and send out copies of these slides. How do you think your companies are helping strengthen neighborhoods? What elements of a community make it better at sharing?
How do you help develop trust amongst neighbors and neighborhoods? Why are these models of sharing important for the future?
I’ll collect business cards and send out copies of these slides.