Collaborative Consumption: Citizens' Greener Evanston, OhSoWe and the City of Evanston. Presented at Evanston Green Drinks, November 8, 2011. 10,000 Neighbors campaign design by sr4 Partners LLC, Chicago.
4. 1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Helping to make our homes more energy efficient.
2. COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Expanding awareness of sustainable lifestyles.
3.
INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION
Seeking innovative approaches to transportation.
4. COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY
Making us all better consumers.
5.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Finding new solutions for renewable energy.
http://agenda.greenerevanston.org
9. Did you know?
Cars sit unused twenty three hours a day, on
average, and many families own more than two.
Lisa Gansky, The Mesh
10. Did you know?
In the US, 80% of the items people own are used
less then once a month.
Rachel Botsman & Roo Rogers, What’s Mine is Yours.
11. Did you know?
“If all Americans rented or borrowed just 1 item a year
from a neighbor instead of buying it, we would divert
> 3 billion pounds from our landfills every year”
(saving roads, fuel, land and vehicle maintenance)
Chuck Templeton, OhSoWe.com, Inc.
12. Share More.
Neighbors - block club Team – Yahoo Group Colleagues – email list
•wheel barrel •tent •back pack
•ladder •chain saw •canoes
•power washer •drill •steam cleaner
•bike pump •bolt cutter •cooler
•bread maker •car •axe
•air mattress •axe •bike
•snow thrower •folding table •game council
•… •… •…
13. Share More.
Neighbors - block club Team – Yahoo Group Colleagues – email list
•wheel barrel •tent •back pack
•ladder •chain saw •canoes
•power washer •drill •steam cleaner
•bike pump •bolt cutter •cooler
•bread maker •car •axe
•air mattress •axe •bike
•snow thrower •folding table •game council
•… •… •…
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16. Super Easy to Get Involved
1. Join 10,000 Neighbors Group
@ www.10000neighbors.com
2. Join one (or more) of the Agenda 3. Get your Neighbors involved
Groups • Add/ start your group to
• Energy Efficiency OhSoWe.com
• Community Education • Invite the members of your
• Integrated Transportation group to join you
• Collaborative Community • Start sharing
• Renewable Energy
Find our more at OhSoWe.com or contact me at chuck@ohsowe.com
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18. Sustainability integral to City
Strategic Plan and Goals
City of Evanston Strategic Goal:
To create the most livable City in America
Strategic Plan Goal for Infrastructure:
Protect and optimize the City’s natural
resources and built environment, leading
by example through sustainable practices
and behaviors
Natural Resources Vision:
Evanston will be known as “The Green
City”. We will embrace the best ecological
practices and policies in our
government, services and infrastructure.
19. Evanston Climate Action Plan is
roadmap for reducing Evanston
carbon footprint
Progress: 50% of ECAP 220 strategies
initiated, in-progress or completed
Energy & Buildings Waste Reduction &
31 Strategies Recycling
23 Strategies
Transportation Land & Water
27 Strategies 19 Strategies
Renewable Energy Food
11 Strategies 4 Strategies
20. 2012 Strategy – Focus on
high impact areas
Reduce energy usage.
Reduce vehicle miles traveled.
Reduce waste. Increase recycling
and composting.
Further progress requires us to dig
deeper and get creative.
21. 10,000 Neighbors of
Evanston can help
Borrow, lend, re-
purpose, donate, and re-envision our
stuff. There is no garbage.
Car pool, car share, group bike
rides, and a walking school bus can
get us to our destination.
Share skills and equipment to
retrofit, rehab, and reclaim our
abundant use of energy.
22. Leverage savings and
pool resources so our
next generation of stuff
is more efficient, less
polluting, and taking up
less of our time.
23. We can find the solutions for renewable energy that will be
necessary in a finite world.
We can discover innovative approaches for how we adapt to
an ever changing climate.
what can We can connect and share to build a sustainable community.
we do? We can show others how a community of neighbors can
create a powerful sustainability movement.
28. Value Chain Value Cycle
Market Economy Sharing Economy
Centralized Distributed (Mesh)
Concepts from Haque’s New Capitalist Manifesto and Botsman and Rogers’ What’s Mine is Yours
Network images from “Paul Baran and the Origins of the Internet,” the RAND Corporation. 28
The 2011 Community Agenda, it is an invitation to actively participate, connect and engage with others as we strive to improve Evanston’s capacity to address environmental, economic, and social equity goals.
Rediscover Sharing TRANSITION
Slide 9: Closing slide, how to join and invite others
When an Evanston community member joins 10,000 Neighbors,you can join one of five CGE Agenda Groups already organized on OhSoWe…or, you can register their existing group and extend an invitation to members to start sharing. (Choose ‘Add Your Group’ from your Dashboard.)
Haque is pronounced “Hawk”
Reduces transaction costs, helps coordination, builds trust, handle finances, do this while protecting privacy (you can choose to say no when sometimes in person that is awkward). You get stars for every positive interaction (more if you fix the dress / drill). Come up with a list of Ways to be a Good Neighbor. In the past, no one could be held accountable. Here,
From Janelle Orsi, The Sharing SolutionMain Points:FencesNeighbors (and kids) don’t know each otherSeparate play spaces for kidsThree different grillsVacuum Cleaner
From Janelle Orsi, The Sharing SolutionMain Points:Shared play area for the kids like a playgroundOne grill that everyone sharesGood friends with neighborsEveryone gets different types of fruit!Single picnic table