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Share Tompkins

Shira Golding -
We've been working on ways to better share resources in Tompkins County, NY. A few months ago we started organizing Community Swap Meets where people can give away, share or barter goods, services and labor with a focus on...
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Share Some Sugar Community Website

John McKnight -
Why buy when you can borrow? Keara Schwartz has come up with a brilliant way to borrow items from neighbors instead of buying them and meet new neighbors at the same time. It's an online service, called Share Some...
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La Casa Chica

Peter Block -
Meet a person who is uncovering a local world of hidden treasures. Her name is Allison ... She invites us to see the treasures of her neighborhood through the eyes of children. They are not interested in what is...
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Mead Street Manifesto

Mikala Woodward -
Drafted by neighbors on a small stretch of Mead Street in Southeast Seattle. It's still a work in progress as you can see. People all over the country lament the loss of community, neighborhoods, local culture.  "Nobody knows their neighbors...
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Al Etmanski

Peter Block -
Al Etmanski is one of North America's best social inventors. He has looked beyond traditional institituions and their failures to create new means of achieving a better life. His analysis of the forms of organization that enable local communities...
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Update on the Abundant Community Initiative in Edmonton

Howard Lawrence -
Listen to Edmonton’s ACI co-founder Howard Lawrence, along with Laurier Heights Neighborhood Connector Karen Wilk and ACI Coordinator for City of Edmonton Anne Harvey, describe the thinking behind the Initiative and some of the surprising, and not-so-surprising, results from...
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