sharing economy
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Can Airbnb keep its users from discriminating against each other?
Sharing our resources is one piece of a more sustainable future -- if we can share fairly.
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This affordable housing complex has a solar farm on its roof
A community solar project in Seattle is powering the real sharing economy.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard is just as depressed by empty American consumerism as you are!
In the most recent installment of this series, Knausgaard briefly and grimly decries colonialism -- with some degrowth undertones.
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This co-op bike shop will teach you to fix your own damn bike (and that matters)
The bike kitchen movement greases the gears of the real sharing economy.
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The sharing economy is bullsh!t. Here’s how we can take it back
Real sharing can help solve big problems like climate change. But we have to start small.
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Uber, Lyft, and the growing problem of temp jobs
Riders love the convenience and availability of the swaggering, app-wielding, taxi-displacing car services. But they could turn us all into temps.
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Don’t call Uber and Lyft “ride-sharing,” says AP
Uber and Lyft don't actually 'share' anything, rides or otherwise. The Associated Press suggests calling them "ride-hailing" or "ride-booking" services instead.
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Uber says half its drivers make $90K a year — yeah, right.
The ridesharing company employs some questionable math to calculate the mean income of a NYC UberX driver. Let's run those numbers again.
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There must be 50 ways to share your sweater
We'd like to help you in your struggle to be free. Here's how to stop buying and start sharing, swapping, and renting clothes.
