Some cities are looking to in-law units to ease the housing crunch and build more diverse neighborhoods.
Grassroots Democracies Form North American Coalition
How can we work together for a truly democratic society?
How can we work together for a truly democratic society?
10 Companies That Make It Easier to Build a Sharing Economy or Platform Cooperative Startup
Launching a platform business is difficult and complex. For entrepreneurs focused on sharing, it can be even more challenging, especially if they operate a two-sided marketplace.
Launching a platform business is difficult and complex. For entrepreneurs focused on sharing, it can be even more challenging, especially if they operate a two-sided marketplace.
The Response Podcast Episode 4: Fighting Misinformation in the Aftermath of the Mexico City Earthquake
The episode tells the story from the perspective of several verificado19s volunteers.
The episode tells the story from the perspective of several Verificado19s volunteers.
How to Create an Outdoor Living Room in Your Neighborhood
Lifelong friendships often start with a simple conversation with a stranger.
Lifelong friendships often start with a simple conversation with a stranger.
How to Start a Worker-Owned Cooperative Farm
Cooperative work structures promote ecologically sustainable farming and create sustainable livelihoods for farmworkers and their communities.
Cooperative work structures promote ecologically sustainable farming and create sustainable livelihoods for farmworkers and their communities.
Transitioning From Competition to Collective Resilience: Q&A With Sebastien Maire, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Paris
Paris has been on the cutting edge of a worldwide municipal movement dedicated to making cities more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.
Paris has been on the cutting edge of a worldwide municipal movement dedicated to making cities more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.
How to Turn Community Spaces Into Hubs for Resilience and Mutual Aid
How can we make our neighborhoods more resilient to disasters and other disruptions? What initiatives and communities can we learn from? How can we turn existing community spaces into resilience hubs that can serve the community in an uncertain future?
How can we make our neighborhoods more resilient to disasters and other disruptions? What initiatives and communities can we learn from? How can we turn existing community spaces into resilience hubs that can serve the community in an uncertain future?
Is Collaborative Housing Right for You?
Collaborative housing is a great option for anyone who wants to live in community — whether young or old, married or single, with or without children.
Collaborative housing is a great option for anyone who wants to live in community — whether young or old, married or single, with or without children.
Library Cards Unlock Access to Bike, Benefiting Entire Communities
What if you could check out a bike — in addition to a book — from your local library? That’s become a reality in over 20 communities in the U.S. and Canada.
What if you could check out a bike — in addition to a book — from your local library? That’s become a reality in over 20 communities in the U.S. and Canada.
The Under-Reported Story of Disasters (That Most People Have Missed)
Reporting routinely underplays how local communities come together to respond to the hardships they face while supporting each other during times of disruption.
Reporting routinely underplays how local communities come together to respond to the hardships they face while supporting each other during times of disruption.
The Resurgence of Local Food Swap Events
Usually a recurring event, food swaps allow direct trades to take place between attendees — for instance, a loaf of bread for a jar of preserves or a half-dozen backyard eggs.
Usually a recurring event, food swaps allow direct trades to take place between attendees — for instance, a loaf of bread for a jar of preserves or a half-dozen backyard eggs.
How Collective Giving Is Transforming Philanthropy
Collective giving is when donors come together to pool resources and collectively decide on how they want to distribute funds
Collective giving is when donors come together to pool resources and collectively decide on how they want to distribute funds
Participatory Urban Planning in New Zealand
The Auckland Plan is an example of a participative and inclusive co-design project that balanced market, state, and commons interests with the goal of becoming “the world’s most livable city.”
The Auckland Plan is an example of a participative and inclusive co-design project that balanced market, state, and commons interests with the goal of becoming “the world’s most livable city.”
How Children Are Changing Their Communities in India
Q&A with Power to the Children film director Anna Kersting.
Q&A with Power to the Children film director Anna Kersting.
To Reduce Social Isolation, Start Wtih Place
New report from American Enterprise Institute finds neighborhood amenities are key to social connectivity.
New report from American Enterprise Institute finds neighborhood amenities are key to social connectivity.