by Mira Luna, Shareable: http://www.shareable.net/blog/sharing-cities-network-launches-online-hub-with-over-30-citiesWe are proud to introduce a new resource to support local sharing initiatives, co-created by leaders from around the world.
Welcome to the beta version of the Sharing Cities Network online hub, which you can find now through the new “Community” tab in the main navigation of Shareable.net.
The site will continue to be developed as we receive feedback and we welcome yours.
When the Sharing Cities Network
concept began to emerge from conversations with grassroots organizers
and community groups, we had no idea of the groundswell of support it
would receive.
After 60 map jams, $50k raised through our crowdfunder,
more than 30 communities planning ShareFests
and the over 30 initial cities that helped create their own city pages,
it’s clear that the time is ripe for the Sharing Cities Network!
Over the past few months, we've hosted calls with local groups, sent out surveys, and started conversations on the Sharing Cities Facebook group
(with over 1,000 members) to find out what sharing activists needed
most. We are beginning to answer that call. The new Sharing Cities
Network offers ways to collaborate and learn together.
Just as important, it provides tools to support local
community organizing in a way that reflects your goals, vision, and
values.
The city pages are fully customizable to add: photos, text about
your local movement, unique action buttons that you can tailor to your
needs, links to get involved, events, news, shared resources and a
sharing city map.
An overwhelming request from local sharing groups was
to develop a central tool for sharing information among cities. We have
been assessing various peer-to-peer learning and communication tools
for the last 6 months and are open to suggestions.
In the meantime,
while we continue our search, we have integrated a simple solution into
SCN on the “Learn Together”
page. This is where we've begun to collect resources for: Sharing
Cities Organizing, Community Action Guides, Legal and Advocacy Resources
and Sharing Economy Presentations.
We will use this until we further
assess about how members communicate and share information. If you want to help with either the technological or resource research side of this project, please email us.
After completing the virtual infrastructure, we put
out a call for 20 cities to join the Sharing Cities Network and were
thrilled to receive over 30 requests to create pages for the initial
launch.
In the next two weeks, we will host tutorials on how to
customize and edit the pages and then hand off control of local pages to
local organizers.
In the coming months, we will bring more city pages
online on a rolling basis and continue to receive feedback about how
this network can best be of service before updating the platform to
better fill those needs.
If your city is on it's way to becoming a
sharing city, you can fill out this application to get your city on the SCN in the next round.
If you aren’t ready to create a community page yet,
don’t worry! Some cities are just getting started. Some easy ways to
grow a young local sharing movement are:
- Host a Sharing Discussion with a potluck, CommuniTea Time or Sharing Drinks
- Start a Gift Circle - go around in a circle and talk about needs and offers and then exchange gifts and services
- Host a Sunday Soup - a democratic crowdfunding dinner to pitch and support local sharing projects
- Or if you are more advanced, Host a Sharing City Map Jam or Organize a ShareFest
Thanks so much to all our generous contributors listed below, including our sponsors: Seats2Meet, Freelancers Union, My Turn, Mesh Labs, Near Me, the New Economics Institute, and the patient and skilled Objective Consulting development team that helped support this project, as well as everyone who helped spread the word, especially the OuiShare crew!
Contributors
Adam Berk, Adam Spector, Aleece Germano, Alessia Fascina, Alex Stephany, Ali Hart, Alvaro Saco Fortuna, Amy Love, Anake Goodall, Anasha Cummings, Andrew Nash, Andrew Racine, Angel Mesado Jardí, Angelo Meuleman, Anita Roselius, Anna Erkinheimo, Antony McMullen, Director, Creative Ministries Network, Antti Virolainen, April Rinne, Arno Hesse, Aurélien Marty, AutourdeToi.com, Barbara Pantuso, BeAGift.net, Belén López de Armentia, Ben Harper, Benjamin Bradley, Benjamin Wells, Betsy VanLeit, Beverly Markiewicz, Birte Berté, BlaBlaCar, Brenton Gieser, Brett Jones, Brian Freedman, Brian Skeele, Brian Tracey, Brigham Johnson, Børge Roum, Carol Brouillet, Cassandra Ferrera, Caterina Rindi, Catherine Sutton, Cat Johnson, CDJ Wilcox, Cecile Andrews, Cecilia Gamba, Cecilia Tom, CEOs for Cities, Chelsea Souter, Chris Diplock, Chris Haller, Chris Lindstrom, Christine Jacobs, Christophe Egret, Christopher Cain, Christopher Stammer, Cjay Roughgarden, Claire Felong, Claudia Gasperi, CommonSpark, The Community Commons Working Group, Cristian Fleming, Cristóbal Gracia, Cynthia Wineburgh, D'Lynda Fischer, Daniel Bartel, Daniel Demmel, Daniel Verinder, David Anderson, David Harris, David Hawthorne, David Stanley, David Van Seters, David Wilson, David Witzel, Debbie Ramirez, Debra-Ellen Glickstein, deeliva, Dena Glazer, Deseray Dolan, Devita Davison, Diego Gutiérrez Marañón, Domenico Di Siena, Entorno ColaborativoCercamia.com, Donnie Maclurcan, Dublin Favour Exchange, Dylan LeBlanc, Elektra Grant, Elizabeth Douglas, Elizabeth Fein, Ellen Friedman, Ellen Prokopow, Ellisa Feinstein, Erica Etelson, Erica Harrold, Eric Poettschacher, Eva Markiewicz, Evelyn Jackson, Fabian Oestreicher, Francesca Pick, Fran Cooper, Frédéric Morin-Bordeleau, Freelancers Union, Gary Tuerack, Gene Homicki, Genevieve Vaughan, Gordon Steen, Gozde Okcu, Grace Taylor, Guy Fraker, Harald Sando, Heather Glick, Helene Finidori, Helen Hyatt, Hilary Henegar, HomeExchange.com, IRentShare, Ivana Pais, Ivana Verle, Jacques Williamson, James French, James Huth, James Kozlik, James Stanek, Jamie Shea, Jane Neve, Jane Neville, Jane Robinson, Jane Robinson, Janice and Brian Igoe, Jared Smith, Javier Creus, J Connolly, Jeff Edwards, Jeff Hutner, Jeffrey Andreoni, Jennapher Lawson, Jennifer O'Brien, Jenny Loda, Jeremiah Owyang, Jeronimo Suarez, Jesse Alexander, Jessica Conrad, Jessica Warren, Jessica Watson and St. Louis Ecovillage Network, Jessy Kate Schingler, Jill Epner, Jill Suttie, Jim Buss, Jim Buss, Joahna Rocchio, Joel Dietz, John Abbe, John and Debbie Igoe, John Bailey, John Massie, John Smart, Josef Kreitmayer, Joseph Elliott, Joseph Smith, Josh Wilson, Joy Waters, Joy Waters, Juho Makkonen, Julian Nachtigal, Julianne Waters, Julie Petrie, Juliet Chen, Justina Hayden, Jyoti Shankar, Katherine Wires, Kathryn Sipp, Kathy Huntington, Kathy Killinger, Kelley Rajala, Kendra Shanley and Bay Bucks, Kenneth Mahaffey, Kevin Bayuk, Kevin Jones, Kevin Krejci, Kimberly Sloss, Kim Brady, Kim Gibson-Newton, Kristin Wolff, Kurt Grela, Lauren Wetherbee, Lawrence Bird, Leslie Dubbin, Lieven D'hont, Lila LaHood, Linda Atkins, Linda Shewan, Lisa Brukilacchio, Lisa Renstrom, Lisa Smith, Liz Branch, Liz Cable, Lucile Crémier, Lynda Smith, Maëva Tordo, Mara Balestrini, Maria Carmen Rodriguez Alvarez, Marianne Dickinson, Mari-Lyn Harris, Mario Zelaya and Karmahelp.org, Marissa Feinberg, Marius Torenga, Mark Gorenflo, Marko Peterlin, Martijn Arets, Marvin Brown, Marvyn Morrison, Mary Roscoe, Matt Dillon, Mattia Bernini, Matt Mattila, Max Anderson and ExtendedRelative, MBO Partners, Megan McLaughlin, Melissa Kinnear, Melody Hunsinger, Mesh Labs, Michael Bennett, Michael Brown, Michael Carrillo, Michael Day, Michael Keating, Michael Stoll, Michelle Miller, Mike Steinhoff, Miki Johnson, Milicent Johnson, Minsoung Jo, Mira Gartz, Mira Luna, Miriam Miller, Mobilinet GmbH, Modo The Car Co-op, Mogan Brown & Mitch Rudominer, Molly Cohen, myTurn, Nancy France, Naomi Schultheis, Natalie Foster, Neal Gorenflo, Near Me, Nicco Mele, Nikos Salingaros, Nina Ignaczak,http://www.mbopartners.com/ Noah Heller, Noah Karesh, Noemi Giszpenc, Odile Beniflah, Olga Novikova, Open Shed, Pascal Verwaerde, Patrick Dunn, Patrick Marchman, Paul Blundell, Paul Higgins, Peg Powell, Per Grankvist, Peter Clausman, Peter Smith, Peter Wippermann, Philip Snow, Phoebe Sinclair, Randal Thompson, Raphaël Dard, Ray Tobey, Régine Thienhaus-Wippermann, Remi Dion, Rena Basch and Locavorious, Rhonda Fabian, Richard Lovejoy, Robert Gaddis, Roberto Hernandez Renner, Robin Chase, Ronald Caballero, Ronald Javet Pleguezuelos, Rosalba Zaldatte, Ross Chapin, Ross Marlow, Ruth Held, Ryan Conway, Salish Sea Trading Cooperative, Samantha McCarthy, Sara Crouse, Sarah Noyes, Sarah Ruzanov, Scott Ballum, Scott Bechtler-Levin, Sean Gorenflo, Seats2meet.com, Sebastian Dehling, Seokwon Yang, Sergio Lub, Seth Schneider, Shabnam Anvar, Shane Hughes, Shara Alexander, Sharon Ede, Sharon Hoffman, Sharon McMillion, Shaun Quirk, Shawn Gregory, Sheila McDonnell, Shelley Fishkin, Silvia Candida, Sonia Marcus, Spacerent, Stephen Zavestoski, Steven Vargas, Stina Heikkilä, Sune Larsen, Susanne Kahle, Susie Mckinnon, Suzanne Lindgren, Syleta Harkins, Tamara Hartl, Tanya Yordanova, Thomas Greco, Thomas Llewellyn, Thomas Malbaux, Tim Bonnemann, Tom Brown, Tom Wenzel, Tree Bressen, Tristan Copley Smith, Trustcloud, Trustribe, Vaalea Darkke, Vesa-Matti Lahti, Victoria Thompson, Victor Vulovic, Vincent Dussault, Vivian Wang, WeekendHouseSwap, Wendy Whiting, William Eggers, Wolfgang Hoeschele and The Common Abundance Network, Yelizavetta Kofman, Zay Thompson, Ziba Cranmer
Volunteers
Albert Cañigueral, Cristóbal Gracia, Eric Poettschacher, Odile Beniflah, Simone Cicero
