2013-2021

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Cities should be for experiment - Hamburg putting digitality at the service of citizens, Oct 4, 2021...The Daily Alternative

  • Tomorrow Today Streets, Creating essential micro-infrastructure for post Covid 19 neighbourhoods, TessyBritton, May 30, 2021...medium.com
  • Who can be trusted to develop us? Yes, we the people. But local Trusts have been strengthening communities for decades. Covid-19 shows it's their time, May 10, 2021...thealternative.org.uk
  • Canada’s libraries step up to help vulnerable people during pandemic, Apr 22, 2021...@shareable
  • We don’t need institutes, we need constitutes… and they should live in a Makar House, Pat Kane, Mar 16, 2021...thealternative.org.uk

2019

  • Library of Things is helping UK go zero waste, Nov 29[1]
  • Cross-sector ‘third spaces’ incubate social, climate solutions, Oct 9[2]

"Play Out Til Tea" is a great Birmingham Impact Hub idea - but their "neighbourhood of the future" is even better, Jul 21[3]

  • The library of things: could borrowing everything from drills to disco balls cut waste and save money? Apr 24[4]

References

  1. ↑ Library of Things press release, Nov 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Shareable
  3. ↑ The Alternative UK
  4. ↑ The Guardian

2018

  • Empowering Canada's Indigenous communities through coworking, Nov 12, 2018[1]
  • Strengthening and protecting what matters most by @CassieRobinson, Nov 2, 2018[2]
  • Creating the everyday commons: The need to consider space in sharing initiatives, Nov 1, 2018[3]
  • If our every click boosts the profits of Big Tech, how should the people and communities benefit? UBI? UBA? Small Tech? Oct 19, 2018[4]
  • The Common Room — designing a future for all ages, Oct 2, 2018[5]

Why 'Social Infrastructure' Is the Key to Renewing Civil Society, Sep 11[6]

  • To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library, Sep 8[7]
  • Britain’s shared spaces are vanishing, leaving us a nation of cliques, John Harris, Sep 4[8]
  • Fab Labs supports local entrepreneurship with open-source and peer-to-peer production, Feb 8[9]
  • Why Smart City London should be a #NetworkedCity: participatory, sharing, inclusive and accessible, Feb 9[10]
  • In Vancouver, Shipping Containers are the New Tool Libraries, Jan 10[11]

References

  1. ↑ Shareable
  2. ↑ Medium
  3. ↑ Shareable
  4. ↑ The Alternative UK
  5. ↑ @agenoretirement
  6. ↑ citylab.com
  7. ↑ The New York Times
  8. ↑ The Guardian
  9. ↑ @Shareable
  10. ↑ connectinglondoners.blog
  11. ↑ resilience.org

2017

Inside Fab Lab Barcelona and the IAAC: 3D printing for the people, Oct 5[1]

  • 8 Lessons from the Second Annual International Lending Library Symposium, Jun 27[2]
  • Craftsman donates his tools - and himself, Apr 23 Minnesota
  • 5 reasons why there's more to coworking spaces than just work, Apr 5[3]

Cities Are Driving a Public Library Boom in Australia, Apr 4[4]

  • 5 Coworking Spaces and Business Incubators in Libraries That Support Local Workers, Apr 3[5]
  • Quebec's Vacant Church Buildings Resurrected as Community Spaces, Mar 14[6]

Little Free Library Launches 'Action Book Club' to Inspire Community Service, Mar 2[7]

  • Why Nonpartisan PAC EveryLibrary Defends the Future of Libraries, Feb 30[8]
  • The original heart of Memphis, Feb 17[9]
  • How to Welcome and Engage People in Community Spaces, Jan 10[10]

References

  1. ↑ 3dprintingindustry.com
  2. ↑ @Shareable
  3. ↑ treehugger.com
  4. ↑ nextcity.org
  5. ↑ @Shareable
  6. ↑ Shareable
  7. ↑ @Shareable
  8. ↑ @Shareable
  9. ↑ civiccommons.us
  10. ↑ @Shareable

2016

  • Patterns of Commoning: A Journey Through Time to the Irrigation System in Valais, Switzerland, Dec 16, 2016...[1]
  • How Libraries are Boldly Innovating to Meet the Needs of Changing Communities, Nov 16, 2016...[2]
  • Building Community Resilience from the Ground Up, Nov 10, 2016...[3]
  • Habibi.Works is a FabLab equipped with all the tools for people to unfold their potential and hone their abilities, Oct 31[4]
  • “Introducing the Global Atlas of Innovation Spaces” by Ananse Group, Oct 7[5]
  • Creative Commons' Radical Plan to Bring Joy to the Commons, Mar 23[6]

References

  1. ↑ blog.p2pfoundation.net
  2. ↑ @Shareable
  3. ↑ sustainablecitiescollective.com
  4. ↑ blog.p2pfoundation.net
  5. ↑ medium.com
  6. ↑ Shareable

2013-2015

  • “Makerspace: Towards a New Civic Infrastructure,” Will Holman, November, 2015...[1]
  • Doing more together, together: seeding a Collaborative Technology Alliance, November 24, 2015...[2]
  • Imagining the (R)Urban Commons in 2040, November 12, 2015, von Silke Helfrich...[3]
  • Why hardware needs to go open source, October 17, 2015...[4]
  • How a New Dutch Library Smashed Attendance Records, Jul 21, 2014...[5]
  • Libraries and community engagement, Jan 25, 2013...[6]

References

  1. ↑ Places Journal
  2. ↑ blog.p2pfoundation.net
  3. ↑ CommonsBlog
  4. ↑ Wired UK
  5. ↑ @Shareable
  6. ↑ sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com

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