TOPIC: COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION (27)
Hour Exchange Portland
http://www.hourexchangeportland.orgHow does Hour Exchange work? Simple. For every hour you help a neighbor in need you earn a time credit you can spend having any member provide you with a service you need. Everyone’s time is equal no matter what the service. And there are hundreds of services available from health care to weatherization or tickets to shows. Exchanging hour services is about empowering individuals, organizations and businesses to help each other meet their needs cash free in one-to-one exchanges or in group projects.
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Hour Exchange Portland, Share, Give, Exchange, Time, Services, Community, Neighbors, Ability, Talent
EatWith
http://www.eatwith.comEatWith is a trusted global community that invites people to dine in homes around the world. Guests can connect with amazing hosts, share stories and unforgettable experiences, and enjoy delicious homemade cuisine.
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EatWith, Dine, Local, Locals, Global, Food, Eating, Collaborative Consumption, Travel, Airbnb, Cuisine, Gourmet, Exploration, Discovery, Culture
The Swedish Institute
https://eng.si.seThe Swedish Institute (SI) is a Swedish public agency promoting Sweden, its culture and values around the world. SI helps Sweden reach various international goals concerning foreign policy, education, international aid and development. Our activities span over fields such as culture, society, research, higher education, business, innovation, democracy and global development. For example, our Instagram campaign #ShareWear aims to raise awareness about collaborative consumption and sustainability.
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The Swedish Institute, ShareWear, Sweden
yerdle
http://www.yerdle.comyerdle helps you give and get the things you need with your friends. It’s simple. Start by posting a few things that you’d be willing to give to your friends. Then try asking for something that you’re seeking. Your friends want to help you; yerdle makes it easy to ask.
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Yerdle, Giving, Sharing, Facebook, Free, Marketplace, Collaborative Consumption
Zero Bound
http://www.zerobound.com
Zero Bound is a web-based platform for students and alumni to reduce student loan debt through sponsored volunteerism. Students and alumni crowdfund their student loans in exchange for volunteering in the community.
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Zero Bound, Crowdfunding, Student, Debt, Loan, Alumni
City CarShare
https://www.citycarshare.orgCity CarShare, a Bay Area nonprofit, provides convenient, affordable access to shared cars in order to reduce individual car ownership and usage. By providing innovative and technological- advanced mobility options to members, we help to improve the environment and quality of life in our cities through the reduction of traffic, parking problems, and dependence on oil-while promoting cleaner air, quieter streets and more open space.
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City CarShare, Carshare, Cars, Vehicles, Green, Drive, City, Urban
Tripping
https://www.tripping.comTripping has the largest selection of vacation rentals and short term rentals on the planet. We give you access to the best local homes and neighborhoods around the world. We also have a thriving community of travelers who use Tripping to enjoy free homestays and cultural exchange. Ready to step off the tourist path? Tripping will help you experience the world like a local.
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Tripping, Traveling, Abroad, Travel, Travelers, World, Explore, Cultures, Local, Rent, Trippers, Homestay, Cultural Exchange, Foreign, Country
Swap.com
http://www.swap.com/netcycler.htmlSwap.com is where more than 500,000 swappers worldwide are turning what they have into what they want, with more than 1.5 million items available for swapping!
TaskRabbit
https://www.taskrabbit.comTaskRabbit is a website and mobile app where you can go to outsource small jobs and tasks to people in your neighborhood.
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TaskRabbit, Collaborative Consumption, Neighbors, Chores, Tasks, Errands, Outsource
Scoot Networks
http://www.scootnetworks.comWe create networks of scoots. Scoots are shared, electric, smartphone-activated motorscooters you can ride in the city. At Scoot Networks we teach you how to ride the scoots, we keep the scoots running, and we find places to put more scoots to make the network bigger.
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Scoot Networks, Scoot, Motorscooters, Transportation, Smartphone, San Francisco, Electric, Scooters, Shared, Collaborative Consumption, Cities, Urban
SittingAround
https://www.sittingaround.comFounded in 2010, SittingAround makes it easy to create, manage, and grow a babysitting cooperative. Babysitting coops already save thousands of families a great deal of time and money each year. Our goal is to make coops so easy and so well known that every parent joins one. We automate many of the tasks required to effectively manage a coop so our users can focus on what's really important - building and enjoying childcare communities.
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SittingAround, Babysitting, Online, Cooperative, Coop, Parents, Children, Kids, Family, Collaborative Consumption, Barter, Exchange, Sitting Around
Meal Sharing
https://www.mealsharing.comExplore meals by city, and check out meals in your own town or when traveling. You can share meals with hosts in over 450 cities worldwide!
Gridmates
http://www.gridmates.comGridmates brings peer to peer energy sharing in the first transactive energy platform to eliminate energy poverty. We make it possible for you to send electricity to people in need.
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Gridmates, Energy, Collaborative Consumption
Accomable
https://www.accomable.comAccomable is a pioneering global platform for finding adapted hotels and vacation rentals for disabled and elderly people. The company, based in London, UK, was founded by disabled entrepreneurs Srin Madipalli and Martyn Sibley. Friends since childhood and regular travellers, Madipalli (who now serves as the company’s CEO) and Sibley are both wheelchair users due to a disability called SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Frustrated at the lack of travel information available for disabled people, they launched Accomable in the summer of 2015.
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Accomable, Inclusion, Disability
Block Avenue
http://www.blockavenue.comBlockAvenue is a platform to help people better understand location by leveraging existing geo-data and social networks to create trust.
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Block Avenue, Map, Geo Data, Data, Users, Collaborative, Location, Geography, Crowd Wisdom
