This page is a direct feed from www.collaborativeconsumption.com. Collaborative Consumption describes a movement focused on traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping currently gaining in popularity as we reclaim our innate nature to connect with each other.

• Collaborative Consumption
  • Actress Lily Cole presents Gift Economy concept to Cambridge Students May 19, 2013
    “Lily Cole was back to her old university stomping ground last night to debate at the Cambridge Union. The motion, ‘This House Believes a Society of Giving is Impossible’, saw Cole join forces with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, feminist and philanthropist Genevieve Vaughan and the current director of the Behaviour Insights Team at Number 10, David Halpern,. […]
    Melissa O'Young
  • GigaOm: RelayRides buys p2p carsharing rival Wheelz May 15, 2013
    “With a still small, but growing, market around people that want to rent out their personal cars to their neighbors, some consolidation seemed inevitable. On Tuesday startup RelayRides, which was one of the first companies to jump into the neighborhood car sharing market, announced that it has acquired Wheelz, a startup that had originally focused...  Read m […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • WAMDA: Is The Arab World Ready for Collaborative Consumption? May 14, 2013
    “Wamda’s contributors have been torn about whether the Middle East is ready for a sharing economy- Ahmad Majid said that there are endless possibilities for sharing in Saudi Arabia, while Gulay Ozkan noted that sharing startups in the Middle East will have to innovate to mesh with local culture. Yet if you believe that a sharing economy is...  Read moreThe p […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • NY Times: Young Americans Driving Less May 13, 2013
    “For six decades, Americans have tended to drive more every year. But in the middle of the last decade, the number of miles driven — both over all and per capita — began to drop, notes a report to be published on Tuesday by U.S. Pirg, a nonprofit advocacy organization. People tend to drive less during recessions,...  Read moreThe post NY Times: Young America […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • Australian Financial Review: Building a Home to Share May 8, 2013
    “Visitors to David McCrae’s Sydney home, who are many and varied, note how perfectly the light, breezy space captures the spirit of the northern beaches locale. Then they head upstairs and unpack. McCrae, a principal architect at Manfredini McCrae, designed the house with a private bedroom and bathroom on a separate floor, which he sporadically rents...  Rea […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • Shareable: Mais Oui, We Share May 6, 2013
    “During the most impressive panel of the conference (that I saw), four whipsmart women talked about the intersection of the collaborative economy with government: Molly Turner, Director of Public Policy for Airbnb, April Rinne of Collaborative Lab, Helen Goulden from Nesta, and Anne-Laure Brun Buisson from Sharelex. They recommended a collaborative, non-oppo […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • Fast.Co Design: Experience is everything in the sharing economy May 5, 2013
    “We increasingly consume products and services through renting, sharing, and purchasing subscriptions. Being “socially connected” is no longer just about having a lot of people to share your news with; these days, it’s about having a lot of people to share your stuff with–either for free or at a fraction of the market fee. It’s...  Read moreThe post Fast.Co […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • KnowTex: Interviews with 40 OuiShare Fest presenters May 5, 2013
    The team at Knowtex, the creative community network, undertook the admirable task of interviewing 40 of the amazing speakers at OuiShare Fest in early May. These interviews are now all available to listen to through SoundCloud. Our recommendations include Arnold Auger from AllTogether, Mar Alarcon from SocialCar, Anne-Laure Brun-Buisson from ShareLex, Helen […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • The Sun: Shares Worth A Fortune May 1, 2013
      “I don’t own my own car and usually rely on public transport to get me around. But when I need to dash to Heathrow for an interview before visiting my brother in Guildford, Surrey, I find a better way. Instead of taking on yet another journey by train and bus, I visit liftshare.com to see if anyone is going...  Read moreThe post The Sun: Shares Worth A For […]
    Lauren Anderson
  • Zipcar: The Smarter Business Blueprint April 30, 2013
    “As a start-up, Zipcar disrupted the established car ownership model. We held the belief that the status quo was no longer the best way to meet people’s needs in the modern urban environment. The current economic climate only places a greater focus on convenient, cost-effective and flexible business solutions – and the Smarter Business Blueprint...  Read mor […]
    Lauren Anderson