There are ways to incorporate sharing into almost every realm of life. Here's a sampling of ways to share:
CAR:
CAR:
- Find a friend or a neighbor who would like to share a car and make a schedule to take turns.
- Join an established car-sharing program, such as City CarShare or ZipCar.
- Set up or join a carpool to work or school.
- Find out if there are casual ridesharing programs in your community.
- Start a vanpool.
- Trade leftovers with a neighbor or share regular meals.
- Take part in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs.
- Start a community food garden in your neighborhood.
- Share fruit harvested from your trees.
- Buy a home with a friend.
- Consider living in cohousing.
- Retrofit a large house to accommodate two households.
- Live cooperatively in a group house.
- Share a vacation home.
GOODS:
- Start a tool-share with friends or neighbors.
- Share other household goods and appliances, such as a vacuum cleaner or laundry machines.
- Start a neighborhood home-repair group.
- Cooperate to compost in your neighborhood.
- Share errands, such as dry cleaning.
- Trade tasks with a neighbor -- prune her tree if she fixes your bike.
- Start a time bank.
- Form a group to save money by sharing bulk purchases.
- Join a buying club or cooperative.
- Take down the fence and share yards with your neighbor.
- Work part time and share your job with someone else.
- Form an employee-owned cooperative.
- Have shared lunches with coworkers.
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Try coworking.
- Share an office space, a studio space, workshop, or commercial kitchen.
- Start a childcare co-op.
- Share a nanny with another family.
- Share pet care with a pet-owning neighbor.
- Cooperate to care for elders.
- Host a skillshare -- a gathering where people share their special skills and learn from others.
- Share recreational equipment, such as kayaks, and camping and sports gear.
- Share season tickets for sports or theme parks.
