---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Neal from Shareable <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 9:01 PM Subject: Help write the story of us To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> If you’re a believer in people power like we are, if you want to change the story with us. View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/shareable/weekly-newsletter-11-20-2284939?e=785614fc16> Dear Michel, By the end of 2019, Shareable will have published four, yes four, e-books of up to 170 pages each. Each topic was chosen carefully for the opportunity it presented to challenge the dominant narratives that are guiding society down the wrong paths. With climate change and extreme wealth inequality shaking our world, it’s critical that we create a new story together that puts sharing and cooperation at the center of our imaginations and lives. <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=dec7e8217f&e=785614fc16> For instance, we started off the year with an e-book on the loneliness epidemic, arguing that it’s not just a public health problem, it’s a threat to the integrity of society. Sharing can help re-weave the social fabric. Next we focused on community response to disaster. We pointed out that those affected aren’t just victims, but are often part of a heroic shared effort to recover and rebuild on a new, more resilient basis. Another highlight was our in-depth exploration of U.S. land use and housing policy where we explored how racism shaped the housing crisis and how that history should inform solutions to it. We’re topping off the year with an e-book on waste reduction reframing it as a challenge that communities can and must tackle too, not just industry. What I hope you see in our work is a fierce commitment to the idea that ordinary people are powerful. That you can change your circumstances for the better with neighbors starting today. This is social change that’s one door knock away. This is Shareable’s story of us. Shareable challenges the idea that change only comes from powerful individuals, organizations, and governments. We show with our solutions journalism that people-powered solutions not only work, but their impacts add up mightily. If you’re a believer in people power like we are, if you want to change the story with us, if you want more of what we did this year in 2020, then please support our work with a donation. <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=d31fdadd2a&e=785614fc16> If you need a tiny nudge to donate, we have a special offer right this way. If you begin a recurring donation of any amount or give a one-time donation of $50 or more by the end of the year, we’ll send you five books! Yes, FIVE books. We’ll email you a link where you can download all four of Shareable’s 2019 ebooks. AND, we’ll snail mail you a hardback copy of “Team Human” by acclaimed media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, a long-time ally who donated 250 books for Shareable donors. DONATE TO SHAREABLE TODAY <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=3a7d73a0e9&e=785614fc16> Please come along with us in 2020. To the story of us, Neal Gorenflo Executive Director Shareable This email was sent to [email protected] *why did I get this?* <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/about?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=40157dff3e&e=785614fc16&c=4cf54ca9b5> unsubscribe from this list <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=40157dff3e&e=785614fc16&c=4cf54ca9b5> update subscription preferences <https://shareable.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=9a850b8fb9f84ddaf1fc2f8dd&id=40157dff3e&e=785614fc16> Shareable · 487 Central Ave · Mountain View, CA 94043-4859 · USA -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/