Imagine hundreds of cities
worldwide firmly rooted in the sharing economy. To make
this vision a reality we’re launching the Sharing Cities Network in 100
cities, to knit together entire communities of local
sharing movements. We'll hit the ground running in January 2014, but
only if we raise our goal. Can you chip
in $15 and be a founding member of the
Network?
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Timebank,
New Orleans |
Clothes
swap, Istanbul |
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Dear Michel,
We all want and deserve to
live our best lives. Our finest selves are rooted in a sense of strong
purpose, solidarity with others, and living with joy and meaning. But
our current economy is fueling a class war that divides us and seeks to
commodify everything—including our precious time to do what we really
love.
We need an
alternative way of living. And we need you to be a part of it.
Together, we can make it
happen. Imagine hundreds of cities around the world firmly rooted in
the sharing economy. Thousands of organizers coming together to make
sure that communities have access to tool libraries, worker-owned
cooperatives, seed banks, coworking spaces, community gardens, credit
unions, hackerspaces, farmers markets, bike kitchens, and other
innovations like these that are sprouting up all around the world.
To make this
a reality, we are launching the Sharing Cities Network in 100 cities
worldwide—a network that knits together entire communities of local
sharing movements.
We need the Sharing Cities
Network because there is currently no single city where
all these local sharing models have been brought together to create a
holistic, bona fide alternative to business as usual—so the old way of
business still largely prevails. But you can change this.
Will you be a
founding member of the Sharing Cities Network and chip in $15 so we can
get right to work?
In a Sharing City,
everyone’s needs are met because people make the personal choice to
share. Everyone can create meaningful livelihoods. Fresh, local food is
available to all. Affordable housing and shared transportation are
abundant. The poor are lifted up, the middle class is strengthened, and
the rich are respected because they all work together for the common
good. And all this is possible without relying on the government or big
banks, because together we can be our own agents of change.
If we can
raise our goal by January 15th, we will be able to start organizing the
Sharing Cities Network ASAP in January 2014.
Yes, I will be a
founding member of the Sharing Cities Network and chip in $15 to make
this vision a reality.
Because the more we share,
the more we are truly our best selves and communities. And building the
Sharing Cities Network will help make this alternative way of living a
reality.
In solidarity,
Neal
Gorenflo
co-founder of Shareable
