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Collaborative Consumption: Tool Lending Libraries

Sharing Economy: Gardening Tools & Beyond

More and more, communities are working together to create opportunities for pooling knowledge, sharing skills, and increasing each others' access to useful resources. A few examples...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Hilltown Families      Tags: collaborative consumption, gardening, Shared Economy, Sustainability, Tool Lending Library, Tool Share

Minimize Your Fashion Footprint

Project 333 encourages a minimalist approach that throws down the gauntlet challenging us to dress with 33 items for a period of 3 months. It slims down...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Take Action

Suggested Events for January 28 – February 3, 2017

“[Last year] was the first year my three year old participated in the Valentine’s Day swap & we had a blast making and receiving our cards in the mail. This site...

 Category: Berkshire County, Citizen Scientist, Collaborative Consumption, Community Based Education, Cultural Events, Easthampton, Easthampton Family Center, Ecology, Family, Family Radio Show, Fundraiser, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Hilltown Families, Hilltown Families Event, Hilltown Family Variety Show, Parenting, Pioneer Valley, Suggested Activity, Suggested Events      Tags: Berkshires, collaborative consumption, Collective Impact, Community Based Education, environmental education, Family Activities in Western Massachusetts, New England, Western MA

The Bicycle: Social Impacts, Past & Present

The Surprising Social Impact of Bicycles and Local Learning Opportunities Did you know that before inventing the world’s first successful airplane, Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop? They repaired...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Hilltown Families, History, Suggested Activity, Sustainability      Tags: Bicycle, bicycle exchange, Bicycles, bike, Bike Riding, collaborative consumption, Massachusetts, New England, Transporation History, transportation, western massachusetts

Buy Nothing Project: Creating a Sustainable Sharing and Caring Economy

Community resiliency, kindness, and collaborative consumption come together in the Buy Nothing Project - an international movement that supports volunteers in creating locally-based networks for sharing not only items but...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Hilltown Families      Tags: anti consumerism, Buy Nothing Project, caring economy, collaborative consumption, giving economy, hyper-local gift economy, resiliency, social movement, Sustainability

Skillsharing: Community Through Sharing & Learning

Want to share your knowledge & creativity with others? Skillsharing is the answer, where you can proudly share your skills, talents and knowledge with others. Of course it's not a one-way...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Community Based Education, Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity, Sustainability      Tags: Community Based Education, Community Building, DIY, folk schooling, Recycling, skill sharing

Raspberry Hill Community Garden: A Valuable Education Resource for Families

Raspberry Hill Community Garden offers families an opportunity to grow their own food while strengthening a sense of community. Gardeners of all ages and abilities are encouraged to connect, create, and...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Community Based Education, Hampshire County, Local Food      Tags: communal gardening, community garden, educational workshops, Farms, raspberry, skill sharing, Workshops

Project 333 Challenges Consumerism While Supporting Style

Clearing out your closet will make you feel better and will enable you to find the essence of your style. Read how Project 333 can challenges teens (and adults!) to...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Take Action      Tags: clothing swap, collaborative consumption, Fashion, fashion design, fashion footprint, Project 333, Sustainability, sustainable fashion

Collaborative Consumption: Learning How to be Resilient Supports Community-Based Education

More and more, communities across western Massachusetts – and around the world! - are working together to create opportunities for pooling knowledge, sharing skills, and increasing each others' access to useful...

 Category: Collaborative Consumption, Community Based Education, Sustainability      Tags: collaborative consumption, Community Based Education, knowledge share, resiliency, Sustainability

Repair Café in the Berkshires

Pittsfield Resilience Circle Host a Repair Café Saturday, January 19th, 2013 Janet Henderson writes: What do you do with a broken toaster? Or with a bike that needs repair? Or with...

 Category: Berkshire County, Collaborative Consumption, Suggested Activity, Sustainability, Volunteer Opportunity      Tags: Berkshire County, Berkshires, Collaboration, collaborative consumption, Community Development, Pittsfield, Pittsfield Resilience Circle, Recycling, Repair Café, Sustainability, western massachusetts

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