{"id":2640,"date":"2012-03-20T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2012-03-20T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:47:59","slug":"get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for the economy of sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to wish for a giant returns counter where I could exchange stuff I didn\u2019t need \u00a0for stuff I did need. Behind the counter would be a system for redistributing, reusing, or recycling goods, so that no \u201creturns\u201d were ever junked. We&#8217;d all get what we needed, less perfectly good stuff would sit idle in closets and garages, and a lot less new stuff would have to be made.<\/p>\n<p>My dream is coming true. It\u2019s called \u201ccollaborative consumption\u201d \u2013 a trendy new term for the timeworn habit of sharing.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collaborative_consumption.html\">this fabulous TED talk o<\/a>r read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunset.com\/home\/sharing-economy-00418000074416\/\">this Sunset magazine article<\/a> on the economy of sharing. But the bottom line is, a world with too much stuff is an opportunity for people to share, swap or pool instead of buying more and more. We are born and bred to share and cooperate, says Rachel Botsman, the young economist leading the TED talk. Hyperconsumption interrupted that pattern, but the internet is bringing it back in a big way in three new forms:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cRedistribution markets\u201d that are moving used or pre-owned items from where they aren\u2019t used to where they will be used. Think Craig\u2019s List or swaptree.com, whose slogan is \u201cturn what you have into what you want.\u201d (The 3 Rs are now five: reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose and\u2014implementing my returns counter\u2014<strong>redistribute!<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCollaborative lifestyles,\u201d in which people work, live, and stay intentionally. Are you familiar with coworking, where independent workers share an office space and creativity? Couch surfing, which matches budget travelers and homeowners with rooms or couches to spare? Landsharing, which matches gardeners and small farmers with underused yards and acreage? They are fast becoming household terms!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProduct service systems\u201d like car sharing that let people pay for the benefit of a product without having to own it \u00a0outright\u2014a great option for things with \u201chigh idling capacity\u201d like cars and power tools. The typical homeowner will use a power drill for 13 minutes in its entire lifetime. Says Botsman, \u201cYou need the hole, not the drill!\u201d \u00a0So why not rent it from or <em>to<\/em> someone else?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_2641\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collaborative consumption built this community cooker in a Nairobi slum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Does this trend benefit only rich folks with video games to spare? No. Collaborative consumption relies on trust and has always been practiced in communities rich in trust and relationship. Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/dddxyz.org\/synthesising-collaboration-and-technology-with-the-community-cooker\/\">trash-burning community cooker developed in a Nairobi slum<\/a>, and think about the state of our trust, relationships, and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborative consumption <em>sounds<\/em> like a basic Christian practice. It\u2019s our job to give away our extra coats and sponsor food pantries. But I wonder whether all that <em>giving <\/em>keeps us locked in paternalism: <em>I have something, you don\u2019t, you can have mine and I\u2019ll feel good.<\/em> Collaborative consumption invites us into a more mutual model: <em>I\u2019ve got something, you\u2019ve got something, let\u2019s trade. We\u2019re equally gifted: let\u2019s share. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the ground, hunger programs are brought to life less by money than by people\u2019s dignity, resourcefulness, and willingness to work hard. Their assets contribute to a process you could call \u201ccollaborative construction.\u201d But it\u2019s funny how other people\u2019s gifts vanish when we talk about hunger in congregations. We stick to the same old trope, contrasting our abundance with other people\u2019s lack. We have money, they don\u2019t; therefore they are needy and you should write a check.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve got something, you\u2019ve got something, let\u2019s trade<\/em>\u00a0 or <em>I\u2019ve got something, you\u2019ve got something, let\u2019s create something new together <\/em>frees us to see new, more collaborative ministries. Collaboration is harder. It takes a lot more time than writing a check. It changes the relationships between the people involved. It also changes the stories we tell about one another. (David explored this in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/post\/a-tale-of-two-videos-27022012\/\">his post contrasting two videos<\/a>\u2014one focused on a little boy playing in the dirt with a bleach bottle, and one in which \u201cunderprivileged\u201d Native American teens named their strengths.) And it changes us.<\/p>\n<p>The collaborative consumption concept is changing my vision of the giant returns counter. Now I see that showing up with a toaster I don\u2019t need is just the first step. I have to be able to vouch for the condition of my toaster. I have to trust the person offering whatever I swap it for, be it a working radio, five pounds of green beans, or an hour of sewing. If I choose the hour of sewing, I might have to get to know someone new. And it will be slower than buying in the drive-through lane or pulling $20 from an ATM machine\u2026.but I think it will be a whole lot more satisfying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anne Basye, <em>Sustaining Simplicity: A\u00a0 Journal <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to wish for a giant returns counter where I could exchange stuff I didn\u2019t need \u00a0for stuff I did need. Behind the counter would be a system for redistributing, reusing, or recycling goods, so that no \u201creturns\u201d were ever junked. We&#8217;d all get what we needed, less perfectly good stuff would sit idle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10467,233,108,10466,54,97],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post","tag-collaborative-consumption","tag-economics","tag-lifestyle-stewardship","tag-sharing-economy","tag-social-justice","tag-world-hunger"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I used to wish for a giant returns counter where I could exchange stuff I didn\u2019t need \u00a0for stuff I did need. Behind the counter would be a system for redistributing, reusing, or recycling goods, so that no \u201creturns\u201d were ever junked. We&#8217;d all get what we needed, less perfectly good stuff would sit idle [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Basye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Basye\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anne Basye\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c\"},\"headline\":\"Get ready for the economy of sharing\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":814,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"collaborative consumption\",\"economics\",\"lifestyle stewardship\",\"sharing economy\",\"Social Justice\",\"world hunger\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Get ready for the economy of sharing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c\",\"name\":\"Anne Basye\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anne Basye\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/author\\\/annebasye\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger","og_description":"I used to wish for a giant returns counter where I could exchange stuff I didn\u2019t need \u00a0for stuff I did need. Behind the counter would be a system for redistributing, reusing, or recycling goods, so that no \u201creturns\u201d were ever junked. We&#8217;d all get what we needed, less perfectly good stuff would sit idle [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/","og_site_name":"ELCA World Hunger","article_published_time":"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00","author":"Anne Basye","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anne Basye","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/"},"author":{"name":"Anne Basye","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c"},"headline":"Get ready for the economy of sharing","datePublished":"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/"},"wordCount":814,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg","keywords":["collaborative consumption","economics","lifestyle stewardship","sharing economy","Social Justice","world hunger"],"articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/","name":"Get ready for the economy of sharing - ELCA World Hunger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2012-03-20T17:47:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/03\/promoPicLge358-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/get-ready-for-the-economy-of-sharing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Get ready for the economy of sharing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/","name":"ELCA World Hunger","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/209f6f1d6570a27deb6812817841eb7c","name":"Anne Basye","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ef21b2cfc7a200042163f395dd1107599acb82aba458d253a59ae6a53534fe8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anne Basye"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/author\/annebasye\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}