Tag: Communities
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Man leading efforts to build affordable tiny homes for homeless vets (Video)
This initiative aims to break the vicious cycle of homelessness by offering housing that is affordable, safe, and dignified.
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France plants first solar eTree in midst of heat wave
With temperatures soaring even before the calendar turns to June, the shade of the solar tree will be as welcome as its many functions
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Researchers identify 4 basic personality types
Study on human behavior finds 90% of the population falls into 4 categories; researchers say results are useful for negotiating or for when people need to help each other.
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40 random acts of kindness to counter dark days
In the day-to-day, practicing kindness can help knit a web of compassion to give humanity a boost of resilience.
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Having Facebook friends is associated with a longer life
A new study suggests that a social media community adds to longevity similar to an offline community.
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Canada's first 'Library of Things' opens in Toronto
The Sharing Depot is a place where you can borrow everything from camping gear, tools, and board games, to children's toys, playpens, and sporting goods.
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Housesitting: Travel the world, stay at someone else's home for free
Thanks to the internet, housesitters can now travel the world, living in different places for a few days or a few months for free, in exchange for taking care of an absent homeowner's property, pets or errands.
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PodShare: Pod-based co-working and co-living community flourishing in LA
A growing number of freelancers choose to join co-working spaces. Now, there are a few co-living places in LA where you co-work and spend the night too.
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New York's seeing green
Andrew Cuomo is proposing a historic investment in the environment - and other states should take notice
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Finally! Tiny home subdivisions and developments are becoming a reality.
Another good reason to move to Colorado.
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Sheltersuits: Waterproof sleeping bags for the homeless made from recycled tents
Using tents abandoned during music festivals, this designer is creating over 2,500 full-body sleeping bags to give away for free to the homeless.
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Imaginative tiny house is a mobile classroom, community center and curio (Video)
Most people think of tiny homes as residences for one individual or two. This one is built as a portable classroom and community centre, travelling and bringing fun activities from place to place.
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Trash cans will act as Wi-Fi hotspots in NYC's underserved neighborhoods
These solar-powered, smart waste receptacles are doing much more than collecting trash.
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How to start a time bank
By encouraging neighbors to share skills and cooperate, time banks can build strong communities and a vibrant informal economy.
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Simply Home: A tiny cohousing community grows in Portland (Video)
Using a cohousing model, this small community of tiny house residents have their own private spaces in addition to sharing an existing big house, and other resources.
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The shake up of Boneyard Studios, a tiny house community
Despite a positive beginning, one tiny house community succumbs to internal tensions and is forced to relocate. Can other micro-communities learn from what happened at Boneyard Studios?
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Cohousing: The real sharing economy at its best, and a great example in Berlin
This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.
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Why going to the library is one of the best things I do for my kids and the planet
It's so much more than books.
