Share Rather Than Own

Tips on how to cut down waste in New York City Read More

Want to learn how to hold a fun swap event in your community? Learn from the Swap, Share, and Shmooze event held in NYC's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Reduce waste and promote neighborliness. Read More

Looking for innovative ideas to promote sharing, circular economy and local sustainability? Check out Naboskab — "Neighborhood Closet" in Danish — and learn about their three community closets that promote reuse and sharing, while also saving money, space, and the environment. Read More

In addition to keeping stuff out of landfills, community reuse events like GrowNYC's Stop 'N' Swaps ® can make NYC more sustainable by building community and enhancing economic resilience, especially in underserved areas. Read More

Hyperlocal sharing provides a number opportunities for city residents to cut down on waste, save money, and build community. New York City provides examples for all city dwellers to get inspired by. Read More

Want to share more and own less? Read on! Co-founder Lawrence Alvarez describes the amazing success of the Toronto Tool Library and Sharing Depot — and shares tips for how you can start a tool library in your own community. Read More

Learn from WeHateToWaste founder Jacquie Ottman how to throw a Leftovers Pooling Party. And discover the most fun way yet to cut down on food waste. Read More

Now that I’ve awakened from my independent possession-owning-maintaining-inventorying stupor (and in a city and country where the costs of doing same are starting to escalate), I’ve started to take some steps to avoid R-R-R Redundancy in my own life. Read More

Esther Deeks shares resources for starting a Community Fridge to cut food waste, feed needy like the one she founded in Frome, UK Read More

Tradr, developed by Harvard students and inspired by waste on campus, offers a new way to buy, sell, and trade your valuables using your smartphone, encouraging reuse in your local community. Read More

Share, swap, borrow, donate and gift to zero waste. Read on to learn We Hate To Waste founder's Jacquelyn Ottman favorite tips for getting neighbors involved in zero waste. Read More

Tessa Cook and Sasha Celestial-One were both alarmed by how much food goes to waste. They decided to tackle this problem by leveraging technology. A food waste app was born. It lets you share extra food with your neighbors and other community members. Read More