Media and Other Coverage
The Local Governments and the Sharing Economy roadmap is being shared by our partners and by the press. This is a selection.
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Articles and Blog Posts
The Sharing Economy could be transformational for the UK. So why are we lagging behind? - by Alexander Hardiman - published as a blog here on Left Foot Forward - 15 Dec 2015.
Novae Res Urbis - published an article "Sharing Economy Opportunities: Taking Advantage" (by Leah Wong). This PDF is posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis – Toronto Edition, Vol. 19 No. 45, Friday, November 13, 2015. Shareable - Blog post about the report here by Cat Johnson (9 November). Cities for People - The lead authors published a blog on the Cities for People website. |
As the sharing economy explodes in growth, with new startups emerging regularly, many city officials are left scratching their heads wondering how to deal with this industry. From Uber and Airbnb, which have become what Shareable co-founder Neal Gorenflo describes as “death star platforms," to local sharing projects, much of the sharing economy remains in grey areas. Local governments are faced with what a new report calls a “tsunami of Sharing Economy activities” that has many of them overwhelmed and ill-equipped to develop an effective response. Local Governments and the Sharing Economy is a “roadmap helping local governments across North America strategically engage with the sharing economy to foster more sustainable cities.” (Excerpt - Shareable blog, 9 November 2015) |
Other Media
Roundhouse Radio: Lead author Rosemary Cooper was a guest of Roundhouse Radio on HOME with Jana Lynne White (Monday 16 November).
CBC Radio Canada: One Earth Senior Associate Emmanuel Prinet spoke with CBC Radio Canada about the report and you can hear the interview here (Tuesday 24 November)
CBC Radio Canada: One Earth Senior Associate Emmanuel Prinet spoke with CBC Radio Canada about the report and you can hear the interview here (Tuesday 24 November)
Twitter
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Newsletters, Listservs and Resource Repositories
The Local Governments and the Sharing Economy report has been shared through newsletters including the following: Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), Shareable, CCEDNet, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation (November newsletter - article here), Cities for People, the Post-Carbon Institute (see link), and others. It was distributed on the listservs includng: Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), New Economy Coalition, Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption (GRF-SPC), SEA Catalyst, Columbia Basin Trust, and others. It has been posted in resource repositories including: Cities for People, Pando - Sustainable Communities, Post-Carbon Institute (see link) and others.