1. Shareable Australia
Launch
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Event Sponsor: Hub Melbourne
Darren Sharp, Editor Australia
Email: darren@shareable.net
Twitter: @Shareable @dasharp

2. Global Sharing Day – 14 Nov
• Organised by ThePeopleWhoShare
#GlobalSharingDay

3. Guest Panelists
• Tom Amos - Sidekicker
• Liisa Vurma - Eat With Me
• Jodi Jackson - The Lemon Tree Project
• Will Emmett - MeeMeep
• Tom LeGrice - PetHomeStay

5. the (new) evolution of sharing.
information people people people people stuff

7. The state of physical sharing
After information and media, the most
shared categories are, respectively:
• Living space (58%)
• Work space (57%)
• Food preparation/meal-sharing (57%)
• Household items/appliances (53%)
• Apparel (50%)

8. Drivers: Social, Ecological &
Economic Crisis
• 40% more resources used / year than the
earth produces
• 50% world in poverty
• Youth crisis: 15% unemployment for 20-24
year olds
• Many developed countries in deep fiscal
crisis

9. Drivers: Idle Assets
Most of our stuff is idle most of the time:
• Cars idle 22 hours a day
• Most lawn mowers are used 4 hrs / year
• Drills are used 20 minutes total
And..
• 99% of stuff made is trashed after 6 months

10. THEMES in the
Sharing Economy

11. Access Over Ownership

12. Peer to Peer Resource Exchange
• Time
• Relationships
• Know how
• Experiences

13. Trust & Reputation
Frictionless Sharing requires
trust in p2p marketplaces…

14. New modes of working together
Hackerspaces
[~400 worldwide]
Worker coops Coworking spaces
[11K started in past 30 years, US.] [~600 worldwide]

15. FUN: Sharing creates
experiences money can’t buy
Couchsurfing pillowfighters, originally uploaded by blmurch

16. DIY
- Maker Faire
- Food
- Open Hardware
-Transition Towns

18. Australia Channel objectives…
How to Share Guides
http://www.shareable.net/how-to-share
– Housing
Food
Family
Community
Cities
Neighbourhoods
Transportation
Technology
Work
Entrepreneurship

19. Australia Channel objectives…
• Article suggestions on the solidarity
economy and collaborative consumption
– People
– Projects
– Worker coops
– Time banks
– Alternative currencies
– Public banks

20. Australia Channel objectives…
SHARE Melbourne (+ other cities):
unconference exploring how to strengthen
our cities as platforms for sharing.

21. Australia Channel objectives…
• Sharing Economy Working Groups
– Public education, policy, research, events,
networking and advocacy
• Mayor Edwin M. Lee of San Francisco
announcing the formation of The Sharing
Economy Working Group. The purpose of the
working group, "is to take a comprehensive
look at the economic benefits, innovative
companies and emerging policy issues around
the growing 'sharing economy'”. This could
catalyze other cities to take similar action.
http://www.shareable.net/blog/breaking-san-francisco-announces-sharing-economy-working-group

22. Australia Channel objectives…
Meet the sharers – events network
• Clothing swaps, hackathons, sharing
markets, and swap meets are some of the
events that would be included in the
Events Network.
http://www.shareable.net/blog/do-you-want-to-meet-other-sharers

23. Shareable Australia
Darren Sharp, Editor
Email: darren@shareable.net
Twitter: @Shareable @dasharp