世界水日快乐!了解人们和公司节约、采购和回收水的三种令人惊讶的方式。
“Doing More With Less” Shows Businesses A New Path To Success
Insteading interviews Dr. Bruce Piasecki, author “Doing More With Less: The New Way To Wealth,” which hits shelves this month.
Edible Bus Stop: The Community That Gardens Together, Stays Together
A simple yet creative gardening project called The Edible Bus Stop transforms a public transit area that used to be full of trash, and brings an entire community together.
Public Garden Plots Put Town On Path To Food Independence
Rarely have we seen an entire town support the idea of long-term food independence the way the small Victorian mill town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire has.
Four Collaborative Consumption Trends Poised To Explode In 2012
To help you explore the new and exciting sharing economy, we’ve collected four collaborative consumption trends poised to explode in the next year.
Handmade Holiday Gift Idea: DIY Necktie Eyeglass Case
You better not cry! We’ve still got a few DIY gift ideas up our sleeve and they can be executed in just an hour or two.
Handmade Holiday Gift Idea: DIY Infused Vodkas
A bottle of vodka infused with your own creative blends of local fruit and organic spices also makes a great gift for those that imbibe.
Handmade Holiday Gift Idea: DIY Beeswax Candles (Two Ways)
用蜂蜡而不是石蜡制成的蜡烛是一个很棒的礼物,尤其是对香水和香味敏感或过敏的爱人。
Handmade Holiday Gift Idea: Mason Jar Cookie Kits
Processed holiday cookie mixes are depressing and unhealthy. So why not give your friends the chance to try your favorite healthy cookie recipe with a few time-saving short-cuts?
假日期间(以及每一天)减少食物浪费的5种方法
In the United States, we generate an extra 5 million tons of household waste each year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, including three times as much food waste as at other times of the year.
Town Blocks Wal-Mart With Community-Owned Department Store
当地居民知道,如果沃尔玛获准建造12万平方英尺的。在萨拉纳克湖的徒步商店,当地企业将被迫永远关门。
Sustainability 101: How To Build A Solar Oven
You know those hot summer days when you can see heat waves rising from the sidewalk, and people say things like “that sun’s hot enough to fry an egg”? Well, there’s more wisdom to that statement than you might think.
Blog Action Day: What Do Meat Labels Really Mean?
With different labels like “natural,” “organic,” “free-range,” and “grass-fed” competing for your attention, it can be hard to know which type of meat comes with the lowest health risk and carbon footprint.
Buying Local vs. Fair Trade [Infographic]
从有机食品到公平贸易,我们购物的时候有很多选择。每一种都需要不同数量的金钱、时间和精力。这里有一个方便的视觉保持它所有的直。
Creative Recycling: 5 Ways To Reuse Old Denim Jeans
It’s a shame when your favorite jeans are too old to be worn anymore. But that doesn’t mean you have to throw them away!!
How To Make Your Own Fruit Jam In 30 Minutes Or Less
This past weekend, I tried my hand at making freezer jam, the lazy-cook’s alternative to canning. It was awesome! Here’s how to do it.
Want To Create American Jobs? Eat Local Food.
Just days ago, President Obama unveiled the American Jobs Act. Here at Insteading, we’ve got a much cheaper plan: skip the big chain grocery store and shop at a farmers’ market instead.
Creative Recycling: 6 Ways To Reuse Junk Mail
Recycling waste paper is good, but reusing it can be fun and adds a little time onto the life-cycle of the paper. Here are some of our favorite ways to upcycle junk mail!
Learning By Doing: 3 Sharing Sites That Offer Unforgettable Experiences
探索是有趣的,但最好是和熟悉某个地方的人一起探索,他们可以分享自己的个人知识,让这个地方变得很棒。
World Water Week: 10 DIY Conservation Tips
Although Americans have access to some of the cleanest, most prolific water supplies, we waste more than anyone in the world. Let’s change that today!
Sharing News: RelayRides Attracts Big-Name Investors
RelayRides only launches in regions that are home to an adequate number of members, ensuring that the service is viable and that owners successfully connect with borrowers. The new investments will cover RelayRides’ expansion throughout San Francisco and Boston proper.
4 Grow-Your-Own Kits To Jump Start Your Kitchen Garden
Summer is winding down, but that doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to all the deliciousness of organic, locally grown food. Here are four options that make it easy to continue growing food inside the comfort of your own home.
Creative Recycling: 6 Ways To Resue Old Egg Cartons
Although recycling is the most popular of the three R’s, reduce is definitely the most important and reuse is the most overlooked. Here are some surprising ways you can transform a simple egg carton.
Top 4 Peer-To-Peer Carsharing Services
Commerical car sharing services, like Zipcar or Phillycarshare, are perfect solutions for those living in urban areas, but what about those of us living in the suburbs or even rural areas?
3 Ways To Share or Trade Your Used Clothing
Here are three ways that you can use that unwanted clothing to save money, meet a need, or make a difference in your community!
Grow Your Own: Top 5 Yard-Sharing Websites
If you don’t have your own yard space, but still want to grow your own food, yard-sharing is the solution offered by the collaborative consumption movement.
Sharing Economy 101: Four Degrees of Sharing
Janelle Orsi shares four ways people are taking sharing to new levels, ranging from relatively simple applications of sharing to community-wide sharing initiatives — and beyond.
Could Growing Your Own Food Land You In Jail?
密歇根州一名女子因在自家院子里种植蔬菜而被罚款,并受到监禁的威胁。这篇文章包含了你可以支持她事业的方法。
4 Sustainable Reasons To Live In A Big City
Why urban density creates the perfect environment for collaborative consumption, and 4 reasons why that’s where you want to be.
Afghan City Builds DIY Internet Out Of Trash
An open-source project brings high-speed internet and an amazing sense of community and self-sufficiency to a village in Afghanistan. But the implications of uninhibited access could rock the developed world as well.
Beat The Drought: 4 Ways To Recycle Water
Water rationing is common in the more arid regions of the United States during summer months, which can make it difficult to maintain a healthy garden and lawn. Recycle water safely with these practical tips.
How To Throw A Successful Yard Sale
捐赠是很好,但是赚钱更好!这些技巧将帮助你吸引顾客,摆脱多余的东西,最重要的是,赚一些额外的钱。
Mobile Market Brings Locally-Grown Produce to Food Deserts in Chicago
How can a community deal with food deserts, or urban areas without ready access to a variety of healthy, fresh foods?
Like Mushrooms? You Could Grow Your Own House
A truly green home should use materials that are benign, from the factory to the 30th year of habitation. Impossible you say? Planetary ONE begs to differ.
New Android App Helps People Crowd-Source Free Drinking Water
Google and the Pacific Institute are teaming up to create a smartphone application that would allow users to share locations of public water fountains in an effort to combat bottled water consumption.
5 Essential Tools for Starting a Coworking Space
一个在线资源的集合,将帮助您了解全球联合工作运动的经验,并在您的社区建立一个充满活力的空间。
Tips For Growing And Sharing Your Own Food
In the past, farming and gardening was a community-wide effort, so why not now?
5 Easy Ways To Embrace Collaborative Consumption
Collaborative consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume. If you’re ready to explore these sharing alternatives, here are five easy ways to get your feet wet.
The Future Of Work Will Not Happen Between 9 and 5
Things are happening in the corporate world. Things that scare people with titles like CEO and Human Resource Manager. Things that lead analysts and experts to say that the way people work is changing.