In this fascinating book, Eleanor Tucker sets out a bold vision of how sustainable sharing can save us money, and lead to a happier future.
What is the
Sharing Economy?
How can it help us
live more affordable, more sustainable, and ultimately more fulfilling lives?
What would happen if for one year a family pledged to
share as much as they possibly can?
Instead of owning more and more stuff, what it’s like to
stop owning things and borrow, lend, rent and swap instead?
These are big questions, but features writer Eleanor Tucker sets out to answer them in this
thoroughly absorbing and entertaining guide
to sustainable sharing, or as it is also known,
'collaborative consumption'.
In this engrossing study, Eleanor straps us into on her year—long experiment along with her somewhat reluctant family. Over the course of the year, with the aid of various sharing apps, they will
pledge to buy as few new things as possible
, instead relying on the
power of sharing, lending, renting and borrowing
to supply their needs.
Each chapter introduces a different type of sharing into her day to day life, from the
little ‘things' (food, clothes)
to the
bigger ’things' (cars, furniture, the space around us)
, and shows how the growth of tech has revolutionized an age—old practice.
The book contains
best—for recommendations
based around
different types of sharing
, to create an
easily accessible shortcut into sharing.
Written with
warm and relatable humour
as well as a
deeply—researched knowledge
of the history of sharing,
this unmissable guide could truly change the way you consume.