sharing and the community councils
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Share [Shair]As a verb: Shared, Sharingwww.dictionary.com
For example...
1.to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly:
2.to have a share or part; take part (often followed by in).
What part sharing plays in the work ofThe Community Councils? And what can they do to facilitate sharing among residents in their area?
About sharing..
1. Aknin, Hamlin and Dunn published research paper in 2012 titled ‘Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children’. In its findings is said that..
“..the present study finds that before the age of two, toddlers exhibit greater happiness when giving treats to others than receiving treats themselves.”
“Further, children are happier after engaging in costly giving – forfeiting their own resources – than when giving the same treat at no cost.”
“..this research provides initial support for the claim that experiencing positive emotions when giving to others is a proximate mechanism for human cooperation.”
2. In 2012, Aknin, Dunn and Norton found that ‘Happiness runs in a circular motion: Evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and happiness’.
“..Participants assigned to recall a purchase made for someone else reported feeling significantly happier immediately after this recollection; most importantly, the happier participants felt, the more likely they were to choose to spend a windfall on someone else in the near future.”
“..prosocial spending increases happiness which in turn encourages prosocial spending.”
3. Sciencedirect.com. (2016). You are what you can access: Sharing and collaborative consumption online.
Though sharing is a phenomenon as old as humankind, its present manifestations include collaborative consumption and the “sharing economy” - both phenomena born of the Internet age and fastly growing.
4. GlobalSharingWeek.com (2016).Website includes sections to host and find events, as well as resources helping to arrange sharing themed events. Examples: natural building, sustainable urban design, and permaculture -workshops, as well as ‘Business models for the creative economy’ -seminar.
So how could Community Councils utilize the Internet and mobile tech to promote and
facilitate sharing in real life in its area?
...and so to improve their neighborhood, strengthen the community, grow social capital and to empower
individual residents etc.!
5. Antonini, Boella, Calafiore..etc (2016): FirstLife; the Neighborhood Social Network: a Collaborative Environment for Citizens.Project existing in Italy and aims to find ways to reconnect people to the local reality they live in, increase citizen participation and awareness. Also fosters collaboration between citizens and local municipalities. 6. ShareNL.nl (2016). Startup PeerBy raises 2million USD from users.
Platform that enables neighborhoods to share raises 669% of its target sum over the course of weekend from 1501 crowdfunders who also become together its largest group of shareholders.
7. Green New Deal. (2016). Cleaning Day in Finland: sustainable consumption and a sense of community.
A day when people reclaim public space as their own and sell their stuff in pop-up flea-markets as second hand. Event is facilitated by website and app.
8. TimesOfIsrael.com (2015). ‘Jewish Facebook’ looking for a few good mensches.Possibly the largest social network for Jews - Shabbat.com - brings the sense of community further into social media -space. Serves the Jewish community in multiple ways.
9. Fundraising.co.uk (2016). Last chance to apply for Mayor of London’s crowdfunding programmeMayor of London made challenge to invoke innovative crowdfunded projects that improve community by promising to give 20.000£ to suucessful candidates.
10. Shareable.com (2015). The Sharing Economy is Booming in Helsinki: Here’s why Helsinki has a vibrant civil society and collaborative consumption scene, though grassroots and often at odds with current policies..
The Sharing Economy is Booming in Helsinki: Here's Why-Several grassroots sharing methods popping up
-Article at shareable.com
-Agricultural background, values of the welfare state, technology usage.
-Bureaucracy and public sector involvement, low population density
-similarities between “the soil” of the civil society between Israel and Finland?
Conclusion:-Internet and mobile technology can facilitate, support and improve concrete sharing in multiple ways
-Several existing applications besides sources mentioned here.
-Will grow larger in the future - co-ownership, distributed and decentralized ownership, shared value creation..etc
-Is a vital pathway for the Community Councils to take improve what they do
Questions?For further information and questions, feel free to contact
Risto Heikkinen , [email protected]