Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, exploring what a genuine sharing economy actually looks like. Tom traces the roots of community sharing infrastructure from the first tool libraries of the 1970s through 2,000+ Libraries of Things operating worldwide today, and examines mutual aid as a proven economic model — not charity. With the new Library of Things Toolkit launching March 19 at the Repair & Share Summit, this episode is both a conversation about economic paradigm change and a practical on-ramp for anyone ready to start building the commons in their own community.

Tom's Work & Shareable:

• Shareable.net
• Library of Things Toolkit — new edition live March 19
• Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons — free download
• The Response podcast & documentary
• Mutual Aid 101
• Navigating Conflict in Movement Spaces
• Emergency Battery Network Toolkit
• Top 50 How-To Guides
• Rural Power Coalition
• Cities@Tufts

Events:

• Repair & Share Summit — March 19-20

Referenced:

• Join or Die documentary — Netflix
• Asheville Tool Library

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