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  • Library of Things is helping UK go zero waste.[1] Nov 29, 2019
  • A "fab city" aims to produce everything - energy, commodities, food - that it consumes. And Plymouth is one of them. Nov 25, 2019[2]
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  • "Play Out Til Tea" is a great Birmingham Impact Hub idea - but their "neighbourhood of the future" is even better.[3] Jul 21, 2019
  • News Hazel Sheffield tells stories of communities ambitiously owning their own assets, like Portpatrick Harbour in Scotland, Daily Alternative (Jul 30, 2019)

Jan-Jun 2019[edit | edit source]

From Impact Hub Birmingham to Civic Square.[4] Jun 16

The library of things: could borrowing everything from drills to disco balls cut waste and save money?[5] Apr 24

Every One Every Day, new makerspace opens in London.[6] Mar 20

Could this community project be the start of a national transformation? George Monbiot.[7] Jan 24

Nesta's 'ShareTown' interactive shows what a cooperative, tech-enabled economy might look like. Jan 3

2018[edit | edit source]

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The Common Room — designing a future for all ages, Oct 2...[8]

Britain's shared spaces are vanishing, leaving us a nation of cliques, John Harris, Sep 4[9]

What kind of space can welcome a diverse community? Apr 28...[10]

💚 We need civic operating systems to manage the social fabric for healthy communities – plus a social app store of tools, David Wilcox, August 17[11]

Why Smart City London should be a #NetworkedCity: participatory, sharing, inclusive and accessible, Feb 9[12]

2017[edit | edit source]

"Human beings being human: Part two of Connecting well" by David Robinson, Oct 20[13]

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How the Share Shed in the UK is Building Community, Jul 5...[14]

What Does it Mean to Unlock the Next Economy? Jun 7[15] "If churches survive – architecturally and even as places of worship – it will be because they have become a social resource."

Creating thriving community hubs: What does it take? May 2[16]

2016[edit | edit source]

How a British Library is Fighting Loneliness with a Public Living Room, Dec 6[17]

2015[edit | edit source]

Top findings from the open dataset of UK makerspaces, April 24[18]

See also[edit | edit source]

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