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Appleshare

I was flicking through one of out local magazines the other day and noticed an advert for Apple Sharing.  I’d never seen this before and as with everything to do with sharing, I had to find out more.

Beccles in Suffolk has an Apple Share scheme as part of its Sustainable Beccles umbrella.  This encourages people [...]

yours2share on YouTube

I’ve finally managed to get yours2share‘s video onto YouTube!

If you want to see it in “high definition”, well much better quality, click here.

yours2share on video

A couple of weeks ago I went along to a filming day held by StreamExchange and made a short three minute video about yours2share.  Once I’d recovered from the shock of seeing myself talk, I’m was pleased with the results.  The interviewer was Caroline Oldrey, who was until recently a news reporter with ITV Anglia, [...]

The Story of Stuff

On my wanderings around the web this afternoon I found this great website The Story of Stuff.  It’s worth spending the 20 minutes watching the video here: it explains a complex subject well and the main points it gets over are important to us all.  I could quibble with one or two facts that don’t [...]

Share a pig

Saddleback pig

A couple of weeks ago I met up with some old friends for a spot of point to pointing down at Hackwood Park, near Basingstoke.  In amongst the conversation, someone mentioned that they were sharing a pig.  So I had to find out more.  It is a private arrangement between friends.  The pig [...]

Perfect dog share

I was at a dinner party a couple of weeks ago and found myself in conversation with someone from the village who suddenly started to tell me how wonderful her dog sharing arrangement was.  I love moments like this.  Christine didn’t know me and had no idea about yours2share.  She didn’t know that I was [...]

Life’s for sharing

It’s good to know that T-Mobile agrees with me and yours2share!

I travel through Liverpool Street Station regularly and this recent ad has just made my day.  I wish I’d been there to see this.

Only the dancers know what is happening.  This little clip gives an indication of their rehearsals beforehand.

10 top tips for land share

If you are thinking about allowing someone who will grow vegetables in your garden, here are ten top tips to ensure a successful sharing arrangement.

Make sure there is a water source, if there isn’t one, you will need to provide one.
Work out where the composter will be located and what is to be done with [...]

Defining boundaries

Someone recently posted an ad on yours2share which I’ve reluctantly decided I have to remove because it isn’t really about sharing an asset, or sharing the cost of anything.  But it did make me think hard about the boundaries of yours2share.

The ad read:

I am the catalyst for a new group, the South Norfolk Writers’ Circle. [...]

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