
NeighborGoods aims to…
help members save money and resources while strengthening local communities by sharing stuff with their neighbors.
The idea came from …
a time when I spent $200 on a backpack for a trip, knowing I would use it just once. I thought, wouldn’t it be better to borrow one? I then took inventory of all the stuff I owned and realized the same was true for most of it - I had spent a bunch of money to own things I only needed occasionally.
I believe it is the right moment for NeighborGoods to take-off because…
people are increasingly frustrated with our unsustainable consumer culture and looking for ways to live better.
The easiest way to explain NeighborGoods is…
as an inventory system for your neighborhood so you can borrow and lend stuff with your friends instead of buying new products all the time.
The biggest misperception about NeighborGoods is…
that sharing is risky. We already have social rules in place to govern this activity. NeighborGoods just makes it easier.
Best moment so far…
was when a friend of mine asked to borrow the very same backpack that inspired the launch of NeighborGoods to take it to Haiti for earthquake relief.
The biggest challenge so far…
has been getting to scale quickly. We need inventory to be useful to people and we need people to build inventory!
Another example of Collaborative Consumption I admire is…
Freecycle. If you want to share stuff you don’t need back, Freecycle is a great way to help a neighbor and keep stuff out of landfills.
If I could tell readers one thing…
the power to build a more sustainable and fulfilling economy is in our hands. Start in your local neighborhood.
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Meriel Lenfestey, Co-founder of Ecomodo
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