The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life & Build Community - Softcover

Orsi, Janelle; Doskow, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413310214 ISBN 13: 9781413310214

Publisher: NOLO, 2009

Synopsis

From cars and tools to housing and childcare, many people would like to share resources but don't know how-or where-to start. The Sharing Solution is a timely practical and legal guide that explains how to create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing common concerns about liability, communication, and more.

This book will help anyone share:

Meals and food, through bulk buying clubs, meal-sharing arrangements, community gardens, neighborhood fruit harvests, and more

Household goods, from tools and toys to appliances and exercise equipment

Cars, by sharing a car with a neighbor, starting or joining a car-sharing group, carpooling, or ride-sharing

Caregiving, whether for pets, children, older family members, or relatives with disabilities

Business resources, such as office supplies, equipment, space, and even employees

Housing, whether by sharing a house, retrofitting a home to accommodate two households, or joining a cohousing community

The Sharing Solution speaks to Americans' growing desire to not only live more sustainably, but also save money and create stronger communities. Sharing is a simple step anyone - young or old, rich or poor - can take, right now, to make a difference.

Who can benefit from sharing?

Busy parents looking for help with meals or pet care

Retirees who are looking to share needed services

Anyone concerned about the environment and wants to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.

Anyone who wishes to purchase property but can't afford a single-family home

Professionals who work in community development

Low-income families or those who require - or desire - a purchase that they cannot single-handedly afford

The authors, attorneys Janelle Orsi and Emily Doskow, bring a visionary spirit to developing practical, logistical, and legal frameworks for many types of sharing arrangements.

In the book, you will find:

Sample written agreements for many kinds of sharing arrangements

Step by step instructions for creating a sharing plan and sorting out logistics

Legal explanations that are clear and accessible

Ideas and examples of the creative ways that groups around the country have formed successful sharing arrangements

Tips for communicating with your sharing partners and handling disputes

Resources to help you find sharing partners, join existing sharing groups, and learn about helpful groups and organizations

Useful checklists, charts, tables, and much more

The ultimate beauty of sharing is that it's a solution we create for ourselves. It's not a government program, nor is it the "latest and greatest" product marketed to us on billboards. It's a solution based on our own needs and lifestyles, in our own communities. It's a way for each of us to shape our own lives in positive ways and simultaneously benefit the world as a whole. In that respect, sharing is more than a simple trend: Some might even say our society is moving toward a sharing revolution. We hope you'll use The Sharing Solution to become part of it.

About this title

About the Author:

Doskow is a practicing attorney and mediator who has worked with families in the Bay Area for more than 15 years. She specializes in family law, including adoption, parentage issues, domestic partnership formation and dissolution, and divorce. She is a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.

Review:

"This canny, thorough book offeres detailed advice on how to make clear sharing agreements and minimize potential confusion and conflict." (ERNEST CALLENBACH, author of Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging )

"[G]reat practical advice on how to act on our best instincts toward sustaining our society as well as ourselves in the 21st century." (BRUCE SIEVERS, Senior Fellow, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers; Visiting Scholar, Stanford University )

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1413310214
• ISBN 13: 9781413310214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480