Tucker Eleanor - Thanks For Sharing How I Gave Up Buying And Embraced Swapping Borrowing And Renting - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In this fascinating book Eleanor Tucker sets out a bold vision of how sustainable sharing can save us money and lead to a happier future. What is the Sharing Economy? How can it help us live more affordable more sustainable and ultimately more fulfilling lives? What would happen if for one year a family pledged to share as much as they possibly can? Instead of owning more and more stuff what it's like to stop owning things and borrow lend rent and swap instead? These are big questions but features writer Eleanor Tucker sets out to answer them in this thoroughly absorbing and entertaining guide to sustainable sharing or as it is also known 'collaborative consumption'. In this engrossing study Eleanor straps us into on her year - long experiment along with her somewhat reluctant family. Over the course of the year with the aid of various sharing apps they will pledge to buy as few new things as possible instead relying on the power of sharing lending renting and borrowing to supply their needs. Each chapter introduces a different type of sharing into her day to day life from the little things (food clothes) to the bigger things (cars furniture the space around us) and shows how the growth of tech has revolutionized an age - old practice. The book contains best - for recommendations based around different types of sharing to create an easily accessible shortcut into sharing. Written with warm and relatable humour as well as a deeply - researched knowledge of the history of sharing this unmissable guide could truly change the way you consume.
Title: Thanks For Sharing How I Gave Up Buying And Embraced Swapping Borrowing And Renting
Author(s): Tucker Eleanor
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780711282186
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 5/9/2023
Category: Green Lifestyle & Self-Sufficiency