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'''= when a community gets together “through organized sharing, swapping, bartering, trading, gifting and renting to get the same pleasures of ownership with reduced personal cost and burden, and lower environmental impact''' [http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com] | '''= when a community gets together “through organized sharing, swapping, bartering, trading, gifting and renting to get the same pleasures of ownership with reduced personal cost and burden, and lower environmental impact''' [http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com] | ||
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=Definition= | |||
From the Wikipedia: | |||
"The term collaborative consumption is used to describe the cultural and economic force away from 'hyper-consumption' to re-invented economic models of sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting that have been enabled by advances in social media and peer-to-peer online platforms." | |||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption) | |||
=Typology= | |||
According to Rachel Botsman et al: | |||
==[[Product Service Systems]]== | |||
"Initiatives based on a 'usage mindset' where people pay for the benefit of having access to product as opposed paying more to own it outright. Examples include: [[Carsharing]] (Zipcar), [[Bikesharing]] (Velib), toy rental (www.mybabyplays.com, www.rentatoy.com), movie rental (Netflix), tools (TechShop), luxury goods (www.borrowedbling.com). | |||
Product service systems have existed for years (e.g. Libraries and laundromats) but they are gaining new relevance and appeal because technology is enabling them to provide choice and convenience. | |||
There is also a growing interest in [[Peer-to-Peer Rental]] and [[Neighbourhood Product Service Systems]]: rather than consumers renting services from businesses, platforms are emerging to facilitate shared usage with each other. | |||
Examples include: [[P2P Carsharing]]: http://www.drivemycarrentals.com.au, www.relayrides.com, www.whipcar.com [[P2P Goods Rental]]: www.zilok.com, www.rentoid.com, www.hirethings.co.nz, Neighbourhood sharing: http://www.beta.neighborrow.com, www.wecommune.com, www.sharesomesugar.com, www.neighborgoods.net ." | |||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption) | |||
==[[Redistribution Markets]]== | |||
"This system is based on used or pre-owned goods being passed on from someone who does not want them to someone who does want them. This is another alternative to the more common 'reduce, reuse, recycle, repair' methods of dealing with waste. | |||
Examples include: Clothes swapping (ThredUp, Craigslist, eBay), Swap trading (Swaptree.com, Freecycle), Book swapping (BookMooch, ReaditSwapit)." | |||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption) | |||
==[[Collaborative Lifestyles]]== | |||
"This system is based on the sharing and exchange of resources and assets such as space, skills, time and money. | |||
Examples include: Peer-to-peer lending (Zopa), Coworking (HubCulture), Time banks, LETS, Couchsurfing, Garden sharing (www.landshare.com, www.sharedearth.com), Co-housing, peer-to-peer room rental (www.airbnb.com, www.roomorama.com), skill-sharing (www.tradeschool.com), bartering (ITEX, Bartercard, http://ourgoods.org)" | |||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption) | |||
=Key Book to Read= | |||
* Rachel Botsman et al: The [[Rise of Collaborative Consumption]] | |||
"Collaborative consumption is the subject of the book, "What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption," (ISBN 0061963542) co-authored by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, published by HarperBusiness (release date September 28, 2010) [3]. Botsman and Rogers identify the changes in our economy that have led to the resurgence of bartering, lending, trading, sharing, renting and swapping, demonstrating the potential of collaborative consumption to disrupt the business world and reinvent "not only what we consume but how we consume"[4]. | |||
The authors emphasise the importance of technology, in particular social networks, in enabling this 'big shift' towards collaborative consumption, as these real time technologies allow people to develop new ways to share with others, regardless of geographical boundaries, whilst still achieving the satisfaction that comes with 'consumption' in general [5]. Botsman featured as a speaker at the independently organised TED event, TEDx Sydney in May 2010 [6]. | |||
The book outlines three major categories of collaborative consumption ventures, demonstrating an explosion in sharing, swapping, trading, renting and lending across a range of areas from transportation to fashion to swapping books, movies and music." | |||
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption) | |||
Revision as of 16:52, 1 July 2010
= when a community gets together “through organized sharing, swapping, bartering, trading, gifting and renting to get the same pleasures of ownership with reduced personal cost and burden, and lower environmental impact [1]
URL = http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com
Definition
From the Wikipedia:
"The term collaborative consumption is used to describe the cultural and economic force away from 'hyper-consumption' to re-invented economic models of sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting that have been enabled by advances in social media and peer-to-peer online platforms." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption)
Typology
According to Rachel Botsman et al:
Product Service Systems
"Initiatives based on a 'usage mindset' where people pay for the benefit of having access to product as opposed paying more to own it outright. Examples include: Carsharing (Zipcar), Bikesharing (Velib), toy rental (www.mybabyplays.com, www.rentatoy.com), movie rental (Netflix), tools (TechShop), luxury goods (www.borrowedbling.com).
Product service systems have existed for years (e.g. Libraries and laundromats) but they are gaining new relevance and appeal because technology is enabling them to provide choice and convenience.
There is also a growing interest in Peer-to-Peer Rental and Neighbourhood Product Service Systems: rather than consumers renting services from businesses, platforms are emerging to facilitate shared usage with each other.
Examples include: P2P Carsharing: http://www.drivemycarrentals.com.au, www.relayrides.com, www.whipcar.com P2P Goods Rental: www.zilok.com, www.rentoid.com, www.hirethings.co.nz, Neighbourhood sharing: http://www.beta.neighborrow.com, www.wecommune.com, www.sharesomesugar.com, www.neighborgoods.net ." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption)
Redistribution Markets
"This system is based on used or pre-owned goods being passed on from someone who does not want them to someone who does want them. This is another alternative to the more common 'reduce, reuse, recycle, repair' methods of dealing with waste.
Examples include: Clothes swapping (ThredUp, Craigslist, eBay), Swap trading (Swaptree.com, Freecycle), Book swapping (BookMooch, ReaditSwapit)." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption)
Collaborative Lifestyles
"This system is based on the sharing and exchange of resources and assets such as space, skills, time and money.
Examples include: Peer-to-peer lending (Zopa), Coworking (HubCulture), Time banks, LETS, Couchsurfing, Garden sharing (www.landshare.com, www.sharedearth.com), Co-housing, peer-to-peer room rental (www.airbnb.com, www.roomorama.com), skill-sharing (www.tradeschool.com), bartering (ITEX, Bartercard, http://ourgoods.org)" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption)
Key Book to Read
- Rachel Botsman et al: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
"Collaborative consumption is the subject of the book, "What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption," (ISBN 0061963542) co-authored by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, published by HarperBusiness (release date September 28, 2010) [3]. Botsman and Rogers identify the changes in our economy that have led to the resurgence of bartering, lending, trading, sharing, renting and swapping, demonstrating the potential of collaborative consumption to disrupt the business world and reinvent "not only what we consume but how we consume"[4].
The authors emphasise the importance of technology, in particular social networks, in enabling this 'big shift' towards collaborative consumption, as these real time technologies allow people to develop new ways to share with others, regardless of geographical boundaries, whilst still achieving the satisfaction that comes with 'consumption' in general [5]. Botsman featured as a speaker at the independently organised TED event, TEDx Sydney in May 2010 [6].
The book outlines three major categories of collaborative consumption ventures, demonstrating an explosion in sharing, swapping, trading, renting and lending across a range of areas from transportation to fashion to swapping books, movies and music." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_consumption)