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Cat Johnson

Cat Johnson

Cat Johnson is a freelance writer focused on community, the commons, sharing, collaboration and music. Publications include Utne Reader, GOOD, Yes! Magazine, Shareable, Triple Pundit and Lifehacker. She's also a musician, record store longtimer, chronic list maker, avid coworker and aspiring minimalist.

Change May 9, 2017 May 28, 2017

12 Empowering Ways to Engage in Civic Affairs

Connect with others who are fighting for the same causes.

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Vancouver’s Multi-Modal Success Story
Change January 24, 2017 February 4, 2017

10 Ways Vancouver Created a Greener, More Efficient Transportation System

In 2012, Vancouver BC set a lofty transportation goal—for people to make more than 50% of their trips in the city by foot, bicycle, and public transit by 2020. In 2015, the city had already met its target.

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Change December 21, 2016 December 21, 2016

Global Network of Mayors Join Forces to Combat Climate Change and Inequality

“The job of a mayor is not to guarantee the prosperity of the current generation, but the next generation.”

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Change December 9, 2016 December 9, 2016

Portugal Announces World’s First Nationwide Participatory Budgeting Project

Restoring contact between government and its citizens.

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Change September 21, 2016 September 21, 2016

California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law

“A resilient food system starts with a resilient seed system.”

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Summer books 2016
Reflect July 17, 2016 July 17, 2016

Shareable’s Top 21 New Books for Summer

The top new books about cities, sharing, collaboration, social tech, movement trends and more.

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Alt Energy
Change June 9, 2016 June 9, 2016

The Sustainability Commons: Using Open Source Design to Address Climate Change

An open approach to design and production will allow for the biggest teams possible to create solutions in as little time as possible.

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Change June 2, 2016 June 2, 2016

11 Platform Cooperatives Creating a Real Sharing Economy

As “death star platforms” such as Airbnb and Uber continue their pursuit of global domination, an alternative is rising in its wake.

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city-repair
Reflect May 26, 2016 May 27, 2016

City Repair: From Illegal Street Painting to City-Sanctioned Placemaking

“We’re part of something so much larger than ourselves.”

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Change May 25, 2016 May 25, 2016

Superpublic: A New Space to Connect Public, Private and Nonprofit Sectors in San Francisco

Collaborative enterprise to address city’s pressing problems is first of its kind in the US.

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