Policy Press

Generation Share

The Change-Makers Building the Sharing Economy

By Benita Matofska and Sophie Sheinwald

Published

Jun 17, 2019

Page count

304 pages

ISBN

978-1447350101

Dimensions

235 x 260 mm

Imprint

Policy Press
Generation Share

Generation Share eBook collection

To celebrate Global Sharing Week 2020, you can now purchase each themed chapter individually.

The complete ebook is also available for the first time, as a PDF which you can buy for just £20.00.

Generation Share, features 200 stories of the change-makers building a caring, sharing economy, and was recently cited as a top isolation read for a positive future by Forbes.

Each copy sold will help support Aarti Naik’s Sakhi School for slum-based girls in India and specifically her emergency Covid-19 Digital School and Food Drive for slum-based girls and their families. We’re also working with the Eden Reforestation Project to plant a tree for every copy sold.

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Generation Share takes readers on a journey around the globe to meet the people who are changing and saving lives by building a Sharing Economy. Through stunning photography, social commentary and interviews with 200 change-makers, Generation Share showcases extraordinary stories demonstrating the power of Sharing. From the woman transforming the lives of slum girls in India, to the UK entrepreneur who has started a food sharing revolution; you’ll discover the creators of a life-saving human milk bank, a trust cafe and a fashion library who are changing the world.

A collaboration between speaker, social innovator and global Sharing Economy expert Benita Matofska and photographer Sophie Sheinwald, Generation Share brings to life the phenomenon causing the most significant shift in society since the Industrial Revolution.

Benita Matofska is an international public speaker, change-maker and world-leading expert on the Sharing Economy. An award-winning social entrepreneur, she created the charity The People Who Share and Global Sharing Week. Through social innovation, Benita helps organisations adapt to the digital age and features regularly in the media worldwide.

Sophie Sheinwald is a photographer who focuses on brand photography and helping entrepreneurs create an authentic visual story. Her background is in fine arts, visual studies and public art. She has exhibited her work in galleries across the UK, held art and photography workshops and community-focused projects in healthcare environments.

Introduction: What is the Sharing Economy?;

Chapter 1: DOES AGE MATTER?;

Chapter 2: SHARING BY GENDER;

Chapter 3: SHARING THE CITY;

Chapter 4: SHARING THE COUNTRYSIDE;

Chapter 5: SHARING THE MONEY;

Chapter 6: IS SHARING CULTURAL?;

Chapter 7: SHARING AND DISABILITY;

Chapter 8: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SHARING;

Conclusion;

The Photographer and The Author;

Thanks for Sharing!.