"A well-argued, rollickingly rousing call to join the sharing revolution."
Sharing the revolutionary power of the sharing economy and collaborative consumption in accessible, energetic style, Eleanor Tucker’s Thanks for Sharing might just transform the way you acquire and part with pretty much everything. In essence, this is an impassioned and relatable rallying cry to join the sustainability army – a movement that’ll save you money, while going some way to help save the planet.
In breezy style, Tucker talks through her year-long experiment to give up buying and embrace swapping, borrowing and renting, a project that kicks off with “little things”. First up, she joins a food-sharing app, which leaves her husband “genuinely confused” and her kids concerned about what they’ll be eating. After posting flattering photos of refried beans and “leaves flicked over the radishes in a coquettish manner”, her first bite of interest brings a rush of excitement: “Should I dress smartly? Ask them what attracted them to the beans in the first place?”
Truly, Tucker’s writing will have you swept into a frenzy, feverishly eager to join her funny, fulfilling journey that covers everything from food sharing and clothes sharing, to dog sharing and appliance renting. At the same time, she explains the longevity of many sharing practices (food-sharing, for example, has been a thing since the days of prehistoric hunter-gatherers), and the extensive benefits of collaborative consumption. Informative, entertaining and practical, Thanks for Sharing is a top toolkit for 21st-century sustainable living.
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How I Gave Up Buying and Embraced Borrowing, Swapping and Renting
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 ofowning 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.
Thanks for Sharing features in the following genres: Self Help and Personal Development, Health & Fitness, Personal finance, Practical advice: Life hacks / handy tips, Debut Books of the Month, Recommendations
Thanks for Sharing is available in Paperback, Ebook
Thanks for Sharing was written by Eleanor Tucker and published by Aurum Press
Thanks for Sharing has 256 pages
£11.69
