The Economy

Not-yet-mainstream ways to engage with the local economy

Sharing Economy

Rosella St - peer to peer lending intiative

SEE Change Sustainable Sharing Guide

ACT Libraries

GIVIT - giving unused items to those in need

Street Libraries - take-one-leave-one access to books and more

Meg’s Toy Box - offers toys, puzzles and games for hire to member families for children aged from three months to five years. Meg's Toy Library is a not-for-profit community organisation located in Hackett.

Noah’s Ark Toy Library - provides access to a wide range of toys and educational resources available to hire from our Toy Library. Each item carries a small hire charge. Located in Rivett.

Freecycle Canberra - grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and receiving) stuff for free in their own towns and neighborhoods.

Buy Nothing - hyper-local Facebook-based giving and receiving platform

Community Toolbox Canberra - 1,000 tools and items for making, fixing and finding adventure

Co-ops Commons and Communities Canberra

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility

Canberra Steady-State Economics Working Group (CASSE)

New Economy Network - NENA is a network of organisations and individuals working to create an ecologically healthy and socially just society by transforming Australia’s economic system. NENA works by providing a platform for knowledge sharing, peer to peer support, cross-pollination of ideas and collaboration.

Market Forces - Market Forces believes that the banks, superannuation funds and governments that have custody of our money should use it to protect not damage our environment.