Darren Sharp, Editor Australia
@dasharp
Yarra Sharing
#MapJam
Tuesday 21st October 2014
Fitzroy Town Hall
Welcome!
• Sharing Cities Network 2nd Annual Global #MapJam
• Hashtags #mapjam #changefest
• MapJams are taking place in 50 cities around the world!
Welcome!
• Grab a name tag
• Please add your details to the sign-in sheet
• Food, drinks and wifi is available
Event Partners
Sharing Cities Network• A grassroots network for sharing
innovators to discover together how to
create as many sharing cities around the
world as fast as possible.
http://www.shareable.net/cities/melbourne-australia
Sharing Cities Resolution
Sharing City Seoul
• A new city-funded project bringing the sharing
economy closer to all citizens;
• Expanding sharing infrastructure;
• Promoting existing sharing enterprises;
• Incubating sharing economy startups;
• Utilising idle public resources;
• Providing more access to data and digital works.
Ice breaker
Everyone share your name, affiliation,
and your favourite thing to share.
Yarra Sharing #MapJam
• Mapping makes community assets more visible;
• Creates a foundation for further community development;
• Higher awareness of shared assets can lead to more
collaborations between sharing projects and new project
ideas to fill in the gaps;
• The map show who’s available to organise, what
resources can be connected and make us better sharing
advocates
City of Yarra
Yarra Sharing #MapJam 2014• Finance - credit unions, community banks, microfinance and local
investment, socially responsible investing firms, community currencies
• Production - community gardens, coworking spaces, urban farms, hacker
spaces, maker labs, art collectives, fab labs, computer kitchens, repair
cafes, energy co-ops, producer co-ops,
• Land/housing - public parks, open space, community centres, housing co-
ops, community land trusts, intentional communities, cohousing
developments
• Services - public libraries, carsharing pods, bikesharing stations, worker co-
ops, neighbourhood houses, community or co-operative healthcare,
childcare collectives, preschool co-ops, timebanks, education co-ops,
community owned media
• Distribution - food co-ops, farmer's markets, op shops/second-hand stores,
tool, toy and seed libraries, barter markets, free stores, free boxes and food
pantries
Yarra Sharing #MapJam 2014Ideas to get us started…
• Carsharing pods (Flexicar, GoGet, GreenShareCar,
CarNextDoor);
• Lending libraries (book, toy, tool and seed);
• Coworking spaces, MakerLabs, Men’s Sheds;
• Community Gardens, Farmers Markets, Food co-ops,
Local Harvest, Food Swaps;
• Neighbourhood Houses, Community Centres
• Streetbank, Sustainability St,
Yarra Sharing #MapJam 2014
Form small groups between 4-6 people…
• Brainstorm
• Use post it notes
• Butcher’s paper
• Paper maps
• Then transfer to digital map (max 4 computers), include
street address and URL
• Grab a drink, some food and have fun!!!
