Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, poet

Alexandros Pagidas, Greek philosopher, founder of Patreon

Generation Share set out to bring the human stories of Sharing to life, to better understand the people behind the phenomenon known as the Sharing Economy – a system to live by where we care for people and planet and share available resources however we can. This book is the culmination of a decade-long expedition into the world of Sharing. Our journey to meet the people who are driving world change has been a study of age, gender, urban and rural living, wealth, culture, disability and geography in relation to the Sharing that makes us human. But it is also an exploration of the relationship between Sharing and the Sharing Economy, the final destination for this adventure.

Each story has offered a different insight into the life of a Sharer leading change in big and small ways. Each perspective demonstrates one of the five parts: categories, subsets, mode, values or impact of the Sharing Economy.

We’ve met Ashod Rathod who is sharing a love of football to educate and offer a future to slum kids in India; Saasha Celestial-One who through food-sharing app Olio believes we can end world hunger; there’s intrapreneur Nanjira Sambuli transforming the lives of women across Africa by sharing access to digital technology; we’ve visited Georgia Haddad Nicolau who is spearheading citizen innovation in Latin America, and grandma Alia Dasouqi who has been empowered by hosting shared dinners in her home in Jaffa, Israel. We’ve been fascinated by Malik Yakitini at D-Town Farm in Detroit, USA, who is campaigning for food justice, and Australian Paralympic athlete Elizabeth Wright, who uses positivity and character building to inspire schoolkids.