Sharing Economy: Share Your Land

One of the main changes into the existence of humankind was the invention of the Agriculture. With this we stopped roaming around all year long looking for food and we became sedentary . Furthermore, we had to exchange what we grew with other groups giving birth to a sharing economy. It's been thousands of years since that, things have changed a lot and our actual economic model does not seem to be sustainable for much longer, we believe the solution to it is going back to the roots, to a sharing economy.

One of the main problems of the current economic system is related with the global sustainability of food supply and its quality. Indeed the population is increasing dramatically, meaning more mouths to feed, more space has to be used for living then less space is available to grow food, additionally harvesting for bio-fuels is more profitable than growing food. It's becoming an endless loop, that's we invite you to see the following video.

As you see, the sharing economy movement is growing that much that now you can even share your land and find growers for it or vice versa . Shareland is a platform for UK and Canada, and since its launch in 2009 it has grown into a thriving community of more than 55,000 growers, sharers and helpers, definitely a Collaborative Consumption worth to replicate all over the world.