Abstract
Based on three case studies of community sharing in different sectors of society, we address how and under what conditions community sharing can contribute to sustainability transformation. Considering modes of exchange an leverage points, we analyze how community sharing can add to transformation when sharing systems are designed to intervene at both shallow and deep leverage points. Our case studies indicate that sustainability transformations are dynamic processes in which even shallow levels of leverage can affect change. We show that community sharing can be upscaled through restructuring institutions via redistributive exchange systems, while initiatives supported by strong and lasting institutions are in the best position to contribute to change. Furthermore, our results suggest that sharing practices may strengthen ties and trust in an enterprise or local community. Finally, community-sharing systems that build on existing values in line with sustainability transformation may be in the best position to contribute to deeper levers of change.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 334-348 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was led by the CICERO Center for International Climate Research and funded by the Norwegian Research Council (project numbers 264472 and 295704) and Vestregionen (an association of sixteen municipalities in the area west of Oslo). This support is highly appreciated. The authors wish to thank all the respondents involved in this project for sharing their thoughts and experiences with us as well as the two reviewers for their helpful comments. We are also grateful to our colleagues in the ShareON project (Sharing Economy: Motivations, Barriers and Climate Effect) for their support and valuable input. We obtained permission from the Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD) to conduct this research and have followed their guidelines for data management and protection. The permission reference at NSD is 53415/3/BHG.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
This project was led by the CICERO Center for International Climate Research and funded by the Norwegian Research Council (project numbers 264472 and 295704) and Vestregionen (an association of sixteen municipalities in the area west of Oslo). This support is highly appreciated. The authors wish to thank all the respondents involved in this project for sharing their thoughts and experiences with us as well as the two reviewers for their helpful comments. We are also grateful to our colleagues in the ShareON project (Sharing Economy: Motivations, Barriers and Climate Effect) for their support and valuable input. We obtained permission from the Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD) to conduct this research and have followed their guidelines for data management and protection. The permission reference at NSD is 53415/3/BHG.
Keywords
- community sharing
- institutionalization
- leverage points
- redistributive exchange
- Sustainability transformation