Gift Economy Websites
From GiftEconomy
Goods[edit]
To give things away, consider the simplicity of the giveaway project. For more organised systems:
| Focus | Language(s) | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Books | English | http://www.bookcrossing.com |
| Giving & getting free items worldwide | English | Freecycle + trash nothing! |
| Eliminating waste worldwide | English | http://freecycle.org |
| Sharing goods with neighbours | English | http://Neighborgoods.net |
| Offering and requesting local goods and services | English | https://kindista.org |
| ecobasa.org - gift-economy network for sustainable ways of living | English, German, Spanish | https://ecobasa.org |
| Helping Share consumer goods with friends (US) | English | http://actsofsharing.com |
| Consumer Goods (Australia) | English | http://www.freally.com |
| Cutting consumption through reuse | English | http://www.ReuseItNetwork.org |
| Cutting consumption through reuse | French | http://www.recupe.net |
| Giving not discarding items | French | http://donnons.org |
| Items | German | http://alles-und-umsonst.de |
| Items | Slovenian | http://www.podarimo.si |
For help with dumpster diving/skipping, try http://trashwiki.org.
Services[edit]
| Focus | Websites |
|---|---|
| Skillsharing (international) | http://justfortheloveofit.org |
| ecobasa.org | https://ecobasa.org |
| Children & Environment (nonprofit) | http://circleofchildren.org |
| Free Meditation Retreats (international) | http://dhamma.org |
| Offering and requesting local goods & services | https://kindista.org |
| ServiceSpace (nonprofit) | http://servicespace.org |
| Khan Academy (Education) | http://khanacademy.org |
| Not quite a gift economy, but going since 1999! (Invitation only) | http://favors.org |
| All services (french) | http://nonmarchand.org |
Transport[edit]
Main Page: Free Transport
If you're ready to keep your back to the wind, see HitchWiki, recommended to both beginners and expert hitchhikers. For something more organised, there are many websites which put drivers and travellers in touch for free.
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Puts drivers and passengers in touch | http://www.HitchHikers.org |
| ecobasa.org - Go on Community-Tours | https://ecobasa.org |
Hospitality[edit]
Main Page: Free Hospitality
Many websites put hosts and travelers in touch for free. Although not the largest, BeWelcome.org is a legal non-profit in the spirit of the gift economy:
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Hospitality | BeWelcome |
| Hospitality | Trust Roots |
| ecobasa.org - Directory of sustainable communities | https://ecobasa.org |
Information[edit]
These days, pretty much the whole internet is a gift economy. Commercial pay-per-view websites got crowded out by free alternatives :)
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| One Community Educational Platforms | http://onecommunityranch.org |
| Open source Music | http://opsound.org |
| General reference | http://wikipedia.org |
| A good supplement to Wikipedia | http://wikispooks.org |
| Leaked confidential documents | http://wikileaks.org |
