Talking about experiences of collaborative economy that were promoted by Associazione Uniamoci Onlus, the main example is the organization of SWAP PARTIES. At a  Swap Party , a group of people get together to swap items – from clothes to toys, books to sports equipment. Swap Parties make acquiring new things into a fun, interactive event, which also reduces our environmental impact through recycling products: reusing a product, rather than buying a new one, reduces the demands for water, energy and raw materials. This reduces the impact on the environment. We usually organize it twice a year from 4 years already, one at the beginning of spring and one at the beginning of winter. We also created a  wall of kindness,  that is a wall   where people can leave   clothes   they are not using anymore, so that the people in need have the possibility to freely take what they like. Talking about “ Collaborative learning ”, in our organi...

The European Union information about Collaborative Economy, which was even the main reference in the application for our partnership is found at https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/collaborative-economy_en . In Germany, the most summarizing official position paper was published 2015 by the Federal Agency for Environment (Umweltbundesamt) under the title “Nutzen statt Besitzen” (“Using instead of Owning”) to be found here https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/378/publikationen/uib_03_2015_nutzen_statt_besitzen_0.pdf (German Only). There is until now no German translation of “C.E.” in official use (no singular case, often German politics or social discussion use English terms without translation), as concepts like “Tauschwirtschaft”, “Gemeinwohlwirtschaft”, “Kreislaufwirtschaft” or “Sozialwirtschaft” are used either in wider, in smaller or quite different definitions. After some discussion with our project stakeholders at Bremen we use “ Wirtscha...