Borrow don't buy, share your shed!

Guest post by our friends at Ecomodo:

This is Meriel. Like most people, Meriel owns lots of stuff that most of the time sits idly around, collecting dust and doing nothing. Meriel thought "wouldn't it be great if everyone put their stuff to work for the common good." So Meriel and I put our designer thinking caps on and created Ecomodo.com - the marketplace of good returns.

Ecomodo lets you lend and borrow everyday objects (such as ladders, tents and bicycles), skills and spaces, with people local to you.

Imagine the sheds, lofts, garages and cupboards of your neighbours, friends and colleagues all opened up for you to use. Imagine the unseen talent sitting just beyond your doorstep. Imagine the things you could do if you just had the space to do it. Think about how much less ‘stuff’ we’d all need to buy, how much more we could do for less and how more connected we'd feel to our community around us. Then think about the stuff you have hidden away that could be lent out to help the people around you.

To encourage everyone in the UK to lend (and not just the green folks amongst us), Ecomodo needed to capture people’s attention and help them to feel more confident about lending their stuff.

So Ecomodo lets you choose to lend your assets for free, to raise some money for yourself or to donate your earnings to a good cause. Using Ecomodo you can set up lending circles for your neighbourhood, workplace, school or community group and use your circles to control who can borrow your stuff. Ecomodo guides you through the entire process to make sure everyone is happy at the end, and offers deposits and insurance for extra peace of mind. Already people have been raising money for a new living room, for solar panels, for their school PTA and for The Princes Trust by simply lending out the stuff collecting dust at home.

So what ever you are doing this summer: camping for the first time, having a party, preparing for the holidays, building a BBQ in your garden or just fighting back the weeds. Think about how you can do everything you want in a less-consuming way and open up your personal treasure trove for the common good. It's free to join the marketplace of good returns at www.ecomodo.com and we'll keep you up to date with all the new things to lend and borrow in your area.

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