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This idea was initially based on a group that exists on Facebook, known as the Buy Nothing Group. These groups are community run platforms that allow individuals to post resources that they no longer need. The resources could be from a small pot to a flat screen TV, to full couches. The individual would make a post to the group and on a first come first serve basis, give the resource to someone in the community who needed it. This model builds community while also allowing people who could not normally afford products the opportunity to be able to have them. With this, we hope to take the spirit of a group like the Buy Nothing groups on Facebook and allow people the opportunity to share knowledge with their community. | This idea was initially based on a group that exists on Facebook, known as the Buy Nothing Group. These groups are community run platforms that allow individuals to post resources that they no longer need. The resources could be from a small pot to a flat screen TV, to full couches. The individual would make a post to the group and on a first come first serve basis, give the resource to someone in the community who needed it. This model builds community while also allowing people who could not normally afford products the opportunity to be able to have them. With this, we hope to take the spirit of a group like the Buy Nothing groups on Facebook and allow people the opportunity to share knowledge with their community. | ||
While considering our own idea on how we could possibly integrate tech into this solution, we found a few sites that are similar in this regard, both in implementation and in values. (1) The RepairWiki (2) LinkedIn Learning or Coursea (3) Khan Academy (4) Company Sites like Grow with Google and AWS Amazon. Of the three, RepairWiki is by far the closest we’ve found that mirrors our own goals, and while the other options are also great sources of knowledge to become educated about certain topics, there are some charges that are associated with each. | |||
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With our proposal, having access to community knowledge without having to pay a fee, knowing any basics or having access to certain material, we hope to help people learn on their own how to make and use their own technology. With this free community knowledge readily available, challenges that people face in communities can be tackled together versus being tackled alone.
This idea was initially based on a group that exists on Facebook, known as the Buy Nothing Group. These groups are community run platforms that allow individuals to post resources that they no longer need. The resources could be from a small pot to a flat screen TV, to full couches. The individual would make a post to the group and on a first come first serve basis, give the resource to someone in the community who needed it. This model builds community while also allowing people who could not normally afford products the opportunity to be able to have them. With this, we hope to take the spirit of a group like the Buy Nothing groups on Facebook and allow people the opportunity to share knowledge with their community.
While considering our own idea on how we could possibly integrate tech into this solution, we found a few sites that are similar in this regard, both in implementation and in values. (1) The RepairWiki (2) LinkedIn Learning or Coursea (3) Khan Academy (4) Company Sites like Grow with Google and AWS Amazon. Of the three, RepairWiki is by far the closest we’ve found that mirrors our own goals, and while the other options are also great sources of knowledge to become educated about certain topics, there are some charges that are associated with each.
