In this episode Ashley and Jason have a conversation with Neal Gorenflo
(@gorenflo ) and Daniel London (@dlondonwortel ) on the theme of
solidarity and bioregional economies. Specifically, where the solidarity
and bioregonalist movements intersect, blind spots of each, and where
they can compliment each other to create a viable vision for sustainable
and equitable economies moving forward.


Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder and board president of Shareable, an
award-winning nonprofit news, action network, and consultancy for the
real sharing economy (plus a dad, husband, community gardener, and
budding urban forester). An epiphany in 2004 inspired Neal to leave the
corporate world to help people and communities share resources.
Subsequently, Neal co-founded Shareable and led it from 2009-2022 as
Executive Director. In the process, he became knowledgeable about
resource sharing, the commons, and the solidarity economy
through practice, activism, entrepreneurship, writing, publishing
(4,000+ articles), consulting, and public speaking. He's consulted for
Institute for the Future, Stanford University, Lowe's Home Improvement,
and numerous startups. His expertise has been featured by The Today
Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Wired, Fast Company,
Christian Science Monitor, Grist, and Sunset Magazine. He is an
experienced public speaker with countless appearances at conferences on
four continents over the last decade. His writing is featured in YES!
Magazine, 7x7 Magazine, The Urbanist, and the anthologies The Wealth of
the Commons, Open Design Now, and Enabling City. He's editor, publisher
or author of 10 books including "Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban
Commons" and "Share or Die". In 2020, he chronicled his pandemic
experiences resulting in the book, "A Year of Living Locally." Neal
earned a masters with distinction from Georgetown University's
Communication, Culture & Technology program and BAs in American
Studies and English Literature with distinction from George Mason
University. Contact him at neal at shareable dot net.


Daniel Wortel-London is a historian and advocate of economic and
ecological justice. He currently serves as Policy Specialist for the
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. He has also
served as Knowledge Co-Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and
Research Coordinator for the CivWorld project at Demos. He earned his
Ph.D. in History from New York University, where his dissertation
focused on the history of alternative economic development strategies in
New York City. This project, titled "The Menace of Prosperity," is
currently under advanced contract with the University of Chicago Press. A
native of Hoboken, Dan works out of West Orange, NJ. You can find him
on X @‌dlondonwortel, and his articles can be found at
www.publicspaced.com

https://www.publicspaced.com/