Post Carbon Fellow Janelle Orsi was quoted in this article on how to avoid worker exploitation in the ‘gig economy’. From the article: The only way for independent workers to really benefit from the platforms that use their labor,...
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Post Carbon Fellows Richard Heinberg, Janelle Orsi, and Michael Shuman will be taking part in the plenary session ‘New Structures for a New World’ at this year’s Economics of Happiness Conference in Portland. Explore the program
Post Carbon Fellow Janelle Orsi’s keynote speech at the Berkshire Cooperative annual member meeting, November 1, 2014.
After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a community seed library, hundreds of seed libraries in the U.S. are suddenly wondering if they are breaking the law. According to PA regulators, in order to give out member-donated seeds, the Simpson...
Download on iTunes In this episode of The Good Stuff, Annie sits down with sharing champion and legal rebel Janelle Orsi. Their conversation reminds us all what’s so great about sharing – whether it’s new friends, a smaller environmental...
Meet new Ashoka Fellow Janelle Orsi. Janelle is Executive Director of Sustainable Economies Law Center, and a Fellow of Post Carbon Institute.
Post Carbon Fellow Janelle Orsi was quoted in this article on the sharing economy. From the article: Loconomics provides an online marketplace and business-management software for entrepreneurs such as bodyworkers and psychotherapists. Bring It Local offers online crowdfunding tools...
Post Carbon Fellow Janelle Orsi’s opinion piece on the sharing economy was in the New York Times. From the post: Many regulations were designed for the inverse economy — one where most of us buy from, and work for,...
The legal problems of the sharing economy just got real. The latest lawsuits against “ride-sharing” companies Lyft and Über could be game changers. The plaintiffs are drivers who give rides to strangers for money, paying a portion of their earnings to...
This is an interview by Michele Simon from Eat Drink Politics, with Janelle Orsi, executive director of the Sustainable Economies Law Center Janelle Orsi is an attorney in Oakland, California who practices “sharing law.” In addition to her law...