For interesting organizations and projects in Berlin visit Research and Preparation: Projects in Berlin
Organisation | Type of service | Item | User Base | Comment | Commercial? | Number of users | Facebook likes | Twitter followers | Public API? | Contact |
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freecycle.org | Exchange | Goods | USA, UK | 9,036,850 | 272652 | 18700 | No | info@freecycle.org | ||
ilovefreegle.org | Exchange | Goods | UK | 2,356,222 | 74817 | 6267 | No | info@ilovefreegle.org | ||
reuseitnetwork.org | Exchange | Goods | USA, UK | 641 | 163 | No | RINHelpdesk@gmail.com, | |||
therealjunkfoodproject.org | Events | Food | UK | 14054 | 6258 | No | Anna Rieser | |||
fallingfruit.org | Mapping | Food | USA | Database is available for download | No | 7975 | 641 | Yes | ||
ediblecities.org | Mapping | Food | Worldwide | No | info@ediblecities.org | |||||
mundraub.org | Mapping | Food | Germany | Raphale F. is in contact with the founder | No | No | ||||
hitchwiki.org | Mapping | Travel | European | No | 7536 | 386 | Yes | maps@hitchwiki.org | ||
hitchbase.com | Mapping | Travel | Worldwide | Database for hitchhikers | No | |||||
nomadwiki.org | Information | Travel | Worldwide | Information about the nomad life | No | |||||
freepublictransports.com | Information | Travel | Worldwide | Information about cities with free transportation | No | |||||
freetraveltools.de | Information | Travel | Worldwide | Free travel information from bloggers | No | |||||
freileben.net | Information | Travel | Germany | Tipps for money-free activities in German cities | No | |||||
foodsharing.de | Saving, Sharing | Food | Germany | No | ||||||
foodsave.org | Information | Food | ||||||||
foodnotbombs.net | Exchange | Food | USA, Worldwide | 1000+ chapters | 6568 | No | ||||
fluechtlinge-willkommen.de | Networking | Rooms | Germany, other countries emerging | 114 matches | 43,700 | No | hallo@fluechtlinge-willkommen.de | |||
ecobasa.org | Networking | Communities | Europe | 1428 | - | No | http://ecobasa.org/en/contact/ | |||
ouishare.net | Networking | Activism | Europe | http://ouishare.net/en/contact | ||||||
superfred.it | Sharing | Books | Italy | http://superfred.it/ | ||||||
bookelo.com | Sharing | Books | Germany | No | https://www.bookelo.com/de/contact/ | |||||
nachbarthek.de | Sharing | Books, DVDs | Germany | Not online yet, seems to plan commercialisation in the future | No | https://www.facebook.com/nachbarthek | ||||
trustroots.org | Exchange | Travel | Worldwide | http://ideas.trustroots.org/contact/ | ||||||
sharingame.org | List of existing platforms for cooperation and sharing resources | Goods | Italy | No | veronica tarozzi | |||||
OnYourWay | Mapping | |||||||||
transformap.co | Mapping | Communities | Europe | Map of projects, communities and initiatives concerned with a sustainable lifestyle | No | |||||
Regional Genial e.V. | Mapping | |||||||||
Karte von Morgen | Mapping | Germany | Bodhi is already in contact | Yes | ||||||
Foodoor | Exchange | Food | Austria | Bodhi met the founders in Vienna | ? | |||||
wechange.de | Collaboration | Collaborative tools (pads, calender, poll,..) | ||||||||
zumbara.com | Time | |||||||||
Niriu | ||||||||||
refugeeswork.com | ||||||||||
wordpress.instantlink.de | ||||||||||
Share and Care | Gifting | Goods, Skills | Germany, Austria | Contact via Robert Lipp (lipp.robert@gmail.com) | No | 76000 | ||||
Free Your Stuff | Gifting | Goods | mostly Germany | No | 310000 | |||||
Verschenk's | Gifting | Goods | Germany | No | 377000 | |||||
Umsonstläden | Mapping | Goods | Germany | List of free shops, more up-to-date | No | |||||
Umsonstläden | Mapping | Goods | Germany | List of free shops, less up-to-date | No | |||||
alles-und-umsonst.de | Gifting | Goods | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | List of free shops, not very active | No | |||||
crealiity.com | Networking | People | Germany, Austria,Switzerland | Social network to find and unleash potentials | Somewhat | https://crealiity.com/feedback.php | ||||
streetbank.com | sharing and gifting | Goods | UK | http://www.streetbank.com/contact | ||||||
4onemankind.org | Donation | Money | Germany | Give donations to organizations | No | |||||
betterplace.org | Donation | Money, Time | Germany | Biggest online donation platform in Germany | No | |||||
pfandgeben.de | Donation | Bottles for Refund | Germany | Donate your empty bottles to homeless people so they can collect the refund | No | |||||
yoursharity.com | Donation | Goods, Skills | Germany | Donate goods and skills to social projects | No | |||||
boost-project.com | Donation | Money | Donate a small amount to social organization when you shop online | No | ||||||
exchange-me.de | Exchange | Skills | Germany | Share skills based on alternative currency | Somewhat | |||||
domeafavour.mobi | Helping | Skills | Germany | Share skills unconditionally | No | |||||
wir.de | Sharing, Helping | Goods, Skills | Germany | You can buy and sell, so it's more of a flee market website | Yes | |||||
impossible.com | Sharing, Helping | Goods, Skills | Alternative currency, can buy products there as well | Yes | ||||||
wirgemeinsam.net | Helping | Skills | Germany | Alternative currency | Somewhat | |||||
couchsurfing.org | Sharing | Travel | Worldwide | Hospitality network | No | 7.000.000 | ||||
bewelcome.org | Sharing | Travel | Worldwide | Hospitality network, emerged as an alternative to couchsurfing | No | |||||
hospitalityclub.org | Sharing | Travel | Worldwide | Oldest hospitality network | No | |||||
warmshowers.org | Sharing | Travel | Worldwide | Hospitality network for touring cyclists | No | |||||
Helping | Skills | Worldwide | Alternative currency | Somewhat | ||||||
peerby.com | Renting | Goods | Worldwide | Rent stuff from neighbors for free, financed by venture capital though | Somewhat | info@peerby.com | ||||
fairleihen.de | Renting | Goods | Germany | marko@fairleihen.de | ||||||
hylo.com | Helping | Skills | For private as well as commercial | |||||||
scoutopia.eu | Sharing | Ideas | Siegen, Germany | info@scoutopia.eu, +49 176 83018661 | ||||||
coeo.cc | Mapping | Skills | Worldwide | https://coeo.cc/#page1 | ||||||
sneep.info | Networking | Ideas | Germany | student network for ethics in economics and practice | No | |||||
freifunk.net | Sharing | Internet Access | Germany | No | http://freifunk.net/kontakt/ | |||||
suspendedcoffees.com | Donation | Coffee | Worldwide | Donate coffee when you buy one | No | info@suspendedcoffees.com | ||||
containern.de | Information | Food | German speaking countries | Get infos about dumpster diving | No | info@kulters.de | ||||
trashwiki.org | Information | Food | Worldwide | No | ||||||
moneyless.org | Information | Life | Germany | No | http://kasper.re/contact | |||||
livingutopia.org | Networking | Skills | Germany | No | http://www.livingutopia.org/kontaktformular/ | |||||
List of open bookcases (German speaking countries) | Mapping | Books | German speaking countries | No | No contact info | |||||
pumpipumpe.ch | Sharing | Goods | German speaking countries | Share tools and appliances with your neighbors | No | bonjour@pumpipumpe.ch | ||||
reparatur-initiativen.de | Mapping | Skills | German speaking countries | No | reparieren@anstiftung.de | |||||
festivalticker.de/umsonst-und-draussen | Mapping | Events | Germany | No | No contact info | |||||
wirkarte.de | Mapping, Sharing | Goods, Skills | Worldwide | |||||||
utopia.de | Information | Goods | Germany | Website with information on sustainable consumption | No | http://www.utopia.de/kontakt/feedback | ||||
mein-grundeinkommen.de | Gifting | Money | Germany | Crowdfunding for a basic income | No | support@mein-grundeinkommen.de | ||||
transitionnetwork.org | Networking | Communities | Worldwide | No | https://www.transitionnetwork.org/contact | |||||
livingutopia.org | Networking | Activism | Germany | Organizers of the utopival and utopikon | http://www.livingutopia.org/kontaktformular/ | |||||
fair.coop | Networking | Communities | Worldwide | Website for cooperatives - connected to faircoin | ||||||
Networking | Communities | worldwide | Website for peer-to-peer practices | |||||||
gartenpaten.de | Sharing | Goods | Germany | Sharing tools for the garden | info@gartenpaten.de | |||||
wachstumswende.de | Networking | Information | Germany | Network for people involved with Degrowth | info@wachstumswende.de | |||||
sharesy.co | Sharing | Goods | Worldwide | Not online yet. Not sure if sharing will be commercial or unconditional | No | canshareit@gmail.com | ||||
amparra.de | Networking | Connections | Germany | Yes | info@amparra.de | |||||
nebenan.de | Sharing | Goods, Skills | Germany | Buying and Selling is permitted | Somewhat | kontakt@nebenan.de, also, Elina knows someone who is working there | ||||
leila-berlin.de | Renting | Goods | Germany (Berlin) | Shop where you can rent things for free (by Transition Town Pankow) | No | hallo@leila-berlin.de, 0176 56716303 (Nikolai) | ||||
dein-lastenrad.de | Mapping | Cargobikes | Germany | No | info@wielebenwir.de | |||||
wiki.hackerspaces.org | Mapping | Hackerspaces | Worldwide | Wiki and map with all the hackerspaces in the World | No | contact@hackerspaces.org | ||||
rudefood.se | Saving | Food | Sweden (Malmö) | Restaurant and Catering with 'saved food' | Somewhat | info@rudefood.se | ||||
commonstransition.org | Networking | Commons | Worldwide | database for commons-related projects and practices | No | |||||
coursera.org | Learning | Skills | Worldwide | E-learning platform. Have to pay fees for some of the courses | Yes | https://docs.google.com/a/coursera.org/forms/d/1dAHVElrpDYaxSnUpX4JRdNaomqIR8DMxHcoIZop59b8/viewform | ||||
wohindamit.org | Donation | Goods | Germany | Donate stuff to charitable organizations | No | pw@wohindamit.org, Tel.: 0171 9798455 | ||||
ouichange.net | Sharing | House | France | An alternative housing project. Not many infos on website | No | http://ouichange.net/contact/ | ||||
bluepingu.de | Mapping, Networking | Communities, Companies | Germany (Franconia) | Lists and networks change- and sharing-initiatives in Franconia | No | http://www.bluepingu.de/kontakt | ||||
languagetransfer.org | Learning | Languages | Worldwide | Free online-courses to learn languages | No | http://www.languagetransfer.org/#!contact/c6bj | ||||
shaaare.it | Sharing | Food | France | Not 100% sure about the purpose and everything because it's all in French | No | contact@shaaare.it | ||||
wechange.de | Networking | Communities | Worldwide | Networking tool for organizations | No | info@wechange.de | ||||
servas.org | Exchange | Hospitality | Worldwide | Hospitality exchange for members; meetings and conferences | Somewhat | 14,000 | 3,200 | No | ||
tauschen-ohne-geld.de | Exchange | Goods/Services | Germany | Online LETS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_exchange_trading_system) | No | |||||
fairmondo.de | Exchange | Goods | Germany | Marketplace for fair goods | Yes | kundenservice@fairmondo.de | ||||
enspiral.com | Networking | Companies | New Zealand and step by step worldwide. | Foundation to connect social businesses and starting also to connect social initiatives | Yes | http://www.enspiral.com/contact/ Paul is in contact with some comming form this network. | ||||
loomio.org | Collaboration | People | Worldwide | Online tool to form descisions | Yes | https://www.loomio.org/pages/contact | ||||
freecodecamp.com | Learning, Donation | Codings Skills | Worldwide | Free e-learning course for coding where you donate your skills to nonprofit organizations | Yes | https://gitter.im/CodeNonprofit | ||||
rentaki.com | Exchange and rent | Goods | Worldwide | Exchange items with your neighboors. based on geolocalisation. | No | 101 | 342 | |||
endlich-wachstum.de | Learning | Information | Informative materials concerning post-growth and sustainable living | No | bildung@knoe.org | |||||
miramir.com | Networking | People | Worldwide | Self-titled "Social network for change" | Somewhat | http://miramir.com/contact/ | ||||
kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com | Networking | Food | Canada (Kamloops) | Somewhat | http://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com/contact-us/ | |||||
grimme-lab.de | Information | Media Use | Germany | Collects methods and examples of good use of media for societal action | No | |||||
startsocial.de | Funding | Non-profit initiatives | Germany | Projects can apply for funding and support | No | info@startsocial.de | ||||
givingwhatwecan.org | Information | Charities | Worldwide | Gives information about charities | No | information@givingwhatwecan.org | ||||
grimme-lab.de | Learning | Media Use | Germany | Collects examples of good use of media to foster change | No | mail@grimme-lab.de | ||||
va-bne.de | Learning | Sustainability | Germany | Free e-learning platform with different courses on sustainability | No | gmc@uni-bremen.de | ||||
shareable.net | Information, Mapping | Sharing | Worldwide | Information platform on anything related to sharing (economy). Also includes maps of initiatives | No | http://www.shareable.net/about/contact-shareable | ||||
freespace.io | Sharing | Space | Worldwide | Movement to create free spaces | No | E-Mail: mail@grimme-lab.de Tel.: +49 (0) 2365 9189-39 | ||||
coliga.co | Networking | People | Germany | Yes | connect@coliga.de | |||||
inventaire.io | Sharing | Books | Europe | Lending, giving and selling books. Open source | * | hello@inventaire.io | ||||
wohindamit.org | Donation | Goods | Germany | Donate goods to charitable organizations | No | Peter Wehner, Rumfordstraße 29, 80469 München pw@wohindamit.org Tel.: 0171 9798455 | ||||
united-earth.vision | Networking | People | Worldwide | No | Contact established at the #6 WuppDays in Rotterdam | |||||
thechanger.org | Networking | Jobs | Worldwide | Job portal for social jobs | Yes | http://thechanger.org/contact | ||||
lowimpact.org | Information | Sustainability | Worldwide | Information on a sustainable lifestyle | No | http://www.lowimpact.org/about/contact/ | ||||
therooster.co | Sharing | Goods, Skills | USA | Unconditional sharing community | No | hello@rooster.co | ||||
sovqat.az | Sharing | Goods | Worldwide | Unconditional sharing of food or items worldwide | No | http://sovqat.az/en/contact | ||||
dogvacay.com | Sharing | Dogs | USA | Commercial dogsharing | Yes | help@dogvacay.com | ||||
thestreetstore.org | Donation | Clothes | Worldwide | Free pop-up shop for clothes | No | Hello@thestreetstore.org | ||||
serlo.org | Learning | Skills | mostly Germany | Free e-learning platform. Most courses are in German | No | info-en@serlo.org | ||||
foodisfreeproject.org | Sharing | Food | USA | Initiative for planting front-yard community gardens | No | https://www.facebook.com/foodisfree | ||||
re-food.org | Saving | Food | Portugal | Foodsaving movement in Portugal | No | comunicacao@re-food.org, +351 218 077 615 | ||||
foopla.dk | Saving | Food | Denmark | Website which allows you to buy leftover food cheap | Yes | martin@foopla.dk, +45 78 56 84 21, +45 50 44 04 77, Tilmann B. is in contact | ||||
olioex.com | Saving | Food | UK, USA | Foodsharing App, possible to request money for shared food | Yes | hello@olioex.com | ||||
frigolib | Saving | Food | France | Local foodsaving association in the south of France | No | https://www.facebook.com/frigolib/ | ||||
solidarityeconomy.eu | Networking | Initiatives | Worldwide | Website to connect people for promoting a solidarity economy | No | +39 055 473556, info@solidarityeconomy.eu | ||||
totalism.org | Sharing | Space | Lanzarote | A live-in hackerspace where you can stay for 400€ per month total | Somewhat | list@totalism.org | ||||
nachbarschaftshilfe-burgdorf.ch | Sharing, Helping | Goods, Skills | Switzerland (Burgdorf) | A local initiative for neighbourly help | No | info@nachbarschaftshilfe-burgdorf.ch, +34 420 35 35 | ||||
lesgarspilleurs.org | Information, Networking | Food | France | Freegan organization from Paris | No | 21.500 | ||||
tastebeforeyouwaste.com | Saving | Food | Netherlands | Somewhat | ||||||
fsenetwork.org | Networking | Food | EU | Food Surplus Entrepreneurs Network, initiative to bring together social entrepreneurs tackling food waste | Yes | |||||
recupmilano | Saving | Food | Italy (Milan) | https://www.facebook.com/recupmilano/ | ||||||
FoodGuerilla | Saving | Food | Netherlands (Amsterdam) | https://www.facebook.com/FoodGuerrilla/ | ||||||
worldwide.kitchen | Networking | Food | Worldwide | Meet and cook with locals while travelling | ||||||
imwandel.net | Mapping | Initiatives | Germany (Berlin) | Interactive map of social and ecological initiatives in Berlin (still being developed) | No | |||||
weshare.ie | Sharing | Goods, Skills | UK (Dublin) | Money free sharing community based in Dublin. Allows swapping | No | http://weshare.ie/dublin/contact/ | ||||
lendi | Sharing | Goods, Skills | Spain (Barcelona) | Money free sharing (currently over whatsapp) | No | contact over their website or Arno Döpper |
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