Briefing Note #3: Communicating goals and impacts of food sharing in online spaces

Published by SHARECITY on the 20th March 2018.

SHARECITY Briefing Note #3: Communicating goals and impacts of food sharing in online spaces

This briefing note provides a summary of the ways in which a suite of ICT-mediated food sharing initiatives from diverse cities around the world communicate both the goals and the impacts of their activities through their online profiles. These initiatives were selected from the SHARECITY100 Database (See Briefing Note 1) and nine case study cities: Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Melbourne, Australia; San Francisco, USA; and Singapore. Profiles of sharing in these cities can be found in Briefing Note 2. This analysis is a preliminary step in a process of establishing the sustainability impact and potential of diverse ICT-mediated food sharing initiatives. Further in-depth research has been conducted with each of the initiatives detailed in this document and findings will inform a process of co-designing a flexible, open-access toolkit for identifying and measuring sustainability impacts.

Please cite as: Davies, A. et al. (2018) SHARECITY Briefing Note 3: Goals & Impacts, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. ERC Grant No: 646883