Inside the shed is the place where Open Shed co founders, Lisa and Duncan share their story, chat about all things related to Aussie Collaborative Consumption and introduce you to your fellow Open Shed members.Tumblr (3.0; @openshed)http://inside.openshed.com.au/openshedhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://inside.openshed.com.au/post/24126619143http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/24126619143Thu, 31 May 2012 23:03:29 +1000Our storyAussie collconsI’m curious about so many things - but most of all I’m curious about people and their stories. I love getting to know someone and learning all about them, their passions, their life. Curiosity led me to where I am today… I tried twitter in mid 2010, that led me to blogs, that led me to TED talks, that led me to quitting my job, house sitting around Australia and starting Open Shed. *the...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22776478086http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22776478086Thu, 10 May 2012 22:36:32 +1000SydneySustainabilitySydneysiders, EcoXpo is back at Moore Park for its third year, and it is promising to be bigger and better than ever. It’s a fantastic opportunity to check out everything eco friendly Australian businesses have to offer - from hybrid cars, green technology and travel to home, conservation, health and fashion. And for the first time there will be a pavilion dedicated to Fair Trade products and...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22638652203http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22638652203Tue, 08 May 2012 15:02:55 +1000Garage Sale TrailAussie collconsI had a fantastic day in Sydney for the Garage Sale Trail! There was an awesome community buzz on the village green at the City Quarter complex in Camperdown. It was great to chat to the complex’s residents about how easy it is to share with their neighbours all year round with Open Shed. Love to hear how your day was - meet any new neighbours? Bag some bargains?<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22373680177http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/22373680177Fri, 04 May 2012 17:28:04 +1000Aussie collconsAre you joining the thousands of Aussies hitting the Garage Sale Trail on Saturday? With almost 7000 sales registered and over 2 million dollars worth of stuff up for sale, it is sure to be an awesome community day. If you&#8217;ve had a good clean out in preparation for a sale, I&#8217;m sure you have rediscovered some idle assets. So now that you can actually see them in the shed why...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/21704028278http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/21704028278Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:27:04 +1000Our membersSurveyRenting on OSWe recently conducted a survey to find out what you loved, liked and weren’t so warm and fuzzy during your Open Shed experience. We were surprised and very grateful for the responses! The passion you showed for collaborative consumption and also how genuinely interested in Open Shed people are was very heart warming- so thank you very much! We have taken some time to distil all your awesome...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/21621205721http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/21621205721Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:54:00 +1000House sittingStart upsAussie collconsA couple of weeks ago we road tripped it down from Hervey Bay to Melbourne to start a new house sit. Now a 24 hour drive really doesn&#8217;t sound that fun, but Duncan and I have pretty much got this travelling between house sits business down pat! To make the trip as enjoyable as possible we always have an audio book ready to go - on the way up to Hervey Bay it was the Steve Job&#8217;s...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20893648965http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20893648965Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +1000Q and AOur membersDuncan and I really enjoy getting to know all you Open Shed members, and as more and more rentals occur it is great to hear about the connections that are being made. Regularly we will be doing a bit of a Q &amp; A with members here. A big thank you to Nicole from South Australia for being the first! We are really hoping to help Nicole with &#8220;her wanted ad for an electric cement...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20900510340http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20900510340Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100Aussie CollconsOur friendsTransportCollconsThis year 1 Million Women want to assist you to SAVE $1000 or more through cutting pollution, reducing waste and saving energy. Each month focuses on a different lifestyle area – FOOD, DRIVE, POWER, WEAR, SHOP &amp; INVEST. We think its an awesome practical campaign and we want to help too! So we have asked some of our friends to also give their tips each month. This month’s focus is DRIVE and we...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20953496042http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20953496042Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100SharingCommunityNeighbour DayThe community that you want starts at your front door This Sunday is Australia&#8217;s 10th Neighbour Day - its a day to connect or reconnect with our neighbours and remember that our communities can only be as strong as the people who live in them. The catalyst for the first ever Neighbour Day was the sad and lonely death of an elderly Melbourne woman, who passed away in her home in 2001 but...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956089466http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956089466Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100Aussie CollconsOur friendsTransportCollconsThis year 1 Million Women want to assist you to SAVE $1000 or more through cutting pollution, reducing waste and saving energy. Each month focuses on a different lifestyle area – FOOD, DRIVE, POWER, WEAR, SHOP &amp; INVEST. We think its an awesome practical campaign and we want to help too! So we have asked some of our friends to also give their tips each month. This month’s focus is DRIVE and we...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956655636http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956655636Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100Our storyThis week we marked 12 months since we quit our jobs, packed up our apartment, started house sitting AND building Open Shed (although it didn’t get that name until July!) Its been an amazing year and we thought we would share some of the highlights… Thank you to everyone who has been on the journey with us - we could not have done it without your support!<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956550810http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20956550810Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100CookingRent on OSFoodTaking a quick look at Australian TV screens and book stores and you can see Australians have a bit of an obsession with cooking, or at least reading about and watching other people cook. I almost fell off my chair when I read that we apparently spent about $90m on cookbooks in 2010. If that&#8217;s just the expenditure on the books I can&#8217;t even imagine what we forked out on cooking ...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20960106978http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20960106978Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100Aussie collconsOur friendsFoodIn December last year I went along to the fabulous 1 Million Women SAVE Summit in Sydney, which launched their 2012&#160;SAVE campaign. Over the next 6 months 1MW want to assist you to SAVE $1000 or more through cutting pollution, reducing waste and saving energy. Each month focuses on a different lifestyle area - FOOD, DRIVE, POWER, WEAR, SHOP &amp; INVEST. We think its an awesome practical...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20961667808http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20961667808Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100How an OS rental works?Our membersLast month Open Shed members Sonja and Bern met to do their first rental. Bern had posted a wanted ad looking for a water gurney to help her clean her windows, so Sonja added to her ever growing Open Shed inventory a Karcher Jet Washer. We just love the description of the “exchange” that they left on our facebook page! Sonja: Met Bern in a side street in Seaforth, popped the boot, showed...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962246967http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962246967Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100Our friendsFoodIn December last year I went along to the fabulous 1 Million Women SAVE Summit in Sydney, which launched their 2012&#160;SAVE campaign. Over the next 6 months 1MW want to assist you to SAVE $1000 or more through cutting pollution, reducing waste and saving energy. Each month focuses on a different lifestyle area - FOOD, DRIVE, POWER, WEAR, SHOP &amp; INVEST. We think its an awesome practical...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962673508http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962673508Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100SydneyRent on OSLooking for new ways to explore Sydney? At Open Shed our members can help you out with that! Here&#8217;s my top 5 activities: Get out on Sydney&#8217;s waterways and go Kayaking! View the Harbour Bridge and Opera House from a completely different perspective and visit all little bays around the harbour. Or perhaps head down South to the stunning Royal National Park and paddle out of...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962975657http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20962975657Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100Aussie CollconsOur friendsCollconsOur friends at SpaceOut chat about collaborative consumption and how you can make money from thin air! Check them out before the end of January and you can try them for free for 2 months. Despite all the gloomy news in the world, one shining star of the modern era is the worldwide Collaborative Consumption movement, and if you are reading this you may already be an active participant, or at...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963145705http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963145705Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100RentingOS MembersFor your renting prospects to grow, your local Open Shed community needs to grow. Let your most likely customers, the people in your neighbourhood, know you are on Open Shed. To help you do this we have developed personalised downloadable flyers for each and everyone of you! The flyer is personalised to you. Your first name and location are auto generated into the flyer and you just need to...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963600651http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963600651Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100Aussie CollconsOur friendsCollconsAs we head into a new school year, Bern Alexander from FindAUniform shares with us the benefits of secondhand uniforms The majority of Australia’s 11,000+ schools and more than 30,000+ organisations, clubs and academies have compulsory uniforms and equipment. Anecdotally, the question ‘Do you have secondhand uniforms?&#8217; rates consistently in the top three questions that new enquirers...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963940138http://inside.openshed.com.au/post/20963940138Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100Rent on OSKidsAre the kids already sick of their chrissy presents? Looking for some ideas to keep them entertained for the rest of the school holidays? Renting through Open Shed can be a really great way to add some variety to the school holiday activities without spending a fortune buying things new! Vice versa its the perfect time to help another family out and list the stuff that has fallen out of...<br/> <br/> Visit our blog for the full story!