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Need To Pee? There's An App For That

Inae Oh | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Iphone, Airbnb, Internet, Social Networking, Couchsurfing, Cloo, Airbnb Scam, Technology, iPhone Apps, New York News

New Yorkers know too well what it's like to run around town pee-pee dancing toward the nearest accesible bathroom. Images of the worst case scenario s...

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WATCH: Couch Surfing, Literally

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Couch Surfing Video, Kootenay Lake, Bros, Video, Broshenanigans, Couch Surfing, Couchsurfing, Couchsurfing Video, Sports News

BroShenanigans. Their name says it all. What do you get when you have some bros, an old couch and a boat? Couch surfing, obviously. These guys, ...

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The Gift of Money

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paywalls, Couchsurfing, Neighborgoods, Linus Olsson, Peter Sunde, Collaborative Consumption, Freecycle, Craigslist, Landshare, Tripping, Giftflow, Flattr, Anya Kamenetz, Technology News
Claire Gordon

With the Internet reducing search, transaction and distribution costs to near nil, savvy start-ups have been able to thwart the capitalist order and make use-value the sole value of a good once again.

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Homeless College Students On The Rise, Advocates Say

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Couchsurfing, Couchsurfing, Homeless Children, Homeless Students, Homeless College Students, Indigent Students, College Education, Education, Homeless, National Trend, Stigmatization, Indigents, Homeless Student, Video, Impact News

If he's not in class, Christopher Sparks can usually be found in a computer from the library at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. That's be...

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Has the Business of Sharing Finally Reached the Tipping Point?

Micki Krimmel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sharing, Neighborgoods, Community, Saving Money, Economy, Couchsurfing, Zipcar, Green Living, Impact News
Micki Krimmel

We can't seem to open our browsers anymore without seeing a new article about how peer-to-peer sharing is changing our economy.

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Tips For Driving Across America

Matt Kepnes | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Fast Food, Driving, Hostels, Highways, Travel Tips, America, Road Trips, USA, Couchsurfing, Washington DC, Travel, Travel News
Matt Kepnes

Driving across America is not as easy as is imagined. Here are a few things to remember.

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Couchsurfing Memoir: How Many Different Apartments Can One Person Live In?

Los Angeles Times | Steven Zeitchik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couch Surf Memoir, Memoir, Couchsurfing Memior, Couch Surf, Couchsurfing Book, Apartments, Couch Surfing, Couchsurfing, Books News

Berman, whose new book is "No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments," has made it her goal to dwell in homes in two of the most expensive cities ...

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The Local Travel Movement: How To Make Your Vacations More Meaningful

Shadia Garrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couchsurfing, Mindful Tourist, Whl Travel, Wwoof, Local Travel Movement, Local Travel, Socially Conscious Tourism, Crashpadder, Responsible Tourism, Wwoofing, Ecotourism, Ltm, Travel News
Shadia Garrison

Why travel 7,000 miles just to sit around and look at a beautiful yet dime a dozen beach? Why spend all your time in a museum when that same culture's current artists are right outside the door?

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Homeric Hospitality in the South

Michael Koenigs | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Couch-Surfing, American South, Road Trip, Jack Kerouac, Homer, Jesuit, Cheap Travel, Couchsurfing, Travel, Facebook, Healthy Living News
Michael Koenigs

The United States is now the "Couch Surfing" capital of the world with nearly 400,000 people opening their homes to random travelers on Couchsurfing.org.

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Approaching 30... Spiritually

Bristol Baughan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Joseph Campbell, Spiritual Pyschology, Tedindia, Eat Pray Love, Couchsurfing, Ted, Elizabeth Gilbert, Travel, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Bristol Baughan

As I enter my 30s with a seriously arresting transformational vengeance I am trying to let go of my need TO DO and just, as Joseph Campbell so simply puts it, follow my bliss.

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Who's Listening to America's Youth?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Next New Radicals, Youth, Job Fairs, Millennials, New Radicals, Bring Light, Recruitment, change.org, Case Foundation, Alex Steed, Social Networks, Workplace, Epolitics, Activism, Couchsurfing, Drew McManus, Careers, Mary Oliver, Future Majority, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

Are these young people just talking to one another? Is anyone listening, really listening, to them? Trying to discover what the generation dubbed the "Millennials" cares about?

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