Reader’s Digest Australia & New Zealand – May 2019

A

sastudentlivingina

share house,Sabrina

Chakoricouldseethe

simple solution to a

problem:inordertoreducewaste

andcreatea positiveimpactonour

environmentperhapsweshouldtry

sharingtheassetswehave.

Whenshearrived inBrisbane

fromSwitzerlandfouryearsago,

Sabrinahadnothingwithherbuta

suitcasefullofclothesanda laptop.

Tostartsettlingin,sheaskedfriends

ifshecouldborrowthethingsshe

needed.Overtime,asshestarted

toaccumulate her own possessions,

of Sharing

shewouldlendtoherfriendsinre-

turn.

Alreadyapassionateandlong-

timeadvocateforsustainability,

SabrinawasresearchingherPhD

intohoweliminatingfoodpackag-

ingcaninfluencefoodmanufacture

andinturnsocialbehaviour.

Puttingtwoandtwotogether,

Sabrinafoundherselfcontemplating

thethought:ifthecurrenteconomic

systemdrivesthemanufactureofso

manyproductswhichendupasland-

fill,whatmaybeneededisa newkind

ofeconomyforcreating a new kind of

positive prosperity.

EVERYDAY HEROES

26 | May• 2019

BYELEANORCANT

The Power

Imaginea librarywhere youborrow

tools, appliances and sports gear