There are various things, which are needed in special situations, but you don't know that they are directly in our environment present:
Wood for the building of shelves (or sth. else), a saw, sewing machine, drill press, videos, music, books, a car, computers with the possibility of printing, ...
That can also be skills, talents or special knowledge:
assistance during the tax declaration, sitting the babies, removals, languages, carpenter knowledge, homework, bicycle repairs, time, ...
We often don't know about the fact that lots of resources exist in our environment, so that we pay for it. We cannot do things because we don't know how to - although there are people, who would be pleased if they could help us, e.g. unemployed, who look for new operating fields.
Founding/Building up "pools"
A "resource pool" is a network of persons, who use something together, give things to each other for free or share it. That can be the inhabitants of a house but also a network of friends. An important base is confidence. The "resource pool" is a network of people where you can ask for help. These networks are based on the idea of giving for free – not exchanging things.
Using a printed directory which can be edited by everyone involved & the platform in the internet in a "resource pool" resources, knowledge, skills, things & infrastructure are
"resource pool" can be used in different ways, e.g. for building up education networks, even production communities(filmakers,...).
Wp.net uses "Cosmopool Multi", which is free software and GPLed.
The software is developed by volunteers, so everyone feel free to participate. We're mostly looking for translators, programmers, critics and money. See this for contact.