• Freecycle is an email list group that allows members to offer their unwanted items to other members on the list for free. Visit www.freecycle.org for instructions on joining the Centre County Freecycle group.
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Istanbul Freecycle: You Tube
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CapeCodOnline: Gonsalves: A commonwealth of lilacs
Longtime members of the Cape Cod Freecycle online network, the Howlands have offered their purple and white lilacs free to anyone with “stout loppers or pruners” for a couple of years.
“When they bloom, we thought, instead of us trimming them, why not have people come over and do it? It’s a nice New England thing to do,” Howie explained.
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TimeOutIstanbul:Taner Ertunç röportajı
Freecycle ile nasıl tanıştınız?
2004 yılında iş sebebi ile Almanya’daydım. Ne kadar süre kalacağım belirsizdi ve kalacak bir ev ayarlamam gerekiyordu. Evimi kiralarken eski kiracının satmaya razı geldiği her şeyi satın aldım. Daha sonra o yıl dünyada en hızlı büyüyen sivil toplum kuruluşunun freecycle olduğu ile ilgili bir haber okudum ve Almanya’da bulunduğum şehrin freecycle grubuna üye oldum. Evde kalan eksiklerimi de oradan zaman içinde tamamladım. Sistemin başarı ile işlediğine şahit olunca, işimin gerektirdiği İstanbul dönüşlerimin birinde, 2005 yılı içerisinde İstanbul Freecycle grubunu kurdum.
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The Daily News Journal: Smyrna Heart of Giving
Warrick and Taraska first met on Murfreesboro Freecycle, a group that serves as a message board to connect those giving items away for free. The eventually added Jennifer Underwood and Twila Bilbrey. Among the four of them, they manage a Facebook page 500 members strong.
“We were talking one day and I said, ‘Let’s do a Smyrna Freecycle,’” Taraska said.
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Western Courier: EarthFest teaches sustainability
The Freecycle station was a huge hit. Freecycle promotes the idea of recycling items by donating them to others, rather than throwing them out, and encourages individuals to be conscious of what they throw away. The Freecycle station at EarthFest held many treasures from clothes to light bulbs. Although EarthFest is only done once a year, there is a McDonough County Freecycle Network located at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mcdonoughcoilFreecycle/info.
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Newsday: How to get rid of unwanted stuff in NYC
Lai is also an active volunteer in the NYC Freecycle group, which was founded in 2003 and now has more than 55,000 members. Givers post “offers” of what they have to give away (tea pots, telephones, chairs, baby clothing) and then sift through responses.
People searching for something specific can also post “wanted” notices. (Disclosure: this reporter has given away air conditioners, shoes and electronics on Freecycle and is still watching the television that a delightful Brooklyn lawyer gave her via Freecycle after he upgraded.)
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