Use Freecycle. People throw no end of stuff away and usually the only cost to you is the time and petrol involved in picking it up. In a similar vein, there are a good many second hand and charity shops where you can buy perfectly good second-hand items at a fraction of the cost of new – and do some good for the world at the same time.
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Among the best-known examples of collaborative consumption is the hugely popular Freecycle.org, which enables people to give away unwanted things to someone in need of them, as well as lelong.com.my and eBay, where people can buy secondhand goods. Travellers looking for inexpensive accommodation can spend the night in someone’s spare bedroom via CouchSurfing.org or Airbnb.com, and fashionistas can trade clothes via SwapStyle.com.
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Re-gifting and donating are generous options. Grandma doesn’t need something so fancy just to surf the Internet. Consider donating to your child’s school or your local parish. Free Cycle Network (www.freecycle.org) is a cool way to link up with needy individuals in your area. People list their “needs” and you connect with them through the website. If you can’t find someone who needs what you have, post an “offer” for someone to take the gadget off your hands.
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17. Join your local Freecycle to pass along items instead of throwing them away
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If you want to donate instead, visit Westchester Freecycle.org, Freesharing.org, Goodwill, National Cristina Foundation, Recycling for Charities, Sharing is Giving, or that old standby, The Salvation Army.
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Frugal … for Now
The recession gave rise to a trend of thriftiness and reuse, according to Lauren Weber, author of In Cheap We Trust — but trends do run in cycles.
“Suddenly it was cool to be cheap, to get all your material needs met by Freecycle, to make your own laundry detergent and downsize from two cars to one,” Weber said. “But if history tells us anything, it’s that these frugal interludes tend to be short lived. They’re driven by temporary political or economic conditions and they never seem to last, much to the sorrow of dyed-in-the-wool cheap adherents.”
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Willow says her mom is a big influence on her. What ways are you teaching your kids about money? Do you have regular conversations with them about it?
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I also go to auctions and Goodwill to buy things and resell to people online. The website Freecycle [which allows people to advertise and donate items they no longer need to other people] is also a really good source to get free stuff to resell—there’s just a whole bunch of ways that people can make money.
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To go green and get freebies, join Freecycyle.org. You can post items you want to give away in a Yahoo forum and list the items you are searching for. Freecycle has everything from kids items to appliances and household goods.
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As the coordinator of an office move, I certainly discovered some great ways to lessen our impact on the environment by reusing, freecycling and donating some of the things we could no longer use.
Planet Ark recently consolidated our two offices into one. The city team moved from a small office on Level 2 of our Circular Quay building and created a new home for staff from our Blue Mountains office to join us. It took a bit of planning, but being a green organisation, we wanted to ensure we took the time for the 3Rs… reduce, reuse, and recycle!
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HULL: An organisation that helps people recycle unwanted items across the city is looking for volunteers.
Hull Freecycle needs group moderators to help with its website.
The Hull branch of Freecycle is a non-profit organisation which reduces waste, saves resources and eases the burden on our landfills.
A spokesman for the organisation said: “Being a moderator doesn’t require a lot of time but does require some dedication.
“There is lots of support available and it’s fun.”
The job would suit a person who is interested in making a contribution to the community and the planet.
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