Lansing State Journal: Recycle your Christmas
One place to offer up large items online is The Freecycle Network at www.freecycle.org. You simply post the item online by sending an e-mail offering it to members of your local Freecycle group. If you’d like to acquire something, respond to a member’s offer. Check the Web site for more information.
By: Anne Erikson
Lansing State Journal
lsj.com
But she’s concerned about the less fortunate - people barely scraping by, people with kids to raise, bills to pay and Christmas presents they can’t afford to buy.
Mairs has a suggestion, and I’m merely passing it along.
The suggestion is Freecycle.org, an online alternative to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Local chapters have groups on Yahoo.
Part charity, part auction, part friend of the environment, the Freecycle Network was founded in 2003 as a “recycling exchange” for individuals and other nonprofit organizations
By MARC HANSEN
REGISTER COLUMNIST
DesMoinesRegister.com
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Pourquoi garder ou jeter quand on peut partager et donner ?
Le jeudi 14 décembre, La modératrice du groupe de Lyon, Céline Valentin réondait aux questions de Nadjette Maouche dans l’émission “C’est mieux ensemble” sur FR3 régions
voir la vidéo
(l’interview débute à 5′15″)
Journal and Courier Online - News
Jane Schick says their garage is “packed full to the ceiling with clothes and toys.”
She has been donating the excess gifts the family has received to members of freecycle.org, an online community of giving, and to a homeless shelter. She plans to continue.
“We’re really in a good community,” Jane Schick said. “It’s just absolutely overwhelming.”
By BETH STUTSMAN
Journal and Courier Online
jconline.com
10 friends live secondhand for a year
SAN FRANCISCO - In the living room, the group gathers to share inspirational stories about the joy of finding just the right previously owned shower curtain. To the uninitiated, these people appear almost normal, at least in a San Francisco kind of way. But upon closer inspection, you see it: Nothing in this house, nothing on their bodies, none of their products — nothing is new. Everything is used.
For these people, recycling wasn’t enough. Composting wasn’t a challenge anymore. No, they wanted much more of much less.
By William Booth
Washington Post
On MSNBC
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This is a link to an interview with Waste Management(TM) on tips for recycling during the holiday season and of course, more about Freecycle!.
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