Now that we've spent money buying Christmas presents, we can start a new chapter and join the Buy Nothing Project. Started by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller, it sponsors communities everywhere and anywhere. There are 7.5 million community members, 13,000 community builders, 128,000 communities around the world, and 850,000 BuyNothing app downloads. That's quite a bit going on. Local group members offer things for free and look for things for free. It is called a gift economy - no money is exchanged and no trades are required.
There is a lot of press about the "Buy nothing movement" - there are rules and administrator roles that people complain about.
There are guides for beginners, advice on how to take part and lots of gratitude and generosity talk.
Of course, there are the Reddit posts on the "best thing you've scored in a buy nothing group. "
Someone was so happy to receive - school uniforms before the age of 5? And lots of baby and children items and toys. Especially squishmallows. Remember the squishmallow tree at the Fantasy of Trees.
And there are the Reddit posts of complaints and rants, of which there are plenty.
I've joined the Grimsby group so will keep you posted on what develops. Let me know if you belong to a group.
Here's a pretty sight - Longwood Garden's Christmas display.
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