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POPSThe Green Driveway Author, Franke James, was interviewed on CBC radio yesterday telling the story of the struggle she had with GTA (Greater Toronto Area) bureaucrats to build a green driveway.
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POPS29 Gifts in 29 Days... ANOTHER gifting initiative! Ever get the feeling that we accumulate too much stuff.... WAY too much stuff... in our western lifestyles
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POPSThe Scavengers Manifesto Recently featured in the Seattle Post Intelligencer... caught my eye! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/402890_scavenge10.html
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POPSSusan George: Transforming the Global Economy Susan George, Chair of the Board of the Transnational Institute ( http://www.tni.org/george ) speaking on "Transforming the Global Economy: Solutions for a Sustainable World", sponsored by the School of International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 29 October 2008
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POPSWhat to do when Santa Goofs! Some great ideas here for dealing with the stuff you really don't want... In Canada, in addition to freecycle, there's FullCircles - http://www.fullcircles.org .
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POPSFreecycle: The Craigslist of FREE Stuff Freecycle is great. But if you want to cover all your bases and get quickest results, you need to consider other gifting resources: fullcircles.org, reuseitnetwork.org; kijiji; usedeverywhere.com; etc.
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POPSGot Kids? Be Frugal Lots of good tips for parents here on being frugal. In Canada, in addition to Freecycle, we also have FULLCIRCLES.org -- a more local, Canadian spin on freecycling.
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POPSHow Photobucket Works Many freecyclers / fullcirclers use Photobucket to display images of the "stuff" they offer. This will be a useful "handout" to send members. /e
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POPSOne person's junk; another's treasure In Canada, there is also the Fullcircles network -- FullCircles.org -- in addition to Freecycle and ReUseIt. And, there are local "flavours" of freecycling in the U.K. as well.
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POPSFREE piano: A "once in a blue moon" find Have you ever been to Brockville, Ontario? This might give you good reason to make the trip. Every once in a blue moon, offers like this pop up on freecycling groups. This one was posted today on the Brockville Freecycle group.
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POPSWriting PSAs (Public Service Announcements) This will be useful to the many, many volunteer social marketers around the world who run freecycle, fullcircles, reuseit, etc. groups as they struggle to increase membership and participation in these important emerging venues. Eric Snyder Ottawa.FullCircles.org ==================
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POPSNeed FREE Junk??? Some National (Canada) coverage for freecycling, the phenomenon that has been sweeping the planet since 2003. This article appeared in the Ottawa Sunday Sun today, and is featured on canoe.ca/greenplanet
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POPSCommunity Garden Slide Show This is an 8 minute success story slide show featuring a downtown, urban community garden project in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks to Pauline Gabriel, Regina.FullCircles.org, for bringing the project to our attention. /e
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POPSCommunity Fruit Harvesting What a cool idea! I was just this morning thinking about this after reading an Edmonton FullCircles offer to pick unharvested rasberries.
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POPSPrecycling Introduced to freecyclers on the Ottawa, ON Canada Recycling BB. Link to it from the Ottawa "Hub"... ottawa.fullcircles.org =================
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POPSAn imaginative use for your garage: car storage Although this article was written four years ago in 2004, it is perhaps even more valid today in 2008. The article mentions giving things away on Freecycle. Since 2004, the freecycling idea has caught on... big time. There are many other networks now: fullcircles.org; reuseitnetwork.org. Over 5 million people in 88 countries are using these networks to declutter, and simplify their living spaces and their lives.