Thats what its called. Someone pointed me to some interesting links:
http://www.freecycle.org/group/IN/India/Bangalore
http://money.howstuffworks.com/freecycle-network.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_gunther_freecycle.fortune/index.htm
Really cool - quite a few people seem to be doing this.Have asked to join the YGrp - but so far the visible messages seemed to be about recycling rather than reuse - am optimistic. Just got membership - people ARE looking for and giving a lot of stuff - neat.
Of course, I believe a lot of this happens through the grapevine - around the apartment and in the "aunt-network" - and its very effective. We've had so many great hand-me-downs for our daughter this year we probably will not need to buy any clothes for her for a while :)
I think a place like this blog has a role to play in that chain - people who might not necessarily want to join groups or register on sites for that one-off giveaway - or even those who almost never go online. If this bridges that gap, it'll be worth the effort!
C'mon - get rid of that!
http://www.freecycle.org/group/IN/India/Bangalore
http://money.howstuffworks.com/freecycle-network.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_gunther_freecycle.fortune/index.htm
Really cool - quite a few people seem to be doing this.
Of course, I believe a lot of this happens through the grapevine - around the apartment and in the "aunt-network" - and its very effective. We've had so many great hand-me-downs for our daughter this year we probably will not need to buy any clothes for her for a while :)
I think a place like this blog has a role to play in that chain - people who might not necessarily want to join groups or register on sites for that one-off giveaway - or even those who almost never go online. If this bridges that gap, it'll be worth the effort!
C'mon - get rid of that
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