Buy Nothing Year?
A group of San Francisco Bay Area residents recently caused a stir with their pledge to buy nothing new in 2006. (Members of the Compact, as they've dubbed themselves, do make exceptions for food, medicine, "utilitarian" underwear, and a few other essentials.) Would shunning shopping for a year be freeing or frustrating? Read about the Compact credo, and the backlash to their ideas, and let us know what you think.
(Get more ideas for living well and doing good in "The Green Life," a new section appearing in every issue of Sierra magazine.)
(Get more ideas for living well and doing good in "The Green Life," a new section appearing in every issue of Sierra magazine.)
3 Comments:
utilitarian underwear? no way
would utilitarian underwear be the ones made of the least possible material? in all seriousness, how 'bout sticking to moderation in all things instead...
We have been living this way for years. It is not difficult and it is fun. We live in abundance and so do our two children. My 5 year old daughter buys all her clothes and toys at Value Village and garage sales. She doesn't know what Wal-Mart is and doesn't care either. We all need to question where all that new stuff comes from.
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