Tag: Freecycle
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Build a Free Things Box for your front yard
Freecyclers will love this project, which teaches you how to build a stand where neighbors can share tools, toys, books and anything else they want to freecycle.
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4 DIY Gifts for Gardeners You Can Make this Weekend
Gifting aint easy. Especially for gardeners who can be picky. Build them something they can use in the garden.
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Do We Value Free Stuff Less? The Downside of Freecycle
Giving stuff away for free is getting popular, but some people are never satisfied.
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Reusable Bag Overload? Donate to Those Who Can't Afford Them
We have them in the trunks of our cars, stashed in closets, and in cupboards: Reusable bags have become ubiquitous, so much so that
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Families Living and Loving Green Alternative Life Styles
With all the best intentions, most of us don't have the nerve to really change our life style dramatically. We do as much as we can within the limitations of our busy lives, but haven't the true grit to go that extra mile. Here
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Freegle: Freecycle for the UK
Image via: jahat on Flickr.com I Love Freegle, the new site dedicated to keeping someone's trash or treasure out of the landfill, is now available in communities across the UK. With over 200 member communities and over 1 million people actively involved
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Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part Two)
Last week we heard about Saul Griffith's exhaustive personal energy cataloging and the resulting WattzOn.com. In part two, Griffith talks about Makani Power, his company that builds giant kites for capturing elusive, high-altitude gusts. He also shares
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Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part One)
After becoming a renewable energy entrepreneur (think massive kites), Saul Griffith started wondering about the greenness of his own life—so he started counting. The exercise became an exploration, which resulted in the website WattzOn.com, a power
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Survey: Are You Buying Cheaper or Better?
Steve Mouzon thinks that in hard times, people buy better stuff. When times are tough, however, the thought of replacing a tool, a piece of furniture, or whatever on a frequent basis is really frightening... we simply cannot afford to do that. So I
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Portland Hosts First VeloSwap
This past weekend Portland, OR played host to the first "freecycle" or "swap-o-rama-rama" of bike parts dubbed the VeloSwap. Veteran and novice bikers alike were allowed to hang out, get good deals, sample some good
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The 2008 Eco-Matrix: Who's Hot, Who's Not in the World of Green
Wondering who’s news and who’s so last year? TreeHugger’s 2008 Eco-Matrix is here to inform and entertain. If you’ve been pondering whether Al Gore is in or out, whether ethanol is still a worthy news item, or which green celebs have fallen on hard
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Become an Un-Consumer, Join The Compact, Save Money, Reduce Your Eco-Footprint
TreeHugger has written about The Compact, the un-consumer group which originated in the San Francisco Bay area and whose members pledge to buy nothing new for a year (or more), with a few exceptions allowed for medicines, underwear, and
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Junk in the Trunk Eliminators
Junk in the Trunk, a woman-owned trash-collection business in Washington, DC is available to collect any excess baggage (large home or business or construction items) that you need to get rid of but
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Working From Home Makes More Sense Than Ever
In these difficult times a lot of people are working from home, whether they want to or not. A lot of others would like to, but employers have not been crazy about it, even though it can cut overhead as well as
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Take a Dive In a Virtual Dumpster
TreeHugger knows there's an art and a science to dumpster diving, and, even though one person's garbage can often be someone else's treasure, the idea of rooting through the trash isn't everyone's (free) cup of tea, even when there are things like
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This Holiday Season, 'Tis Better to Freecycle Than to Buy
Though TreeHugger prefers Buy Nothing Day to the sheer madness of Black Friday, that doesn't mean you have to live with less or even that you can't acquire stuff; a great way to do this is with something like The Freecycle
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Just For the Love of It: Walking from UK to India With Zero Money
It would be hard to describe TreeHugger as being anti-money or anti-commerce, especially given our recent high-profile acquisition by the Discovery Channel. However, there's no doubt that many of the steps towards building a sustainable society lie
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Sock Exchange at San Francisco Laundromat
We love systems that promote recycling, sharing, re-using. We love personal product systems, freecycle and freeganism. How could we not love the idea of a sock exchange, photographed by Todd Lappin at a laundromat in Bernal Heights, San Francisco.
