Tired of having your house filled with stuff you don't use? Fed up with buying things you just 'had to have' - and then finding that they lie about idle and ignored? Clothes you don't wear - books you read once - shoes that never did fit properly? Overpackaged, overpriced, underused ...
Feeling like you've been sucked into a consumerist maelstrom? Stop the madness. Stop buying stuff.
Following the lead of the San Francisco Compact, we are a group of friends in Melbourne who have decided to stop buying stuff - for a while at least. Now that doesn't mean stuff like food, or services, or medicines (or wine). It does mean stuff like books, clothes, appliances, CDs, magazines - stuff in general.
In the first instance we will be signing up for February. After that - who knows.
So - join the library. Give stuff you no longer use or want to people who might have a use for it. Or sell it on eBay. Swap things with friends. Save yourself money. And help save the planet.
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so exciting to know there's ppl here in Australia doing this! I got your link from the SF Compact's site and will be eagerly following your progress, and cutting back on some stuff myself.
Good on you & good luck :)
Hi,
(Sorry if this goes through twice I am struggling with the blogger process)... My husband and I heard about this concept at a Sustainability Street meeting and are giving it a go. I'd just like to know if anyone has found a way around buying new razors that doesn't involve long flowing hair on legs and armpits... any advice out there?
PMcC
surely razors would come under the category of toiletries? But, it might be more sustainable long term to buy an electric shaver. I know this maybe sounds cockeyed, because it is more expensive and takes more embodied energy to produce an electric shaver initially, but ling term, one that you can use over and over would use less resources, and create less waste and packaging etc than disposables.
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