Saturday, February 24, 2007

Just Stop Buying!

I'm in. This from the New York Times, 2/24/07:

By M. P. DUNLEAVEY: "It sounds like something that would happen in San Francisco. In 2005, a few friends gathered for dinner and started bemoaning the fate of the planet, the environmental impact of consumer excess — and ended up challenging one another to not buy anything new for six months...

Yet for such a simple and not terribly sexy idea — to buy nothing new, other than food and other absolute essentials — the Compact has managed to build a groundswell of supporters."

You are allowed to buy new socks and underwear, as needed.

Read the whole story here.

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