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  1. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday

    #SalemMA - #EWasteRecycling Event

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    8 am - 12 Noon

    Salem Residents and Property Owners only (with ID or Tax Bill)

    Salem High School
    77 Willson Street
    Salem, MA

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    Source:
    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    Link to PDF flyer:
    salemma.gov/DocumentCenter/Vie

    #EWaste #Recycling #SalemRecycles #GreenSalem #ZeroWasteSalem

  2. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday

    #SalemMA - #EWasteRecycling Event

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    8 am - 12 Noon

    Salem Residents and Property Owners only (with ID or Tax Bill)

    Salem High School
    77 Willson Street
    Salem, MA

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    Source:
    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    Link to PDF flyer:
    salemma.gov/DocumentCenter/Vie

    #EWaste #Recycling #SalemRecycles #GreenSalem #ZeroWasteSalem

  3. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday

    #SalemMA - #EWasteRecycling Event

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    8 am - 12 Noon

    Salem Residents and Property Owners only (with ID or Tax Bill)

    Salem High School
    77 Willson Street
    Salem, MA

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    Source:
    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    Link to PDF flyer:
    salemma.gov/DocumentCenter/Vie

    #EWaste #Recycling #SalemRecycles #GreenSalem #ZeroWasteSalem

  4. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday

    #SalemMA - #EWasteRecycling Event

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    8 am - 12 Noon

    Salem Residents and Property Owners only (with ID or Tax Bill)

    Salem High School
    77 Willson Street
    Salem, MA

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    Source:
    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    Link to PDF flyer:
    salemma.gov/DocumentCenter/Vie

    #EWaste #Recycling #SalemRecycles #GreenSalem #ZeroWasteSalem

  5. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday

    #SalemMA - #EWasteRecycling Event

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    8 am - 12 Noon

    Salem Residents and Property Owners only (with ID or Tax Bill)

    Salem High School
    77 Willson Street
    Salem, MA

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    Source:
    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    Link to PDF flyer:
    salemma.gov/DocumentCenter/Vie

    #EWaste #Recycling #SalemRecycles #GreenSalem #ZeroWasteSalem

  6. The #gowanus interview with #hasanminhaj is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a while.

    It left me feeling encouraged in my efforts to divest from the surveillance state and help my communities do the same.

    I deleted Facebook the other day after the beeswaxgate incident. I want a local/hyperlocal swap meet type of setup that does not involve Facebook Marketplace. I hate that the #buynothing communities are largely using Meta to operate. Anyone have ideas or success stories about how to create something like this that is manageable to operate without big tech?

    I'm looking right now for a used laser printer. I know they're all over FBM for between $20-50. But how do I find one otherwise???

    #luddite #lowtech #freecycle #swapmeet #buyused #thrift #solarpunk #optout

  7. The #gowanus interview with #hasanminhaj is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a while.

    It left me feeling encouraged in my efforts to divest from the surveillance state and help my communities do the same.

    I deleted Facebook the other day after the beeswaxgate incident. I want a local/hyperlocal swap meet type of setup that does not involve Facebook Marketplace. I hate that the #buynothing communities are largely using Meta to operate. Anyone have ideas or success stories about how to create something like this that is manageable to operate without big tech?

    I'm looking right now for a used laser printer. I know they're all over FBM for between $20-50. But how do I find one otherwise???

    #luddite #lowtech #freecycle #swapmeet #buyused #thrift #solarpunk #optout

  8. The #gowanus interview with #hasanminhaj is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a while.

    It left me feeling encouraged in my efforts to divest from the surveillance state and help my communities do the same.

    I deleted Facebook the other day after the beeswaxgate incident. I want a local/hyperlocal swap meet type of setup that does not involve Facebook Marketplace. I hate that the #buynothing communities are largely using Meta to operate. Anyone have ideas or success stories about how to create something like this that is manageable to operate without big tech?

    I'm looking right now for a used laser printer. I know they're all over FBM for between $20-50. But how do I find one otherwise???

    #luddite #lowtech #freecycle #swapmeet #buyused #thrift #solarpunk #optout #indieweb #smolweb

  9. The #gowanus interview with #hasanminhaj is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a while.

    It left me feeling encouraged in my efforts to divest from the surveillance state and help my communities do the same.

    I deleted Facebook the other day after the beeswaxgate incident. I want a local/hyperlocal swap meet type of setup that does not involve Facebook Marketplace. I hate that the #buynothing communities are largely using Meta to operate. Anyone have ideas or success stories about how to create something like this that is manageable to operate without big tech?

    I'm looking right now for a used laser printer. I know they're all over FBM for between $20-50. But how do I find one otherwise???

    #luddite #lowtech #freecycle #swapmeet #buyused #thrift #solarpunk #optout #indieweb #smolweb

  10. The #gowanus interview with #hasanminhaj is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a while.

    It left me feeling encouraged in my efforts to divest from the surveillance state and help my communities do the same.

    I deleted Facebook the other day after the beeswaxgate incident. I want a local/hyperlocal swap meet type of setup that does not involve Facebook Marketplace. I hate that the #buynothing communities are largely using Meta to operate. Anyone have ideas or success stories about how to create something like this that is manageable to operate without big tech?

    I'm looking right now for a used laser printer. I know they're all over FBM for between $20-50. But how do I find one otherwise???

    #luddite #lowtech #freecycle #swapmeet #buyused #thrift #solarpunk #optout #indieweb #smolweb

  11. #SalemMA - #EWaste Recycling Event

    March 28 @ 8:00 am

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    #SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWasteSalem #ElectronicWaste #EWasteRecycling

  12. #SalemMA - #EWaste Recycling Event

    March 28 @ 8:00 am

    "$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.

    $40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.

    All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.

    If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local #BuyNothing pages or other swap groups."

    greensalem.com/event/e-waste-r

    #SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWasteSalem #ElectronicWaste #EWasteRecycling

  13. Made a little decal to stick on the soundlogic tws earbuds I nabbed from Buy Nothing event yesterday!! It unfortunately(?) hides the brand due to the placement but now I won't mix it up if we both accidentally drop our earbuds. I used scrap vinyl from another project! #salvage #buyNothing

  14. I might need to make a rubber stamp or sticker that reads "HEY PORCH PIRATE, this package was mailed by a crafty auntie who only gives weird little handmade gifts and secondhand books. I promise you can leave this one alone." #makers #giftmas #buynothing

  15. I might need to make a rubber stamp or sticker that reads "HEY PORCH PIRATE, this package was mailed by a crafty auntie who only gives weird little handmade gifts and secondhand books. I promise you can leave this one alone." #makers #giftmas #buynothing

  16. failed at not buying things this season.

    Bought a couple WD Red Plus CMRs - how much am I gonna hate myself in the near future?

    #computerHardware #newegg #storage #hardDrives #wdRed #cyberMonday #buyNothing

  17. failed at not buying things this season.

    Bought a couple WD Red Plus CMRs - how much am I gonna hate myself in the near future?

    #computerHardware #newegg #storage #hardDrives #wdRed #cyberMonday #buyNothing

  18. It's been brought to my attention that while #BuyNothing groups are pretty useful, they tend to exist mainly on Facebook. It'd be nice to have such a group for #WaterlooRegion here on the fedi as well.

    I'd be happy to set one up, but if there's one that already exists, I'd rather use that than start from scratch. Is anyone aware of such a group here?

    #KWAwesome #WRAwesome #Kitchener #Waterloo #Cambridge #Guelph

  19. It's been brought to my attention that while #BuyNothing groups are pretty useful, they tend to exist mainly on Facebook. It'd be nice to have such a group for #WaterlooRegion here on the fedi as well.

    I'd be happy to set one up, but if there's one that already exists, I'd rather use that than start from scratch. Is anyone aware of such a group here?

    #KWAwesome #WRAwesome #Kitchener #Waterloo #Cambridge #Guelph

  20. I was raised conservative, religious, Republican. I have not been since teenage years.

    I just slipped a $20 into a #BuyNothing pickup for a neighbor family who I know is on SNAP.

    I feel dirty doing it, because I was raised never to give people money. Trying to punt that feeling. It will help this family. It is a good thing to have done. So why do I feel like I've sinned? What a twisted upbringing.

    #uspolitics #fucktrump #cyclebreaker

  21. I was raised conservative, religious, Republican. I have not been since teenage years.

    I just slipped a $20 into a #BuyNothing pickup for a neighbor family who I know is on SNAP.

    I feel dirty doing it, because I was raised never to give people money. Trying to punt that feeling. It will help this family. It is a good thing to have done. So why do I feel like I've sinned? What a twisted upbringing.

    #uspolitics #fucktrump #cyclebreaker

  22. I was raised conservative, religious, Republican. I have not been since teenage years.

    I just slipped a $20 into a #BuyNothing pickup for a neighbor family who I know is on SNAP.

    I feel dirty doing it, because I was raised never to give people money. Trying to punt that feeling. It will help this family. It is a good thing to have done. So why do I feel like I've sinned? What a twisted upbringing.

    #uspolitics #fucktrump #cyclebreaker

  23. I was raised conservative, religious, Republican. I have not been since teenage years.

    I just slipped a $20 into a #BuyNothing pickup for a neighbor family who I know is on SNAP.

    I feel dirty doing it, because I was raised never to give people money. Trying to punt that feeling. It will help this family. It is a good thing to have done. So why do I feel like I've sinned? What a twisted upbringing.

    #uspolitics #fucktrump #cyclebreaker

  24. #Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help

    Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon #EconomicGrowth as an objective.

    By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022

    Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.

    "Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.

    "GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet

    "Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (#GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of #production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid #decarbonization and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.

    "Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services (#IPBES) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against #ClimateBreakdown and #biodiversity loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.

    "Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as #FossilFuels, mass-produced meat and dairy, #FastFashion, #advertising, #cars and aviation, including #PrivateJets. At the same time, there is a need to end the #PlannedObsolescence of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the #rich.

    "Improve #PublicServices. It is necessary to ensure universal access to high-quality #HealthCare, #Education, #Housing, transportation, Internet, #RenewableEnergy and nutritious food. #UniversalPublicServices can deliver strong social outcomes without high levels of resource use.

    "Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating #ecosystems and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a #UniversalIncome policy.

    "Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower #CarbonEmissions and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.

    "Enable #sustainable development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.

    "Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.

    "But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."

    Read more:
    nature.com/articles/d41586-022

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AtJ87
    #FourDayWorkweek #RemoteWork #HybridWork #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #RightToRepair #ProtectMotherEarth #CorporateColonialism #BuyLess #BuyNothing #LibraryOfThings #SolarPunkSunday

  25. #Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help

    Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon #EconomicGrowth as an objective.

    By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022

    Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.

    "Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.

    "GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet

    "Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (#GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of #production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid #decarbonization and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.

    "Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services (#IPBES) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against #ClimateBreakdown and #biodiversity loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.

    "Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as #FossilFuels, mass-produced meat and dairy, #FastFashion, #advertising, #cars and aviation, including #PrivateJets. At the same time, there is a need to end the #PlannedObsolescence of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the #rich.

    "Improve #PublicServices. It is necessary to ensure universal access to high-quality #HealthCare, #Education, #Housing, transportation, Internet, #RenewableEnergy and nutritious food. #UniversalPublicServices can deliver strong social outcomes without high levels of resource use.

    "Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating #ecosystems and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a #UniversalIncome policy.

    "Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower #CarbonEmissions and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.

    "Enable #sustainable development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.

    "Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.

    "But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."

    Read more:
    nature.com/articles/d41586-022

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AtJ87
    #FourDayWorkweek #RemoteWork #HybridWork #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #RightToRepair #ProtectMotherEarth #CorporateColonialism #BuyLess #BuyNothing #LibraryOfThings #SolarPunkSunday

  26. Hey, American resisters. Here’s a protest y’all can do. It’s safe and easy, and it will send a message with real impact.

    Buy. Nothing. Today.

    #BuyNothing #Protest #Resist #EconomicBoycott #EconomicBlackout

  27. Hey, American resisters. Here’s a protest y’all can do. It’s safe and easy, and it will send a message with real impact.

    Buy. Nothing. Today.

    #BuyNothing #Protest #Resist #EconomicBoycott #EconomicBlackout

  28. Compatriots! Tomorrow, the 28th is a national economic blackout day. You can still participate if you buy from small, local businesses. #blackout #boycott #resistance #buynothing #february28

  29. Compatriots! Tomorrow, the 28th is a national economic blackout day. You can still participate if you buy from small, local businesses. #blackout #boycott #resistance #buynothing #february28

  30. Compatriots! Tomorrow, the 28th is a national economic blackout day. You can still participate if you buy from small, local businesses. #blackout #boycott #resistance #buynothing #february28

  31. Compatriots! Tomorrow, the 28th is a national economic blackout day. You can still participate if you buy from small, local businesses. #blackout #boycott #resistance #buynothing #february28

  32. Compatriots! Tomorrow, the 28th is a national economic blackout day. You can still participate if you buy from small, local businesses. #blackout #boycott #resistance #buynothing #february28