#buynothing — Public Fediverse posts

What began as a St. Paul car dealership in the 1920s is being demolished for a new six-story development — but not before its useful parts are rescued for reuse. For weeks, salvagers, nonprofits and bargain hunters have picked over the building and still, it’s full of treasures. Especially for an entrepreneur about to open a small restaurant. https://www.startribune.com/meet-the-salvagers-saving-a-piece-of-grand-avenue-history-from-the-landfill/601663506?utm_source=gift

#Minnesota #Reuse #Repurpose #BuyNothing #Salvaging

Garden gold: how to give common household waste new life as back yard essentials

From egg cartons to hard rubbish, everyday consumables can be repurposed into valuable gardening resources

by Connie Cao, Fri 10 Apr 2026

Excerpt: "Teresa Day, masterclass coordinator at #SustainableGardeningAustralia, says we need to stop using the word 'waste' and start using the word 'material'. She suggests reframing the idea of waste and considering: 'What am I going to do with this material, what can it be used for next?'

"The benefits of #repurposing or #rehoming materials extends further than just reducing landfill. Longtime gardener Olwyn Smiley runs a #permaculture garden consultation business and has found plenty of gems both kerbside and in local #BuyNothing groups.

"As Day’s late grandmother used to say, 'waste isn’t waste until you waste it'. There are numerous ways to turn common household waste into valuable resources for the garden."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/11/household-waste-new-life

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/J1L0u

#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWaste #Reuse #Gardening #Upcycling #ReuseRestoreRepair

#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."

https://greensalem.com/event/e-waste-recycling-event-12/

#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWasteSalem #ElectronicWaste #EWasteRecycling

Table free to good home in #Oakland or the broader #EastBay / #SFBA

Pick up near lake merritt

Its a 6ft x 2.25ft wooden table with a slight wobble (easily fixed with shoes)

#BuyNothing #TrashNothing #FreeCycle #Free #Furniture

@Cykelsok Das könnte eine effiziente Art sein, den #LKW- und privaten
#Paket-Zustell-#Verkehr zu reduzieren. Ich kenne das auch aus südeuropäischen Ländern wie #Griechenland, dass man verpackte Waren an den Ticketbüros der Überlandbusse abgeben kann, die diese dann (im regulären Gepäckabteil unter der Personen-Ebene) über ihr Netz transportieren. Ein bisschen wie der (zeitlich unschlagbare) IC-#Kurier-Dienst der #DieBahn! (https://www.bahn.de/angebot/zusatzticket/ic_kurier), der mAn zu wenig ausgespielt wird.
#Verkehrswende #lessCars #autokorrektur #buyNothing

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2 pm your time, #AnywhereEverywhere #FreeAmericaWalkout

#CallToAction #WomensMarch #GeneralStrike #BuyNothing 🛑 #Fascistgop #StopICEMurders #StopIceEnablers

Find an event near you👇:
https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend?

#windowshopping #nike #NIKE #westfield #hamburg #buynothing

#windowshopping #nike #NIKE #westfield #hamburg #buynothing

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

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

Getting an early start, this year.

#FuckChristmas by #EricIdle
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=csYnMGiB_5M

#Lyrics #AntiChristmas #MontyPython #Music #MusicVideo #BuyNothing

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

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

#BuyNothing is definitely a hashtag to get behind for the upcoming holidays :akko_fistup: make your own stuff, reuse, recycle, but don't buy into the big buying spree 😬 #consumerism #dontdoit

“To speak of ‘limits to growth’ under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society. The moral pieties, that are voiced today by many well-meaning environmentalists, are as naive as the moral pieties of multinationals are manipulative. Capitalism can no more be ‘persuaded’ to limit growth than a human being can be ‘persuaded’ to stop breathing. Attempts to ‘green’ capitalism, to make it ‘ecological’, are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.”

― Murray Bookchin

#MutualAid #Degrowth #BuyNothing #SolidarityEconomy #GiftEconomy
#Capitalism

How would you like to do a #buynothing day every week?

#resourcebasedeconomy #rbe #gifteconomy #freeworld #eattherich #tradelesssociety #moneylesssociety #selfsufficientcommunities #selfsufficiency #diylife #selfreliance #offgrid #ecovillages #ecovillage #anarchism #anarchocommunism #communism #socialism #libertarianism #leftism #intentionalcommunity
#climatechange #antiwork #volunteering #simpleliving #sustainableliving
#solarpunk #anticonsumerism

#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:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

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

@susankayequinn

This shows how many superfluous things people consider important and how well we are persuaded to own certain things.

Now, we mainly pass on rubbish to our children because the durability of everything has become so poor. In return, we have spent our lives acquiring much more and creating huge amounts of (problem) waste. Appreciation would help on so many levels...

#buynothing #buyless #reuse #share #borrow #upcycle #appreciation #wasteavoidance #repair #repairability

eBay UK customer service, complaints department, seller account, buyer account, feedback contact method. Permanently suspended like me? No reason given?
“You pose a security risk to our marketplace community” but “we can’t provide any further detail to avoid compromising our policies”?
Tell them the impacts on you today!

How would you ideally use ebay? What are they stopping you from doing?
Can you include a monetary impact?
Can you tabulate your time spent finding and using alternatives?

How easy was it to find these addresses?
Do you even have a printer, or did you have to use someone else’s?

How rude were their Customer Service staff to you?
How long were you on the phone before they started talking over you, ignoring your words, and hanging up on you as if you’d been half as insulting as they were?

Were they defamatory or discriminatory? Has this royally fucked up your day for no discernible reason?

Call them now! On… Nevermind! They don’t post their phone number…!

Write them a letter the old-fashioned but legally regulated way: by snail mail!
Include all relevant details, and be as accurate, precise, and non-insulting as possible.

Don’t forget: when you’re done, save the file or take a photo of the paper.
Make sure to remind them every month or year, per your anger levels!

Collectivise your rage! Agitate for justice today!
(Please do not make up shit tho. Legit just include your relevant details, peas and fangs.)

eBay Commerce UK Ltd.
1 More London Place
London, SE1, 2AF, United Kingdom

eBay (UK) Limited
5 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom

Not had a response or resolution yet? Send them a monthly reminder! It’s much harder to ignore physical mail.
Remind them you’re a human being who exists in their shared environment. Fart in their general direction. (But keep the letter placidly inoffensive for best results!)

#eBay #online #marketplace #market #selling #buy #buyNothing #enshittification #chatbot #CustomerDisservice #CustomerProtection #Customers #CustomerService #complaint #DestructiveCriticism #anger #mistreatment #CorporateBullshit #bullshit

eBay UK customer service, complaints department, seller account, buyer account, feedback contact method. Permanently suspended like me? No reason given?

eBay Commerce UK Ltd.
1 More London Place
London, SE1, 2AF, United Kingdom

eBay (UK) Limited
5 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom

Not had a response or resolution yet? Send them a monthly reminder! It’s much harder to ignore physical mail.
Remind them you’re a human being who exists in their shared environment. Fart in their general direction. (But keep the letter placidly inoffensive for best results!)

#eBay #online #marketplace #market #selling #buy #buyNothing #enshittification #chatbot #CustomerDisservice #CustomerProtection #Customers #CustomerService #complaint #DestructiveCriticism #anger #mistreatment #CorporateBullshit #bullshit

This is another great idea (imho).

LENDING LIBRARIES

"Create a free community lending library to let people freely lend and exchange tools, seeds, sleds or snowshoes, books, cooking equipment, games, and more.

"Nearly every community has a traditional library, but why stop at loaning out books? Community lending libraries are helping neighbors lend and share all sorts of items, from seeds and cooking equipment to sports gear and tools. They take many shapes and forms, from the common Little Free Libraries you see on streets and in neighborhoods to more formalized libraries that lend items other than books. Just like regular libraries, lending libraries have many benefits — decreasing consumption, helping people access tools and supplies for free, and building community."

https://www.communityworkshopllc.com/goodstuff/2021/3/10/how-to-lending-libraries

@anne_twain @mu

#LendingLibraries #BuyNothing #ReduceReuseRecycle #Degrowth #CreativeReuse #Underconsumption #UnderconsumptionCore #Reuse #repurposing #Communities #LibraryOfThings #ThingLibrary

Post text coming soon #mushbrain #SundayFlatlay #OpShop #SecondHand #thrifted #thrifting #BuyNothing #handmade

I mean, people are out here going to Walmart and buying a bundle of short (only three feet tall!) bamboo stakes shipped all the way from Asia, and paying a buck and a half apiece.

No ma'am, I can do better. I got 30 hard reeds in twenty minutes averaging about seven feet long. All it cost me was the gas to drive my old beater car about four miles round trip.

#Foraging #WildHarvesting #Upcycling #MakingDo #BuyNothing #Gardening #Reeds #Bamboo

Another Sunday #flatlay #celebrating #confluence and #reuse:

#SecondHand #CountryRoad shawl; #thrifted wood and coral #earrings; Lily Loves cardi from #BuyNothing; H&M tee from a #charity outreach; the sinful flower hair clip 🙈; #OpShopped wooden black #bangle and wood, mother of pearl, stone and brass bangle; the #gold ring was a #gift; inherited ivory #brooch; #Maxima bag from #Gumtree; leggings from ages ago; and #boots from #GoodSammy on a #RoadTrip 🏞️.

#Listening to https://youtu.be/xFOI4nn2YOA

Probably my worst #Sunday #flatlay ever. Have I HEARD of an iron? Crikey.

Nail polish was a gift. I made the mother-of-pearl cuff. Everything else is #SecondHand. I remember getting the #JustJeans jeans for $3 and the #Colorado mules for $4 at #GoodSammy. The (ugly but I'm giving it a go) necklace was from my local #BuyNothing Fb group, and I think the sheer #poncho with coconut shell buttons was too. The #JeansWest brown, knitted slouch cardi was second-hand, perhaps from #Salvos.

#BuyNothing #NoBuy #Challenge results:
I kept a list of items that I stopped myself from buying because of the challenge, and there are over 12 things, most of which sound kind of dumb. I'm still interested in only 2 of them. Other than that, I bought 6 items and surprised myself with the justifications I made, like "I have to get something at Kohl's because my Kohl's cash expires January 31" It was still a useful experience and I plan on trying this again in the future.

This month I'm taking the #BuyNothing / #NoBuy #Challenge #2024 For the month of January, I will not buy tangible items except consumables like food/toiletries, or it's somehow unavoidable as described by the criteria below.

Continued....

@kkarhan yup, interloan isn't a new idea at all!

The only difference here is we'd be looking to make that process much smoother and faster - and especially make it available to very small #toollibraries and #buynothing groups.

Any of these you? Talk to me!

(in no particular order)

#Marvel #MCU #Avengers #Hawkeye #ClintBarton #KateBishop #JeremyRenner #MayorOfKingstown #Rennervation

#Fanfic #Phlint #HappyTowerTime #PhilCoulson

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #Etsy

#Healdsburg #BuyNothing #PayNothing

#Goncharov #Goncharov1973

#DatingWhileWidowed

#VR

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Any of these you? Talk to me!

(in no particular order)

#Marvel #MCU #Avengers #Hawkeye #ClintBarton #KateBishop #JeremyRenner #MayorOfKingstown #Rennervation

#Fanfic #Phlint #HappyTowerTime #PhilCoulson

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #Etsy

#Healdsburg #BuyNothing #PayNothing

#Goncharov #Goncharov1973

#DatingWhileWidowed

#VR

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Any of these you? Talk to me!

(in no particular order)

#Marvel #MCU #Avengers #Hawkeye #ClintBarton #KateBishop #JeremyRenner #MayorOfKingstown #Rennervation

#Fanfic #Phlint #HappyTowerTime #PhilCoulson

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #Etsy

#Healdsburg #BuyNothing #PayNothing

#Goncharov #Goncharov1973

#DatingWhileWidowed

#VR

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Any of these you? Talk to me!

(in no particular order)

#Marvel #MCU #Avengers #Hawkeye #ClintBarton #KateBishop #JeremyRenner #MayorOfKingstown #Rennervation

#Fanfic #Phlint #HappyTowerTime #PhilCoulson

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #Etsy

#Healdsburg #BuyNothing #PayNothing

#Goncharov #Goncharov1973

#DatingWhileWidowed

#VR

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Any of these you? Talk to me!

(in no particular order)

#Marvel #MCU #Avengers #Hawkeye #ClintBarton #KateBishop #JeremyRenner #MayorOfKingstown #Rennervation

#Fanfic #Phlint #HappyTowerTime #PhilCoulson

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #Etsy

#Healdsburg #BuyNothing #PayNothing

#Goncharov #Goncharov1973

#DatingWhileWidowed

#VR

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