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The Buy Nothing Project is a global conglomeration of community-based groups, founded in Bainbridge Island, Washington, in 2013, that encourages giving (or recycling) of consumer goods and services (called "gifts of self") in preference to conventional commerce. The stated aim of the Buy Nothing Project is to "set the scarcity model of our cash economy aside in favor of creatively and collaboratively sharing the abundance around us". It began as a Facebook campaign and has built up local groups in the US and other countries, claiming over 4,000 volunteers.

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  • The Buy Nothing Project is a global conglomeration of community-based groups, founded in Bainbridge Island, Washington, in 2013, that encourages giving (or recycling) of consumer goods and services (called "gifts of self") in preference to conventional commerce. The stated aim of the Buy Nothing Project is to "set the scarcity model of our cash economy aside in favor of creatively and collaboratively sharing the abundance around us". It began as a Facebook campaign and has built up local groups in the US and other countries, claiming over 4,000 volunteers. (en)
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  • The Buy Nothing Project is a global conglomeration of community-based groups, founded in Bainbridge Island, Washington, in 2013, that encourages giving (or recycling) of consumer goods and services (called "gifts of self") in preference to conventional commerce. The stated aim of the Buy Nothing Project is to "set the scarcity model of our cash economy aside in favor of creatively and collaboratively sharing the abundance around us". It began as a Facebook campaign and has built up local groups in the US and other countries, claiming over 4,000 volunteers. (en)
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  • Buy Nothing Project (en)
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