Welcome to The East Coast Compact.

We are a group of individuals committed to using less from the consumer grid (calendar year 2007).

The Main Compact has several aims (more or less prioritized below):

To go beyond recycling and to support local businesses, farms, etc. To reduce clutter and waste in our homes (as in trash Compact-er).
To simplify our lives (as in Calm-pact)
We've agreed to follow two principles (see exceptions etc. on our blog).

#1 Don't buy new products of any kind Unless its necessary(from stores, web sites, etc.)
#2 Borrow, barter,make, or reuse#3
If you are unfamiliar with The Compact, you can get all kinds of info from the main group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompact/

The Goal of this group, to learn to simplify our lives,save some money,help one another to meet our individual goals.