There are also courses in Ireland - if you need information on them let me know. Ann Dublin...
Ann Connolly
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Feb 4, 2008 11:19 pm
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... Hi Brandi. I have a good "recipe" for HM detergent, as follows: 1 cup grated soap, as pure as you can find ½ cup Borax ½ cup washing soda A few drops of...
Hello, I am new to this group after getting the URL of this group from a magazine article on compacting. I consider myself as both an environmentalist and...
Dear Bianca, welcome to the group and I hope you find the adventure of compacting as challenging and rewarding as I have in the few months since I joined. I'm...
Hello folks So how does this work? How did you folks hear about compacting? Are you folks making a pledge only to buy necessary items for a year, or is it a...
Both, really. I have always been very concerned about the environment, and I have always had to watch my finances. Recycling as much as I can and not spending...
Hi there and welcome! I'm fairly new too, but am finding the challenge great! Sure you can find lots of advice and support here as i have. I'm not too far...
Hi, I only heard about compacting after having some of the thoughts myself - a need to make things more simple and combat my feelings about consumerism. I'm...
Well I saw an article in the Guardian and it seemed to fit so well with what I was trying to do and didn't yet have a name. Reasons are mainly environmental;...
Hello, I got involved because I got so fed up seeing lists and lists of things to buy in order to be "green" and to me the whole idea of really being green was...
Good point. One of my friends who is also interested in green issues thinks like that. For example, he's going to sell his house in the suburbs and buy a plot...
hey guys, been on the list for a while - not received many emails... we should make an effort to get this going.... I run a website all about anti-consumerism,...
Hi Ive only just joined as I read about a woman called Libby in a newspaper supplement(You magazine)I was given this-as I don't generally buy newspapers! I...
Hi all I hope you don't mind but Ive put in two new links to Freecycle for the UK. The one covers all of the UK-you can find your local group. The other is for...
Hi I am Libby from the magazine and so glad that the article urges you to have a look at this website. Sounds like you are pretty much a compacter already - I...
Hi there, i've been watching the compacting mails for a while with interest- but a bit busy to get involved! I'm interested in your anti-consumerist site-could...
... we've just got into the habit of looking on e-bay or amazon "buy used for..." before buying new. Hayley Recent Activity a.. 21New Members b.. 2New Links ...
Freecycle is great, I've used it for a year now. I've got stuff including a futon, two duvet covers, some picture frames, a bird cage, and a suede girl's...
It was my 14yr old daughters birthday last week and she wanted 2 dvds which are some of the latest in the shops. Well I got them off ebay- used ones-after...
For myself, I have not bought new CDs or DVDs for a long time - a colleague of my husband copies them at work and charges £ 1.50. However, if it`s a present I...
I know what you mean as some of my (older) relatives really don't get it and dislike getting second hand gifts. So now I give them some sort of experience...
I agree totally. When I am asked what I would like, that`s what I usually ask for. From hubby, I get a voucher for a facial and manicure every year. A bit of a...
I think we do need retail - I am anti consumer but not anti-comerce. I try and buy everything I can used, but then somethings just need to be new, so its...
I'm not anti retail. Maybe some individuals could make everything that they needed but, in the main, I think thatlife is better with trade (i.e. retail). This...
I very strongly agree with b and c. Particularly when children are involved, there is an awful lot of peer pressure -and which parent can stand up against that...
I am finding gifts very difficult! My parents are both getting on and expect something "proper". They were brought up in a time of rationing, so I can...
Well we got rather stuck on this one but we now make up a food hamper for my mother-in-law. This was much appreciated the first Xmas so we do this every year ...
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