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Buy nothing for Christmas
Monday, 19 December 2011Don't panic about presents, extend overdrafts and apply for another credit card for Christmas. Why spend money you don't have on things your loved ones don't want or need -- things that usually end up in landfill? Before we start lets just stop. And think about alternative ways to show our love for each other and our planet with these adorable characters Chip and Bean.
Education · Family · Food · House · How to ... · Society · buy nothing new · Recycle · Recycling · secondhand
Five ways to be a top recycler
Monday, 10 October 2011Our top five tips for being excellent at recycling that you might not have thought of before.
Green on the red carpet
Monday, 2 May 2011Tanya Ha, regular G writer, was lucky enough to attend the recent TV Week Logie Awards. She shares her tips on how she managed to buy absolutely nothing new and hold her ground looking glamorous at Australian TV's night of nights.
Going the extra mile: buying nothing at all!
Sunday, 26 September 2010Some people take the 'buy nothing' idea to new heights by becoming self-sufficient. You might not realise it, but It's possible to do in Australia on a suburban block.
Don't we have something more fun to do than go shopping?
Sunday, 26 September 2010In 21st century society, we’re all used to shopping: if we’re not self-sufficient for all our needs, we’re going to have to exchange money for goods and services at some point. But let’s keep it in perspective - shopping is something we have to do, yet there are way more fun things to do with our spare time than trekking around a shopping centre.
Learning how to avoid planned obsolescence
Friday, 10 September 2010As we move on through our challenge, it might be worth revisiting the idea that we must have new things all the time. One of our previous challenges was to Refill, Reuse and Repair - the skills you learned during that challenge will come in handy now.
Not new, but new to you
Friday, 10 September 2010Our challenge is to buy nothing new all this month. That does however leave us a few options if we find that we absolutely must acquire something we don’t already own: buying secondhand, and swapping.
