The Sordid Present and Bright Future of Freecycling
via Shareable: The Sordid Present and Bright Future of Freecycling.
David Rogelberg (Freecycleplus.com) and I (Ottawa.FullCircles.org) were interviewed for this recently published story by freelancer, Cat Johnson on Shareable.net.
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OTTAWA’S 5th REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET
Drop off your surplus stuff in good condition, and take anything you want or need. You don’t have to drop to shop! Drop off books, toys, clothing, small appliances, decorative items, old computers, electronics, furniture… the kitchen sink… almost everything. Take home perfectly good items you can use. It’s all FREE.
At our new permanent home in Vanier, we are the guests of The Village International Mennonite Church & St. Margaret’s Anglican Diocese.
Ottawa Plantcycle now includes co-operative gardening among local residents. Free plants, cuttings, seeds, and advice will be offered. Drop off your surplus garden accessories, tools, decor, and plants; and, take any that you can use — either indoors or out! Anything to do with gardening is welcome at the Plantcyclers table. facebook.com/groups/OttawaPlantcycle/
As usual, our eWaste collection partner, RD Long Computers, will be right behind the church at 287 Cody Street to accept pre-owned computers and any eWaste that is no longer of value and in need of proper recycling. You can be confident that your digital signature is secure when you recycle with a registered OES (Ontario Electronics Stewardship) collector!
So much more, and, did we mention, it’s all FREE. See you on September 22!
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Full Circles Ottawa is becoming the wedding place and I personally think that it’s wonderful to be involved in so many happy occasions.
This is your freecycling challenge for the Tiny Budget Wedding. The couple have their hearts set on decorating with chinese lanterns. You know, the big paper balls that are really pretty when lit.
There are some beautiful lanterns out there and I’m sure whatever you can offer they will be pleased with.
Although the wedding isn’t until June 2012, it always makes a bride feel better to know that the important things are there so that she’s not stressing that she’s missing the one thing she truly had her heart set on.
If you have an offer, even from afar, if it’s unique, we will find a way to get it here!
Kelly-Ann Wilson
Community Liaison/Event Coordinator-Full Circles Ottawa
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We have received confirmation Jordan has found the dress! It didn’t come from a freecycler but I feel we did our part and so does our friend Jordan.
We are still continuing to help Jordan by providing green buttons. FullCircles members have been generous and are replying to her wanted ads and coming through with tons of buttons.
You can check her wish list on the Project Priceless blog if you want to help with other aspects of the wedding.
And, don’t forget, you can meet Brian and Jordan at Ottawa’s Really Really Free Market on June 4th, 2011.
With one less worry, Jordan can continue her search for the other items that aren’t as critical as “the dress”. Congratulations Jordan, I can’t wait to see the wedding pics and “the dress”.
Kelly Wilson
Full Circles Ottawa Facilitator
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Yep there’s a free sign…but is it really free?
Nope, the best things in life are free…right? The best things in life simply put are not things;-)
However, when it comes to free is it really…I think not. Even if I find a penny on the ground, the cost of that penny is my energy to bend over and pick it up. That pretty much sums up the cost of free.
If its free you have to spend something to get it. Whether it’s time, gas or energy as humans we put a price tag on everything. So if you want to figure out what the cost of free is just figure out what you did to get that thing and that is the cost of that item.
I love to curb shop but the amount of energy it takes to carry some things homes makes me wonder if I would have been so willing if I had to pay for it in a store to then bring it home.
I have a great floor lamp I found on the curb 2 summers ago. Its 5″ tall and its made out of a heavy composite paste or something. Probably weighs 45-50 lbs. I dragged it home on my back almost 1/2 an hour to find out, thank goodness, that it worked.
It even had the shade until I broke it;-) I found out the reason it was being trashed is because there is a crack in it but its hardly noticeable and doesn’t take away from the look of the lamp.
If I had to guess I it probably cost me 2 lbs in fat, a sore back and the anxiety that I might have to purchase a rewiring kit. In the long run it was worth it. You have to realize that the cost of free is the price limit you set on what you yourself are worth in your own assessment.
If I had to do it again….because it was monitarily free, would I….? YES!
Case in point, it was not free physically, but… it didn’t cost me a dime!
Kelly Wilson – Full Circles Ottawa Moderator
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I have to wonder why I never knew how great a box of baking soda and a container of white vinegar could be.
This one is so simple that this post will be one of the shorter ones;-)
To free a drain and make it flow better, this is a Cheap Chick trick you can use every 6 months or so.
Pour baking soda into the drain. Pour small amounts of vinegar and let the scrubbing bubbles do just that until they stop and add a few more drops of vinegar.
Continue until the scrubbing bubbles stop and, voila – free flowing drain!
Brought to you by Shelby Cooper, the Cheap Chick!
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