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It seem like the idea of getting something for free is coming back into most Americans minds. Think back to when you got free French fries with your burger, of 
a free wash with your hair cut. Yes as we all slim down our "footprints" and our budgets the concept of free has been brought back. There is lots of ways to find what you need for free online. Craigslist has been a good place to find free stuff. There is also a helpful little site called Free Cycle, just join and search for that perfect item your looking for. If your looking for free goods or services with a sense of community go seek out the Really Really Free Market (RRFM) near you. These Free Markets are not a place to sale or barter, it is about sharing resources. This is seen as an alternative to our consumer based culture. Most of them are held once a month in public parks, community commons or Church's. If you don't have a Really Really Free Market close at hand, why not start one yourself? "If you Build it they will come" and the RRFM movement can help you with that.
City's With Really Really Free Markets:
New York City - Reno, Nevada -Cottage Grove, Oregon - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Austin, Texas - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Belfast, New York - Tallahassee, Florida - Detroit Michigan - San Francisco Bay - Wilmington, Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Carrboro, and Greenville North Carolina -.Washington DC - Richmond, Virginia - Cincinnati, Ohio - Dayton, Ohio - Indianapolis, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are home to monthly Really Really Free Markets.
Web Sites:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/
http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/
http://www.freecycle.org/
a free wash with your hair cut. Yes as we all slim down our "footprints" and our budgets the concept of free has been brought back. There is lots of ways to find what you need for free online. Craigslist has been a good place to find free stuff. There is also a helpful little site called Free Cycle, just join and search for that perfect item your looking for. If your looking for free goods or services with a sense of community go seek out the Really Really Free Market (RRFM) near you. These Free Markets are not a place to sale or barter, it is about sharing resources. This is seen as an alternative to our consumer based culture. Most of them are held once a month in public parks, community commons or Church's. If you don't have a Really Really Free Market close at hand, why not start one yourself? "If you Build it they will come" and the RRFM movement can help you with that.City's With Really Really Free Markets:
New York City - Reno, Nevada -Cottage Grove, Oregon - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Austin, Texas - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Belfast, New York - Tallahassee, Florida - Detroit Michigan - San Francisco Bay - Wilmington, Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Carrboro, and Greenville North Carolina -.Washington DC - Richmond, Virginia - Cincinnati, Ohio - Dayton, Ohio - Indianapolis, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are home to monthly Really Really Free Markets.
Web Sites:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/
http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/
http://www.freecycle.org/
If you have gifts to give why not get creative with the wrapping? Why should we go out and buy lots of wrapping paper and bows? When we can make them from recycled stuff around the house. Most people know that you can reuse the funny papers. Housewarming party's can use up the Home and Garden part of the paper. Why not use the Stock Pages for a brokers party? Or use the cover of gardening magazines for a that party this spring. Its good save the tissue paper from stores like Victoria's Secret to use latter for wrapping. Same goes for Ribbons and bows - If you save them then they will then they will be there. Its fun to wrap something in a brown shopping bag, just turn it inside out, then draw on harts or polka dots. This is a great way for kids to add a special touches to their friends gifts. Fabric is a good gift wrap. You can even make bows out of fabric, like bow ties. Lace is always an easy way to dress up a package. When you buy flowers for your house save the paper wrapped around them. Most have little harts or flowers on them and can be used for mothers day, an anniversary or a wedding. Take a look around your house before you send out another stack of Cd's to your friends and at least tie a bow around them. Everyone likes to feel special by opening wrapped gifts. 
Everyone that lives in the 20Th century is surrounded by computers and electronics. You, or a loved one probably have one or two electronic devices in your pocket right now. These innovations have sprung up around every Conner. They make our lives faster and are made with the thought of making our lives easier. But what do you do when one breaks or becomes obsolete. Unlike the electronics of yesterday, which people took in to be repaired, (like vacuums, radios, and toasters) the electronics of today usually just get replaced. Most of these new gadgets are made of bad plastics and hazardous materials, including lead, cadmium, and mercury. LTD Screens have a chemical that loves to seep into ground water. How do we get "out with the old and in with the new" without throwing harmful trash out onto the streets and landfills? Recycling electronics has just of late become easier for most of us here in the USA. You can use your computer to find recycling solutions near you. Even some of the people that are selling new electronics are helping out. Best Buy has different ways of recycling your old items when you go in to pick out your new ones. They even have a pick up service for large TVs and appliances. Bust Buy have a $10 dollar fee for somethings but give you a gift card for $10 dollars to off set the cost. Most small stuff like monitors, phones, Small TVs and CD/DVD players can just be dropped off. Every U.S. Store will have a kiosks set up right inside the door where they take even the small stuff like inkjet cartridges and batteries. Best Buy is not the only store getting into the green spirit, many stores have recycling programs just give them a call before you go in to shop. If they don't have anything in place maybe mention it to a manager or who ever picks up the phone that they should start helping their costumers recycle properly or they might see a drop in business. Verizon Wireless goes a step further letting you drop off your old phone to be reconfigured and then donated to a family in need. This is available at Verizon stores nationwide. So please don't throw your old appliances of electronics out on the curb, find a place to recycle them. This is the least we can do for the environment and ourselves.
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