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A review by cathy_journals
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously by Liesl Clark, Rebecca Rockefeller
5.0
This book!
I read The Buy Nothing Get Everything Plan at the intersection of:
+ Feeling overwhelmed by how much plastic I use (and learning the severe limitations of plastic recycling.)
+ The extreme cost of alternatives like toothpaste that comes in tablets, biodegradable plasticware, etc.
This book is SO PRACTICAL! Not only did it connect me to the Buy Nothing app which has resulted in some great gifts with people in my neighborhood, but it also reminded me that our grandparents didn't use all this stuff. (Commercials changed the way we live.)
This book reminded me that:
1) My mom brushed her teeth with baking soda as a child. (I put some in a diner-style sugar dispenser with peppermint essential oil and the cleaning results are pretty great.)
2) Homemade salad dressing is easy and WAY more delicious than what comes in a plastic bottle.
3) Tons of things can be repurposed. (And Amazon doesn't need to be my first move.)
I highly recommend downloading the free @buynothingapp and grabbing a copy of this book. (I first listened to it on my library's app, then decided to buy a copy so I could mark it up and use flags on the pages where I want to implement the ideas.
I read The Buy Nothing Get Everything Plan at the intersection of:
+ Feeling overwhelmed by how much plastic I use (and learning the severe limitations of plastic recycling.)
+ The extreme cost of alternatives like toothpaste that comes in tablets, biodegradable plasticware, etc.
This book is SO PRACTICAL! Not only did it connect me to the Buy Nothing app which has resulted in some great gifts with people in my neighborhood, but it also reminded me that our grandparents didn't use all this stuff. (Commercials changed the way we live.)
This book reminded me that:
1) My mom brushed her teeth with baking soda as a child. (I put some in a diner-style sugar dispenser with peppermint essential oil and the cleaning results are pretty great.)
2) Homemade salad dressing is easy and WAY more delicious than what comes in a plastic bottle.
3) Tons of things can be repurposed. (And Amazon doesn't need to be my first move.)
I highly recommend downloading the free @buynothingapp and grabbing a copy of this book. (I first listened to it on my library's app, then decided to buy a copy so I could mark it up and use flags on the pages where I want to implement the ideas.