I just joined this new group called Freecycle. The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,369 groups with 5,119,000 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer. Membership is free. Basically Freecycle is a collection of many Yahoo groups. Each group serves a local area such as a city or a suburban region. I just joined my local group and found the free goods include furniture, baby supplies, and curtains, among other things. You can also post messages if you are seeking an item.
Here’s the breakdown of what to do:
- Visit their website
- Enter your city name in the search box, and click "go"
- Find your nearest group, and click on the name – You will be taken to the group website.
- Under the GROUP INFO / POST menus, you should see links for the group name, number of members and Region for the group
-Click on the group name to go to the Yahoogroups website.
Expiration Date: none
There Is 1 Response So Far. »
Post a Question or Comment
Subscribe to Full RSS Feed
Comment by Blackbeard on 23 December 2008:
If you’d like a more user friendly experience than using freecycle’s mailing list approach, try out http://freebootr.com Freebootr It’s a google map mashup, free listing website. It has a large easy to read map, you can upload photos, awesome search, and it’s completely free. Check it out, I think you’ll like it better than Freecycle.