Comments on: New Year’s Resolution: Less Stuff

By: greenlivingottawa

greenlivingottawa — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:04:00 +0000

I didn’t know about the 100 things challenge, but I looked it up and it looks interesting: http://www.guynameddave.com/100-thing-challenge.html

Thanks.

By: Fantasia Lillith

Fantasia Lillith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:47 +0000

thank you for this – I didn’t know about the full circle community!

Did you know about the 100 things challenge?

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:12:50 +0000

Hi there!
My New Year’s resolution is to buy nothing new in 2008, aside from food and basic toiletries, so I was thrilled to read your post and discover another Ottawanian thinking along the same lines. I’m chronicling my year at http://www.unstuff.blogspot.com and I’ve linked your site on mine. Best of luck ‘unstuffing’!
Amber

By: Denice Willis

Denice Willis — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:00:09 +0000

Not sure if this falls into the theme of “Less Stuff” but for those of you out there who have been renovating and overestimated the amount of material you needed and have the excess sitting around in your basement you can easily get rid of it and help a good cause. You can take it to your local “Habitat for Humanity ReStore”. They are “building supply stores that accept and resell quality new and used building materials” to provide funds for their housing projects. Ottawa has two: East ReStore at 2370 Walkley Rd. Unit 170; and West ReStore at 7 Enterprises Ave. You can find out more at http://www.habitat.ca

By: R. Leduc

R. Leduc — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:35:08 +0000

Hi,

Perhaps you’ve already mentioned this in an earlier blog, but another great way of ‘stuff-transferring’ and recycling is the city’s Take It Back program http://app01.ottawa.ca/takeitback/Welcome.do?lang=en

I was especially pleased when I found out Computer Recyclers (http://www.computerrecyclersottawa.com/) recycles CDs, cassettes and floppy discs, among other very ‘non-decomposable’ things. Up until then I had been storing boxes full of these electronic disposables because I couldn’t bear the thought of them sitting in a landfill – for probably longer than my lifetime!

Thanks for posting Full Circles, I’m going to look into it.

By: Meggie

Meggie — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:09:44 +0000

Less stuff is always on my list of resolutions! I really like your list of 10 shopping questions. I usually can’t remember more than a couple, so I tend to ask myself:
1. Do I need it?
2. How long can I use it?
3. Can I recycle it efficiently when I’m done with it?

By: K. Forster

K. Forster — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:31:12 +0000

Here it is: Tushita (www.tushita.com) – you can purchase calendars, books, notebooks and other items.

Of course as you mentioned the first question should always be – do I really need this!

By: Gillian

Gillian — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:16:25 +0000

I didn’t actually make a formal resolution, but the new year always seems to inspire new beginnings for me. One year I started running, this year, I find myself blogging! Perhaps this stems from appreciating the blogging efforts of people like yourself. I’ve decided to chronicle my attempts to grow a garden, to write about the local producers in my area, and the politics that connect eating, living, and sustainability for me.

Thanks for blogging about green living in Ottawa!

http://www.hitpaydirt.wordpress.com

By: XUP

XUP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:05:47 +0000

I’ve been visiting your blog off and on for a while and I just wanted to say you’re amazing –so many great ideas and resolves. I’m a great advocate of reducing our stuff. People’s homes just keep getting bigger and bigger so they can house all their stuff. Stores keep getting bigger and bigger so they can sell more stuff. 40 years ago a grocery story was like 1/6 the size of the average grocery store today. Big box stores and malls didn’t exist. Department stores were the size of the average suburban house. Somehow everyone survived anyway.

By: K. Forster

K. Forster — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:39:00 +0000

I’m really trying to be aware of where the stuff I am purchasing is from – is there a dollar store where everything is made in Canada vs. China? I found this great little book at Chapters that is made by a publishing house that uses environmentally friendly resources and supports Nepal – will have to find the webiste for you!