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- Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula is an online and face-to-face community for people living in the South Bay and Peninsula regions of the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in Simple Living and Voluntary Simplicity.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Freecycling/Gift Economy party tomorrow at noon in San Jose!
www.meetup.com
Meet other local people who use the Freecycle Network! Gather with others who enjoy to give free stuff to others and discuss topics such as how freecycling can reduce waste in your city.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Food for thought (via Bob C.)
www.alternet.org
The way to lower the quantity of energy required to make and distribute short-lived consumer goods is to make them durable, repairable and upgradable.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Maureen P. sent this link for the "No Impact Man" screening in Noe Valley on 12/18.
www.evite.com
Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year. It means...
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Free film screenings: "No Impact Man" Dec. 7-18 in Campbell, Santa Cruz, and SF. RSVP online.
www.eventbrite.com
No Impact Project and Center for a New American Dream presents No Impact Man Screening Spectacular Put the fun back in the holidays. Consume less. Enjoy more. -- Monday, December 07, 2009 | Friday, December 18, 2009
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula New "Your Money or Your Life" study group starting in Sacramento on Saturday, December 12. Contact Tim Smith at Timothy.Miles.Smith@gmail.com for details.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Last chance to RSVP for the Simple Living Holiday Potluck this Saturday! Check out the Junque Swap preview photos at http://tinyurl.com/yk3lgtz
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Start your holiday season on a positive note at the 6th annual SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen Holiday Potluck! Leave behind the competitive gift-giving, the mad holiday rush, the gotta-have-it toys, an...
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Here's a clothing swap happening next month in SF on Dec. 12-13. If you enjoy local swap events, I recommend subscribing to Swap-O-Rama-Rama's event announcements by sending an email to ncali-subscribe@gaiatreehouse.com . They organize a few low-cost Bay Area swap events every year, most notably at the Maker Faire.
www.bazaarbizarre.org
Saturday December 12th & Sunday December 13th 2009 12 - 6 PM San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, SF, CA $5 with clothes or $10 without Hosted by www.patchwerkpress.org
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula RSVP for the Simple Living Holiday Potluck on Saturday 11/21! Details below.
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Start your holiday season on a positive note at the 6th annual SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen Holiday Potluck! Leave behind the competitive gift-giving, the mad holiday rush, the gotta-have-it toys, an...
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula new Simplicity Circle is being organized in Palo Alto - first meeting on November 9 or 11. For more information, contact Stan King at stanley_king@yahoo.com.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula SAVE THE DATE! Our annual Simple Living Holiday Potluck is scheduled for Saturday, November 21 in Sunnyvale. Mark your calendar - we'd love to see you there!
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula BorrowMe.com is on Facebook!
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Some of you may know veteran simple living practitioners Ann H. and Fred E. from when they were living here in SF. They're featured in this recent MSN Money article, along with other early retirees. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Ret
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Our early retirees face the same shifting fortunes as the rest of us: 1 couple couldn't get a mortgage, while a former police officer is trying her hand as a comedian.
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula BorrowMe.com is back from the grave! It's a website to help people lend/borrow/share stuff instead of buying. Originally launched in 2006, it was defunct for a couple of years, but has relaunched in a new incarnation! (via Oluf N.)
www.borrowme.com
BorrowMe helps consumers, local clubs and organizations to buy less stuff, and make more of what we’ve got. Whether you borrow, lend or rent - we’ll help you organize and access the abundance in your own community. ...
Simple Living - SF South Bay/Peninsula Colin Beavan a.k.a. "No Impact Man" and "The Story of Stuff" filmmaker Annie Leonard are speaking tonight at the Commonwealth Club in SF, see link below. No Impact Man is also speaking in Palo Alto tomorrow, details here: http://tinyurl.com/m4s9o8
tickets.commonwealthclub.org
