Summer of 2011
In the city of Toronto, Ontario finding things; clothing, furniture, books, shoes, and house hold items sitting neatly outside houses for others to re-use is a way of our lifestyle.
As a student, or recycler, or practical being this is a fundemental part of the 3 Rs <RRR>
ReUse, Refurbish, Recycle.
Its our way of trying to contribute to less waste and exchanges like this also help those of us that maybe need this or that but live on a very tight budget.
I like to call it TREASURE HUNTING<TH>!
TH season is the warmer months, however you may sometimes
if you are luckily in the right place, at the right time find that some ppl will donate to the outside givings ALL YEAR ROUND.
This is a great FREE way to FREELY SHARE AND FIND with your fellow person in TORONTO :)
Also CRAIGSLIST (www.craigslist.org/toronto)
has a FREE SECTION that works really well, however it may take a bit more effort to get to and the competition factor sets in.
Since the ECOSTORM many of us were wiped out in many ways, and it was hard to get back on our feet. This element of FOUND TREASURES is a heaven sent honour system of GOOD WILL and KINDNESS as well as helping the environment.
If you have a bit of cash and still have not found what you need SECOND HAND shops all over the city offer REASONABLE and AFFORDABLE QUALITY goods at a fraction of the price. THE POINT IS to help the community and ourselves, our world, and our own finances= WIN/WIN situation all around when you chose to either do some treasure hunting OR shop at your local or city wide SECOND HAND SHOPS.
AN ECONOMIC SOUND CHOOICE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.
FACT: did you know the largest DUMPS in the WORLD ARE CLOTHING DUMPS? that is right, since MASS PRODUCTION ppl throw away MORE FABRIC then you can imagine!! So choosing to work with these mentioned systems of things is really a mindful EARTH CHOICE.
Below are pictures of some of the things that i found and shared
(not able to present the over 1000 items i found that were clean and usable but you get the picture with these i am sure)
