Similar, but much more committed than the BGT No New Clothing Challenge is The Compact. A group of like-minded San Francisco friends decided to buy nothing new for a year. This excludes neccessities, food, drink - in other words, toilet paper, medicine, and underwear are okay. Everything has to be traded, bought second-hand or lent. Don't worry, we're not suggesting it for you, but it's an interesting idea and probably not as hard as one might think. To learn more about The Compact go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompact/
PS- I read about the compact in an awesome magazine called Good - dubbed the magazine for peope who give a damn. Printed on recyced paper, each edition is a particular theme, and reports on interesting and creative problems, solutions, people, trends, etc. As they say, through a print magazine, feature and documentary films, original multimedia content and local events, GOOD is providing a platform for the ideas, people, and businesses that are driving change in the world. Also when you subscribe, 100% of the proceeds go to a charity of your choice as part of a campaign to give away one million dollars to good causes. http://www.goodmagazine.com/
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