I love Buy Nothing so much.
• Another mom took my four unused Pull-Ups, saving me the guilt of throwing away perfectly good pieces of plastic.
• A complete stranger who works in IT came to my house to help me sort out my modem situation.
• The library has every book in the Magic Treehouse series EXCEPT book 19. A neighbor loaned my kids her copy.
• I use my electric balloon pump ONCE a year for my kids' birthday season. This very niche gadget has since traveled to a couple of other birthdays and showers.
• I can rarely justify buying jewelry or cute shoes (99.9 percent of my life is spent in sneakers and leggings). A neighbor gave me hand-me-down ballet flats and a pretty necklace to wear to a wedding.
I could go on and on about all the ways Buy Nothing has helped me waste less and spend less. This group, which now counts 7.5 million members worldwide, started two moms on Bainbridge Island. I talked to Buy Nothing's founders for its 10th anniversary to find out how the project started and where it's headed.