When we started Exurb, we looked at things that were a “must” for us. Must include interesting articles. Must be locally driven. One of the biggest “musts” was to be environmentally friendly. That’s why we are completely paperless. Even our drafts are saved on the computer, and not on paper.

We love other organizations that organically feel the same about saving the environment, one step at a time. Freecycle organizes a worldwide network of “gifting” groups, aiming to divert reusable goods from landfills.   We have a local Freecycle network, on Yahoo Groups, under ConejoValleyFreecycle. Check it out. You may be able to start “Changing the world one gift at a time” (the Freecycle Network’s official tagline).

It’s a place to give things to others. Things that you might have considered throwing away in the past. Remember,  ”one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” I don’t like to generalize here with ‘man,’ but I don’t take credit for that little treasure of writing…just here to reuse it for my purposes.