1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAnna Faheyhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-fahey/Used Is the New New - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2Nqsj7MMio"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/04/18/used-is-the-new-new/">Used Is the New New</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/04/18/used-is-the-new-new/embed/#?secret=2Nqsj7MMio" width="600" height="338" title="“Used Is the New New” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="2Nqsj7MMio" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pipers-accordian.jpg720540One of the best things about my experiment to buy no new stuff this year is hearing from people who've been living this way for a long time, cutting their carbon footprints, saving money, weathering the recession, and rejiggering their priorities to favor family, friends, and financial sanity over credit card debt and mindless materialism. These "no-new" veterans will proudly tell you that new stuff, with all its high-priced packaging, shipping, off-gassing, and carbon-intensive manufacturing, is way overrated. But that doesn't mean they hate stuff---or even shopping! Au contraire.