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I used Freecycle for the first time a few months ago when I was moving house and needed to pass on a few odd things. I didn’t expect it to open up a whole community to me, and to provide me with so much joy and entertainment. I’ve met lots of nice people on there. It’s also a reminder of how many people in London are really struggling and relying on free resources to get by. I recommend signing up to the daily digest of new things on offer in your area. I love to read through the post titles. Yesterday I opened the digest to find:Relief for aching muscles! Mini American Football and Diablo, please take bothPurple Bean Bag CubeAuthentic Danish setteesUrgent! Wanted non smart TVMcirowave
Jun 23, 2022
Related Recs
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homewares, furniture, clothing/textiles — in good condition
-Directly to migrants in local shelters (winter clothing). Some shelters don’t even have working heat, among other serious issues.
-Out of the Closet. They offer free HIV testing to those in need, and they accept a range of items including books and furniture!
-Buy Nothing FB groups. So many people around you can make good use of things you no longer need.
-growNYC clothing and textile recycling collections. Available at some farmers markets in NY, check your local.
Feb 15, 2024
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if you don't mind getting things off the street and maybe giving them a clean up once you get them back to your place, stooping can be a sick way to get free furniture. it's crazy what kinds of things people will just put on the curb in the city. there's some bigger instagram pages that will put things on their story but obviously things go pretty fast. if you find one that's smaller and maybe local to your neighborhood you'll get some bargains
Jul 29, 2024
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the pure rush of stumbling onto a box of free/discarded random micellanous items, clothes or books especially in affluent neighborhoods like fort green and park slope
the amount of practically new books and random things rich people get rid of is crazy
so much waste in the world!! interested in dumpster diving and freeganism if anyone has experience
Feb 8, 2024
Top Recs from @florence-shaw
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I was first given this by my friend Elizabeth who bought it at Books Peckham, an excellent second hand bookshop in South London (highly recommended!) run by another old friend, Peter Willis. It’s homemade by a woman called Sophie and contains Lavender, Clary Sage, Majoram, Mugwort and Roman Chamomile. I realise this is quite a mysterious description but if you find yourself in London go to Books Peckham and it will be there. It makes a tour bus smell like home! And when you are staying in a different bed every night it offers a familiar and heady smell to fall asleep to.
Jun 23, 2022
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I love this podcast. It’s about language. More specifically you could say it’s about conversational speech, intonation, and the host John McWhorter does a great job of bending his voice around the phrases and words he’s talking about. He’s a fan of musical theatre and plays a few show tunes with lyrics which relate to the themes of the episode. I like to have podcasts, or tv, people talking, on pretty much all the time I’m at home. I also need that on flights (I don’t like to fly but I have to do it often). So this podcast feels like a friend.
Jun 23, 2022
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A designer specialising in romantic, funny, slouchy, pre raphaelite cabbage leaf clothes. If you want to look like a grumpy baby in a long christening gown and at the same time a medieval vision emerging from a lake with some pond weed trailing then this is for you. I hope I can own some one day. At the moment they’re a little out of my league financially speaking ;) but for now I’m ok to enjoy them with my eyes only. But the need is great. I think they’re the most beautiful clothes.
Jun 23, 2022