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My Year of Nothing New

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Sightline staffer Anna Fahey started 2012 with a bold resolution: to buy nothing new for a whole year. Stuff hogs space and takes lots of energy to make, so this is about lightening her environmental load, but more importantly: it’s saving her cold, hard cash. Follow her progress, trials, and tribulations (especially with a toddler in tow).

Posts on My Year of Nothing New

10. A Look Back at a Year of Nothing New

If you're looking for a New Year's resolution, I recommend this one.
on December 31, 2012 at 9:25 am

9. Meet the Minimalists

Two guys paring life down to its essentials.
on December 18, 2012 at 2:02 pm

8. Going Cold Turkey on Black Friday

What are you doing on the biggest shopping day of the year?
on November 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm

7. My “Slavery Footprint”

Yet another good reason to stop buying so much stuff.
on September 13, 2012 at 1:01 pm

6. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—and Repair!

Is there a fixer revival underway?
on May 10, 2012 at 11:11 am

5. Used Is the New New

A photo essay celebrating readers' second-hand treasures.
on April 18, 2012 at 10:02 am

4. Living the Good Life, Not the Goods Life

A notetaking video on the pitfalls of materialism---and what to do about it.
on March 13, 2012 at 11:44 am

3. Our Year of Lent

Buying nothing new leads to expansion, not contraction.
on February 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm

2. Where Oh Where Does Your Money Go?

Cutting carbon may be a happy side effect of saving dough.
on February 2, 2012 at 11:00 am

1. Nothing New in 2012?

A New Year's resolution to stop buying new stuff.
on January 4, 2012 at 8:10 am