Books
Check out DC Public Library or the Libby App to read these books!
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store – Cait Flanders
The No Spend Year: How I Spent Less and Lived More – Michelle McGagh
The No-Spend Challenge Guide: How to Stop Spending Money Impulsively, Pay off Debt Fast, & Make Your Finances Fit Your Dreams – Jen Smith
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – Marie Kondo
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World – Jason Hickel
The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion – Tansy Hoskins
Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts – Nina and Sonya Montenegro
Mend! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto
The Conscious Closet – Elizabeth Cline
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto – Kohei Saito
Online Resources – Articles
Are Buy Nothing Groups Really Free? – Carolyn Lau
A Capsule Wardrobe Won’t Save You – Alex Sujong Laughlin
The Ultimate Guide to a No Buy Year – Joshua Becker
Could you live without shopping for a year? Try the no buy challenge – Stacey Vanek Smith
Tempted to try a no-buy year? Here are tips from people who are doing it – Adriana Morga
Online Resources – Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/nobuy/
YouTube Playlist
Podcasts
The Buy Nothing Project podcast – https://podcast.buynothingproject.org/
Alie Ward’s Ologies: Discard Anthropology episode – https://www.alieward.com/ologies/discardanthropology
Community Resources
Browse – Content Creators
@thediscoloft – Hosts local clothing swaps!
@swapdc – Hosts local clothing swaps!
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