What if you could get what you need without spending a dime? More than 1 million people in more than 30 countries are doing just that by using the Buy Nothing Project. Cherri Christiansen started a ...

Buy Nothing reduces waste by keeping items out of landfills. It also builds community. Here are several Angelenos who've passed along treasured items to their neighbors freely using the groups.

Buy Nothing Project was founded in 2013 by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller on Bainbridge Island, Washington, as a hyper-local gift economy that encourages neighbors to share rather than buy. Over ...