As Jay and I prepare for a big move back to the East Coast (Rural Virginia/DC area to be exact-we’re officially bi-coastal now!), we’re dispersing most of our possessions back into the world via Craigslist, Freecycle and Etsy. Yep, we’re moving again. We still love the SF Bay area and the San Mateo Eco-Village very much, but we’re feeling the need to start building something of our own. Jay’s dad has land in Virginia that is the perfect spot to put to use what we’ve learned this past year about gardening and sustainable building (thanks to all of you and this here blog!). What a perfect time to re-visit the Swap-O-Rama-Rama video! More to come about the move…
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You might recognize Wendy Tremayne from our Green Acre Series here on RyanIsHungry. Wendy founded Swap-O-Rama-Rama as a way to break out the consumer cycle of shopping for clothes. Utilizing the abundance that just a few people’s closets can bare, adding a little creativity with fancy sewing machines and silkscreen artists for custom modifications, Swap-O-Rama-Rama makes recycling clothes fun and social. This particular swap was part of Maker Faire, an event to celebrate makers of all kinds from robot artists to crafters to computer hackers.
As Wendy says here:
There is no creativity in consumerism…makers don’t make good consumers. The less you know, the less you can make, the more you’re going to buy.
Want to produce a Swap-O-Rama-Rama where you live? You can! Because it’s Creative Commons licensed! Contact Wendy through the site and she’ll get you started!
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We’re doing a swap-o-rama-rama in Brighton in April as part of a bunch of free-school events being run by Transition Brighton and Hove. It’s really exciting. So much cool stuff going on at the moment.
that’s great to hear beth! i love it when swap-o-rama-rama spreads!! video it please and we’ll blog it!!
For some reason I kept reading the title as SWAMP instead of SWAP and as I was reading the text description I kept wondering…” What the hell kind of backwoods clothing swamp is she talking about!?”
Good thing I watched the video!
This is so cool on so many levels: re-use, reduce, creativity, connecting, and sharing.
great video and great topic. This really stuck with me. I lived on a commune for a few months in 2006, though it really changed the way I think, living in NYC has really caused me to backtrack a bit as far as this sort of community building goes. I am glad you are here to remind me.
Congrats on the big move too!
Thanks. it really all about knowing you can do whatever you want. Just got to think differently about things and act on it.