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Story of the Week with Joel Stein

How the Buy Nothing Movement Imploded

In 2013, two women started a Facebook group called “Buy Nothing” for their local community on Bainbridge Island to swap unwanted items for free. But their small group quickly grew, becoming a national movement with millions of users. A coup within Buy Nothing raised questions about if it’s possible to create a utopian project within a broken society.

Vauhini Vara reported on the saga of Buy Nothing for Wired Magazine. You can read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-for-buy-nothing/

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