For anyone interested in the Buy Nothing Day Challenge, I’ve rounded up some of the best consumer posts we’ve had here at THF (and a few from Declutter It).
These are posts full of tips that can help you to rethink purchases, money, and the general idea of stuff.
Cold Turkey Paper Towels & the What Questions
Why Does Being Green Cost So Much?
Organizing by Simplifying
How To Start Getting Rid of Stuff – Get Rid of “Maybe” Items
Kid specific consumer info: 
Raising Green Kids In A Commercial Culture
Kids & Shopping – How Kids Can Be Smart Consumers
My Own Little, His View of Commercials, …read more

We’re not going to have a green audit this week. Instead, with Earth Day coming up – only 43 more days, I thought we should start talking about kids and the commercial culture. Earth Day or not, having less stuff, is a greener way to live. More importantly, it’s a less cumbersome way to live – our world doesn’t become all about stuff.
As important as this topic is, many adults can’t even manage to free themselves from commercialism, so how do we also handle kids, who seem almost physically prone to want material items.
That’s what we’ll be covering this …read more

How hard would it be for you to just pack up and travel if the opportunity arose? Barring situating your family – how hard would it be based only on the stuff you own? Would you need one small storage space or many large ones?
My ideal answer to the question above would be, “Easy, I could just go.”
My main goal for New Years was to get rid of more stuff. Right now, I have more stuff still than I’d like. I’m not a pack rat or anything, I just do have stuff. Over 30 odd years it builds up. …read more