SWAP!

It’s that time again, when F.R.E.E. organizes one of those clothing swaps we’re so fond of. Along with the standard clothing items that will be on-hand, we will also be offering (drum roll, please) MOVIES!!! If there’s one thing that people love more than movies, it’s FREE movies!!! You’re going to write down the place and time and you’re going be there. Then you’re going to thank yourself for coming. And I will thank you, too. See you tomorrow :)

F.R.E.E. Clothing & Music Swap

WHEN: Saturday, November 14, 2009

WHERE: Krankies

TIME: 4:30p - 6:30p

WHAT: Bring the clothes and music that you no longer want and get some stuff that you do!

Bring your clothes, music and a friend and leave with someone else’s pants!

The Ultimate in Repurposing

One Man’s Trash … (read article)
Published: September 3, 2009
To Dan Phillips, who constructs low-income housing in a town in East Texas, almost anything discarded and durable is potential building material.

Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools

Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools (read article)
Published: September 6, 2009 in The New Yokr Times
Budget-battered school districts must try to salvage education for more than one million children whose lives are filled with insecurity and turmoil.

A must read op-ed piece from Michael Pollan

Big Food vs. Big Insurance (read article)
Published: September 10, 2009 in The New York Times
The American way of eating has become the elephant in the room in the debate over health care.

Found Objects, Recycled Materials and Pastel Paintings

This Sunday at The EM Gallery inside Krankies, there will be a daylight art opening (3:00pm-5:00pm) for “Found Objects, Recycled Materials and Pastel Paintings” art by Ralph E. Calhoun. If you can’t make it on Sunday, then it’s not too late—the show runs until October 3rd. Go check it out!

The 3/50 Project

I read about this in July’s issue of Skirt! magazine. Read it. Do it. Save your local economy :)

A Forgotten Immigrant

Piecing Together an Immigrant’s Life the U.S. Refused to See (read article)
Published: July 6, 2009
The story of a detainee and his death, kept in official oblivion for three years, shows how 9/11 changed the stakes for those tangled in U.S. immigration laws.

Street Farmer

Street Farmer (read article)
Published: July 5, 2009 in The New York Times
Can Will Allen make the inner city the next front in the good-food movement?

6 Green(er) Alternatives to Disposable Razors

The goal of this article is to help you throw away less stuff. If you can get a better shave and enjoy the shaving experience more while you’re at it, so much the better. While there are energy efficient electric shavers on the market, we’ll only be looking at wet shaving methods. Read the rest of the article

Also check out  this article about shaving cream