What supply chain mess? For Buy Nothing devotees, it's not a problem
Imagine not worrying about supply chain delays or the likelihood that your e-commerce order is stuck somewhere on a cargo ship.
That's what life is like for members of the Buy Nothing Project, the terribly unfun name for a movement in which folks give away stuff they don't need: children's clothing, backyard produce, knickknacks, electronics, even big-ticket items such as cars.
The Buy Nothing ethos has been surging by providing goods and personal connection during a time when both have been in short supply. Lately, there's the added impetus of a holiday shopping season marred by fears of product shortages and high prices.
Buy Nothinger Stacey Doan isn't feeling any pre-holiday shopping stress, even though both her young children have birthdays in December and her family celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas.
"It's a big month, but I'm not worried about it," said Doan, an associate psychology professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. "I've gotten birthday gifts for my kids and their cousins, Father's Day gifts for my husband. I haven't even had to look for gifts sometimes because someone will know I'm looking for something
