http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/ The Compact NYC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:38:35 GMT Kristine OMalley-Levy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/317 Hi! Happy Holidays! Instead of an e-card, send a short personal e-mail note, with a link to a song that you know the recipient loves, or that has special Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:34:39 GMT Michelle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/316 Happy holidays to all my eco-friendly friends, I am feeling very conflicted this holiday season. In the past I've always taken great pleasure in sending cards Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:21:15 GMT horvathmj http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/315 Hi guys and gals, Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Michael and I moved to NYC 3 years ago. For some reason, I seem to have fallen into the "keeping up Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:23:23 GMT Michelle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/314 In an effort to bring awareness to children AND their parents about anti-consumerism, join in the communal process of reuse and celebrate our collective Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:22:24 GMT Michelle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/313 Hi there, In an effort bring awareness to children AND their parents about anti- consumerism, I do an annual fundraiser for schools in our community( Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:06:28 GMT Kirsten Firminger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/312 For those of you who may be interested... (apologies for any cross-posting) My name is Kirsten Firminger. I am a graduate student in the Social Psychology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:58:20 GMT Kristine OMalley-Levy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/311 Hello!  I compacted from last June to this past June. I find now that my shopping goes in this order:1. friends and family borrowing or hand-me-down2. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:51:58 GMT zwischenland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/310 Hello NYC Compacters, This list has been very quiet for some time; I apologize for my part of that. My Compact Year was 2007. It had a permanent change on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:09:30 GMT yeahyoulikeit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/309 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/309 I just landed a gig as a writer for Brokelyn.com, a new web magazine started by Faye Penn (editor of InStyle and WSJ Magazine). The site's mission is to Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:38:22 GMT zwischenland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/307 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/307 Hi NYC Compacters, The "Local Comacter" is actually me. Elizabeth Royte interviewed me a couple months ago for an article on people reducing their waste, Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:57:27 GMT Kirsten http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/306 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/306 I apologize for the cross-postings! When: Feb. 12th, 2009 - 7 pm to 9 pm Where: 28 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison Ave. - red door, ring the bell Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:18:55 GMT Courtney Wolf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/305 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/305 Hi - As of January 19, 2009 my .mac account will no longer be active. Please send emails to my Gmail account (courtwolf78@...) and update me in your Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:03:14 GMT Courtney Wolf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/304 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/304 Hi - As of January 19, 2009 my .mac account will no longer be active. Please send emails to my Gmail account (courtwolf78@...) and update me in your Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:01 GMT Kirsten http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/303 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/303 Apologies for cross-posting For those of you who may be interested - we are having our first Voluntary Simplicity Circle of the year this Thursday Jan. 8th, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:40:56 GMT Cathryn Swan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/302 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecompactnyc/message/302 Well there was an article that addressed why we don't need to worry about shopping so much - I may have combined two articles in my mind - but this article is