Can Buy Nothing Groups Help Fill the Tariff Voids? Thinking about the empty store shelves we will soon see, I am feeling ever more grateful for my Buy Nothing group. I’ve received so much from my neighbors, from a tiny needle threader to a foldout couch for my office. Half my office is outfitted with things I received from my group. And some of the staples on my kitchen pantry shelves, too. I wrote my Buy Nothing members a note of gratitude today, thanking them for their generosity over the years. I closed with this plea: “As our usual supply chains become less reliable, I hope we all turn to each other for what we need, as much as we can. Consider taking a look around your place, your garage or storage shed. What could someone else be using right now? Let’s be here for each other even more in these chaotic times. Sometimes it’s not even the thing we’re giving that is so meaningful; it’s that someone cared enough about a neighbor to give it.” I used to cling to things that I might need “someday,” but later discovered, all too often, the things all moldy and moth-eaten. I’m less likely to […]