From the Buy Nothing Year Round department:

The associated press has a new year follow up story about a group of San Franciscans who made a pact to refrain from buying new things for a full year. The group calls themselves The Compact, after the Mayflower pilgrims. Some of the members have vowed to do it all again this year after a one day restocking day. The Compact does have some exceptions to their rule such as food, drink and necessary medicine. Necessary cleaning products, socks and underwear are also allowed. All in all, it's a pretty amazing project that I doubt most Americans could even dream of.

(Yahoo News via Michaelia)
see also: The Compact's blog

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