Each Buy Nothing private group may use the information on this page per the directions below, including the links to the Group Description page and the 10 Rules page. Your use of Buy Nothing materials is governed by the Buy Nothing Admin Agreement.
NOTE: the content on the Group Description page and the 10 Rules page that you will be linking to cannot be copied, distributed, or edited without permission from the Buy Nothing Project.
Your group should LINK to the Group Description and 10 Rules pages, using the directions and links on this page. This will give your community one-click access to the most current Buy Nothing foundational documents, without any future updates needed on your part.
If you'd like to build a Buy Nothing private group for your community start here.
If you'd like the easiest route to updating your Buy Nothing group on Facebook, we've got you covered. Make a tax-deductible contribution of at least $10 to support the Buy Nothing Project and we will express our gratitude by updating your group for you. If you choose to make an anonymous donation, it will take us a minimum of 2 weeks to update your group, since we get bi-monthly donor reports from our fiscal sponsor. For faster help, use the same name and email on the form and when you make your contribution. Simply fill out this form and make your contribution here then check your email - We'll be in touch about logistics. Important step: Adjust your group's settings so that pages can join; see this Facebook tutorial to learn how to do this. Without this adjustment, we won't be able to join your group in order to update things for you.
Note: We've simplified the process for updating your group! Gone are the days when you'd need to copy and paste or download and then upload, and then update whenever there's a change. Now we provide permalinks to the most current, universal and official Buy Nothing Project documents which we maintain for the world. With these stable permanent links in place, your group will always have access to the most current Buy Nothing support.
Once you update your group with the text and links on this page, you'll never have to worry about future updates and you'll never accidentally be in violation of copyright law (which could lead Facebook to delete your group without notice).
The text of the universal and official Group Description and 10 Rules allow for any Local Variation rules or practices you establish for your local private Buy Nothing group. If your group is a Local Variation, be sure to see the point below called "Is Your Group a Local Variation" to learn how and where you add your own unique local rules.
There are 3 areas that most groups need to update as of December, 2022:
Click each plus sign ( + ) or text with dashed underlines below to expand each section, so you can read all of the text
Click here for a general description of this local Buy Nothing group. Once you join this group, you’ll be able to see any special local rules or practices set up by this group’s local leaders to serve this community well. (If this link isn’t live, type it into a browser).
https://buynothingproject.org/buy-nothing-group-description
To join us, click “Join Group” and answer the membership questions. Contact one of the local volunteer Community Builders, whose names are listed here under “admin”, with any questions about membership in this Buy Nothing community group.
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The Buy Nothing Project Mission & Rules
We have 10 Rules.
Please read them here: https://buynothingproject.org/10-rules
(If this link isn’t live, type it into a browser)
In a nutshell, you need to write any new rules for your group in your own words, and you'll add those to your 10 Rules section. You'll also need to use your own words to add some information about your Local Variation to your group description, below the Buy Nothing Project standard group description and attribution.
Our Become a Local Variation page will walk you through all of this. If you have any questions, please contact us and we'll gladly help.
Q1: Thank you for your interest in joining the Buy Nothing Project! Are you a member of this community as identified by our group’s name? (1 of 3)
Q2: Are you also using the BuyNothing app to connect with people who aren’t on Facebook and to travel with BuyNothing? You can download the app for iPhone & Android if you’d like. (2 of 3)
Q3: Are you an adult? (If you’re not sure, please look up our region’s legal definition of the age of an adult.) (3 of 3)
Copyright 2023 Liesl Clark & Rebecca Rockefeller, The Buy Nothing Project. All rights reserved. Each Buy Nothing private group may use the information on this page per the directions above, but the content on this page cannot otherwise be copied, distributed, or edited without permission from the Buy Nothing Project. The content on the Group Description and 10 Rules pages cannot be copied - Your group should LINK to the Group Description and 10 Rules pages, not copy them, using the text and links provided on this page.
If you'd like to build a new or sprout Buy Nothing group on Facebook for your community, visit this page to get started.