Want to Build & Guide Your Buy Nothing Community?
We'll help you through the process!
Community Builders volunteer to teach neighbors how to Buy Nothing by modeling Giving, Asking, and Gratitude through posts, comments, raves, and likes. Community Builders receive access to a special tool to speak directly to their community with specially marked helpful "Tip" posts that encourage, explain, and inspire. Community Builders receive a special BuyNothing badge in recognition for exemplary leadership and community building skills.

Become a Community Builder
Community Builders are the heart of Buy Nothing.
Apply here to become a Community Buider, with special tools and recognition to help your community!
Connect with Buy Nothing Founders Liesl & Rebecca in the Buy Nothing App
We provide shareable Tips in the BN app, with information about foundational Buy Nothing principles, culture, and How To Buy Nothing, to help you guide and inspire your Buy Nothing community on any platform. Search for "Buy Nothing Community" in the app and view all of our posts for Tips you can share by tapping on the 3 gray breadcrumb dots in the upper right hand corner, then tapping on "share," then copy and paste the share link anywhere you'd like. If you paste this link into a post in your BN private group on a platform like Facebook, it will automatically show the post image and the first line or so of text.
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Tools and Freesources
Find all the tools and freesources you need to build community.
  • Help spark the giving, or to remind others about the BuyNothing culture we’ve cultivated over the years. They include photos you can download and text!
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  • Fun, In-Person Events
    In person Buy Nothing events are a wonderful way to get to know your neighbors and to share in the abundance in your community. (this page is being refreshed, check back soon)
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  • Yes, our own public library of resources, a curated collection of links for your needs, written by someone who has thought deeply about the Buy Nothing experience.

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  • Gift Tags and Thank You Notes
    Gift Tags & Thank You Notes that you can download as images and print out. We print them on all kinds of paper, often scrap paper, for leaving behind when we pick up a gift. (this page is being refreshed, check back soon)
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  • Print and post flyers throughout your community.
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  • Use your Buy Nothing community as a tool for humanitarian aid.
    Buy Nothing and Mutual Aid