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Global networks · Tucson, Arizona, USA · G097

Curbside Gift

Usable things given to neighbours instead of the landfill.

Front of Curbside Gift: 1 Gift, inspired by The Freecycle Network, with actual Noun #22
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Curbside Gift: the The Freecycle Network tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #22
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #22, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Curbside Gift: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #22 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Curbside Gift: a color medallion of Noun #22 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 2003

The Freecycle Network

Deron Beal started The Freecycle Network in Tucson, Arizona, in May 2003 as an email group for giving away usable items instead of landfilling them; it is a gift system with groups worldwide.

Source: The Freecycle Network (Wikipedia) ↗

How a note would work

In a gift version, Gifts simply count items kept out of landfill: earned by passing on usable things and spent on requesting what neighbours offer. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition
  • PlaceTucson, Arizona, USA
  • Erasince 2003
  • RegionGlobal networks
  • UnitGift · Gifts
  • Face value1 Gift
  • SerialGB-G097-N0022
  • NounActual Noun #22 ↗
  • Why this NounHands reaching up for whatever a neighbour just offered: old things rising to a second life.
  • Headundead
  • Glassessquare guava
  • Bodyblue sky
  • Accessorytxt foo black
  • Seedbg 0 · body 2 · acc 111 · head 213 · glasses 10