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| ⚫ | '''Regiving''' is the practice of giving away one's goods to others.<ref> | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Regiving''' is the practice of giving away one's goods to others. | ||
| |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E4D7103DF93BA35751C1A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | |||
| |title=Patents; How to send an unwanted present on its merry way, online and untouched | |||
| |publisher=New York Times | |||
| |quote="It is called a '''regift''', and lots of people do it, although most will also deny doing it. Most people '''regive''' in secret because it is usually considered ungrateful and ungracious." | |||
| |date=2003-12-08 | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-06 | |||
| |last=Chartrand | |||
| |first=Sabra | |||
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| Regiving differs from straightforward giving in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods which are surplus to requirements, which have been replaced or no longer meet the needs of the owner are offered to others for reuse or recycling. Often the motive is explicitly environmental, with regiving fitting in with the ''reduce, reuse, recycle'' | Regiving differs from straightforward giving in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods which are surplus to requirements, which have been replaced, an unwanted gift (]) or no longer meet the needs of the owner are offered to others for reuse or recycling. Often the motive is explicitly environmental, with regiving fitting in with the ''reduce, reuse, recycle'' | ||
| approach to conserving resources. For others, and especially in its original contexts, the motives are principally charitable.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} | approach to conserving resources. For others, and especially in its original contexts, the motives are principally charitable.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} | ||
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Regiving is the practice of giving away one's goods to others.
Regiving differs from straightforward giving in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods which are surplus to requirements, which have been replaced, an unwanted gift (regifting) or no longer meet the needs of the owner are offered to others for reuse or recycling. Often the motive is explicitly environmental, with regiving fitting in with the reduce, reuse, recycle approach to conserving resources. For others, and especially in its original contexts, the motives are principally charitable.
Regiving differs from reuse in that reuse is usually in the context of no change of ownership. It differs from recycling in that recycling is most often associated with breaking components down and rebuilding into new products.
Regiving networks
The internet has given new impetus to regiving, and allowed much larger networks to be built at no or minimal cost.
Several regiving networks have organized regiving groups around the world. Networks and directories have been set up by several organizations, whilst the actual business of regiving is carried out in tens of thousands of local groups, some independent and others affiliated or controlled by a wider network.
Most regiving networks depend on forums such as Yahoo Groups as their technology base. Forums are used because they are generally free, extensible, and well understood platforms. Groups can also operate forums independently, so that each group can be run fully by its local moderators without any external involvement, suiting the grassroots nature of regiving.
See also
External links
- Example regiving networks
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Chartrand, Sabra (2003-12-08). "Patents; How to send an unwanted present on its merry way, online and untouched". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
It is called a regift, and lots of people do it, although most will also deny doing it. Most people regive in secret because it is usually considered ungrateful and ungracious.