To reduce our individual and collective environmental footprints on our home, the
Earth by actively, energetically and positively promoting values of sustainability
and conservation of resources.  FULL CIRCLES offers education, opportunity, and
venues for individuals and communities to learn, to interact, to collaborate, and to
take action.

Eastern Ontario / Western Quebec

Full Circles Groups

• Urban: Ottawa; Ottawa South; Westboro
• West:  Barrhaven; Kanata Freestore
• East:  Blackburn Hamlet; Orleans
• Eastern Ontario: CFB Petawawa; Navan; North Dundas ; West Carleton; Winchester

Freecycle and other Groups

• Urban: Glebe; Ottawa Freecycle;  OttawaFreecycle on Facebook ; OttawaRecycle
• West: Barrhaven Freecycle: Kanata ReUseIt; Stittsville
• East: Orleans;  Cumberland
• Eastern Ontario: Brockville; Cardinal; Carleton Place; Clarence Rockland ; Cornwall; Embrun; Gananoque & area;
  Kemptville; Kingston; Manotick; Ottawa Valley; Smiths Falls; Vankleek Hill /Champlain Township
• Quebec/Gatineau: Aylmer; Chelsea; Gatineau

Useful Resources

• Map - Ottawa area ReUse/FullCircles/Freecycle groups / useful resources
• Overcycle map of Recycling groups
• Andy Swarbrick's Blog
• Eric's "Gub"blog | Eric's "Clipmunity"
• Cafés - FCO Cafe/BB | Ottawa Recycling BB | Embrun Freecycle Café | ReUseIt Cafe
• Full Circles Facebook group
• Ottawa Full Circles has a NO PETS / NO LIVE ANIMALS POLICY
• Ottawa Full Circles backgrounder - for reporters, editors, producers -- anyone wanting to do a story on Full Circles
• Ecology Ottawa
• Suggested reading...
• Volunteer Opportunities - Donate a few minutes / day of your time and expertise to the Ottawa Full Circles network

Sustainabilty, Simplicity, Simplification

• The Full Circles "Icebreaker" - a 5 minute slide show about chipping away the clutter
• Too much "stuff" - 1 minute video created by videographer, Peter Laflamme
• Free For All - 3 minute video on freecycling featuring Freecycle founder, Deron Beal
• 39 ways to live and not merely exist from Dumblittleman
• 10 commandments for a simple life (Ririan project)
• The Simple Living Network
• The Circle of Simplicity
• Toward sustainability
• Sustainable Life Media
• The Handy Sustainability Guide
• Waste Nothing: Use everything, waste nothing
• Gub's "R" Words - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle + 27 more "R" words

Group performance / best practices

• Trades aren't permitted, but you can accomplish the same thing with the Full Circles two step
• At the curb - a "how-to and legalities in Ottawa" FAQ!
• "Just Imagine" - A thought provoker when you can't think of something to offer on Full Circles

Brochures

• Handout for garage sale vendors
• Moving handout - for people transferred, or posted... or just plain moving