Two young people who made their own visions into reality, from the Newspapers, translated…
The twenty-six year-old twin Jien-Ji Hsu and his younger sister, Chih-Rong Hsu introduced the concept of “Gift Economics”, they’d started a “Free for the Taking Shop, a Kitchen for All”, other than providing a platform for secondhand items to exchange, the public can also trade their work hours for food, to help fix up the community’s environments; the twins said, that they hoped to use this platform, to help make a slow-living city here, where the community’s members are getting to become elderly.
the young people, in front of the shop they’d set up…
Hsu, the older brother said, the free-for-the taking shops in Croatia, the items were from the streets, the items not being used by individuals, and they’d used the thrown away food items, to make the meals for those who needed it; the public need not pay for any of the services, just need to cherish what they have, as this, was the best form of payment.
The siblings first experimented by placing a cardboard box outside their home, with “Free Pre-Owned Things” for the locals to take from, and, in the months that the box had been placed outside, there are, more items being donated than being taken away, the items got so numerous that they were able to, set up a “Free Shop” in Er-Mei County, with the small shopfront, displaying over hundreds of pre-owned items.
Chih-Rong Hsu stated, that their store had already connected with fifteen separate farmers or sellers locally, to provide the locally grown organic food items, and worked alongside the camping industry locally, to have a “Eat Together” kitchen, the tourists and locals can help the residents of the community fix up their houses, pull up the weeds, or pick up the trash, and then, selecting the foods from the shops, to cook themselves, “trading work for food”, on the one hand, it’d reduced the amount of leftovers, and it’d connected the locals, the tourists, so they can, “share” the foods too.
a free space to read and eat in…
The tourist, Lin took his family of four out camping there, the kids got the free Monopoly games from the shop, and after they were told that everything was free for the taking, they were very surprised. Lin said, that there are, a ton of stuff he had extra on his hands, even if he donated them, he’d not known if they’re put to good use, that this “Gift Economy” makes people cherish what they have more.
So, this, is the thought of two young people, they saw that there’s a need, and wanted to reduce the excess of leftover food items, and they’d wanted to help their local community, and so, they’d come up with this idea of setting up this shop, getting people involved in bettering the community that they are a part of.
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