Keeping Up Appearances
- Words by Peppermint
Watch out, there’s a new family in town! The New Joneses have set up house – a pop-up house to be exact – in Melbourne’s Federation Square where they’ll be living until Friday as part of a week-long experiment in sustainable living. The couple will borrow, rent and swap everything they need to survive – as well as the things they must collect to complete a scavenger list. Coinciding with Buy Nothing New Month, happening all October, this is certainly a poignant example of how little we really need to get by.
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