While we often align green living with having to spend more, the clever folks at Inhabitots have thought of ways that going green [1] can actually save money. Most of their ideas are geared toward kids, but this one could work for anyone who is into magazines: The article suggests organizing a magazine co-op.

The idea is to gather five or so friends and assign a subscription to each person. While the magazine would be sent to each subscriber's home, there would be a schedule to rotate the mags each month. I don't know about you, but too often my magazines get lost in the shuffle and go unread. I'm not only wasting money; I'm wasting a lot of paper. Organizing a group like this would force me to read the magazines, and if I didn't get around to one of the bunch I wouldn't feel guilty about being wasteful.

I know some people like the freedom to rip out pages in their mags when they find something save-worthy, so a co-op might not be the best solution for everyone. Could you see yourself and one or more friends organizing a magazine trade?

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