The concept of freecycling is pretty simple:

As Freecycle.org states:

Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community.

When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of your Freecycle group.

Much of the solid waste we produce every day is bio matter that can be composted rather than sent to landfills.

If even a small portion of us (say 10 or 20%) started composting we could reduce our waste stream by hundreds of pounds a week and generate useful compost that could be used on our grounds.

How would it work?  There are a number of ways to set up composting programs, and contrary to what you might think the process does not have to be smelly or attract vermin.

WE would probably have to consult with an expert on the matter, but most likely, participating cooperators would have a sealed bucket in their house that they would store food wast scraps in.  We would empt this bucket periodically in a composting machine or specially designed container.

Wouldn't it be nice to have access to a bike?  Most days my bike sits locked up in the bike room, not being used.  I suspect the same goes for many other people.  Well what if you could "own" a share in a bike.  Well it woulnd't work if 2 people shared 1 bike, there would be too many "collisions" of desired use.  However if 15 people shared 10 bikes, chances are that whenever one of those 15 people wanted a bike, there would be one available.

I am proposing that 15 people get together, buy 10 bikes from recycle-a-bike and get 10 locks with coded combinations or matched keys.  We rent 10 spaces in the bike room, make a deal with the management compnay to get everyone a key, and then we each pay a small monthly fee for access to the bikes.

On the upper east side, and in many other parts of the city with big apartment buildings there are taxi lights on the corners, and lights on the awnings of buildings.  Residents can call down to their doormen and the doorman will turn on the light.  Passing cabs on the avenues see the light and make the turn looking for the awning with the yellow light on.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could similarly call a number, a taxi light on the corner of Grand and FDR and a light further up the FDR would also go on.  Free taxis heading southbound on the drive, or getting of the drive to drop off a passenger would see the taxi light and then look for the building with the light on.