This week’s Monday Motivation is all about taking the initiative. Hillel the Elder is credited with asking, “If not now, when? If not you, who?” These piercing questions are especially important when taken in the context of the movement toward a more mindful existence: Mindful consumption of goods, mindful disposal of goods, and mindful choices in everyday living. It is up to each one of us to take the initiative; to pick up that can or wrapper on the sidewalk and dispose of it properly; to donate gently used clothing and shoes instead of throwing them away, and to remember that each of us are stewards of this planet we call home.

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EcoGoodz is a mixed rags dealer in the U.S. We buy mixed rags, credential clothing, baled linens, used shoes, soft toys, hard toys, and more from charities and thrift stores across the country. We then sell these items at deeply discounted wholesale rates to entities around the world, with an emphasis on developing nations. Through our work with wholesale used clothes, wholesale linens, and wholesale used shoes, we’ve kept millions of pounds of clothing, shoes, and linens out of the landfill–something we are strongly committed to. For more information, contact information is available on our website and on our Google+ page.