It's just as good as they say. You can sign up here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleEdinburgh/

Before you continue to promote freecycle, you might want to read the series of articles at http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/7/26/111526/801

You might also want to read the message archivers on yahoogroup's fcnext or talk to mods on fcnext (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fcnext ).

You might also want to read about the lawsuit filed against the freecycle network by the Sunnyvale California group http://www.freesharing.org (then go to forums and look for the green ribbon campaign)

Some of this "stuff" might make a good story all by itself.