freegan
Freegans are people who aim to limit their participation in the conventional monetary economy, and to minimise their ecological footprint. The neologism was coined from "free" and "vegan".
The movement is best known for the practice of "dumpster-diving", getting food freshly discarded from shops, particularly supermarkets, which is both cost-free, and also highlights the fact that these stores throw out about 5% of the food that comes through their doors.
The legality of dumpster-diving has been questioned, since it often involves at least technical trespass, but in the UK, for example, as of 2008 there had never been a prosecution for the practice.
Beyond the practical, freeganism is a deeply political movement that is "about stopping the insanity of the spend/waste cycle." By meeting their needs in this way, freegans believe that they are avoiding supporting sweatshops, the destruction of the rainforest, and other global ills.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “freegan”
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Going Gratis
Wasted Food -- Jonathan Bloom on food waste and how it can be avoided —
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Imagine a life without any spending. Is it even possible? Apparently it is if you live in Britain, where squatters have some rights.I found this piece about living for free in London totally engrossing. The article comments on the disposable nature of British, and really Western, society. And of course, a big ...3 days ago -
Green is for Forest Critters
Mamaneeds2rant's Weblog —
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I don’t believe in wasting anything. I have leftover night every week so we don’t waste food. We are fairly good about recycling. We have a compost pile that turns our excess yard and kitchen waste into veggie-sprouting garden soil. It’s just wrong to use the wonderful resources of the planet ...2 weeks ago -
Another man’s trash…
Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website —
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Furniture ripe for the pickin! …okay, is, more often than not, just some crap he didn’t want anymore. But we’ve probably all, at some point in our lives, saved an object from a destiny at the dumps, whether it be furniture off the sidewalk or that 1988 Fleer Kirby Puckett card my friend Jacob was just gonna ...3 weeks ago
