Freeganism is an anti-consumerism lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies. The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters but are still edible and nutritious. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement.Being a Freegan is not for the faint of heart, or stomach for that matter. They take their lifestyle very seriously and if they have to purchase something, they will most often buy it second or third-hand instead of new. Tell a Freegan that they're freeloading and they're likely to agree but will quickly add that their lifestyle is the only thing that makes waste worthwhile.
(thanks Mary)
3 comment(s):
You can live very cheaply that way and dedicate the time you'd have been doing paid work to trying to make the world a better place! There are some incredible things you can find in dumpsters!
It's definitely worth looking into, but be sure to equip yourself well with knowledge, there are things you need to know for your own safety.
This is a lot more widespread in most US cities than people think, and it's very. Safety is allays important but usually food is sealed and was thrown out an hour or so beforehand. Most dumpster divers are also not vegan.... but even I would not trust meat from a dumpster :P
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