The freegan.info website was created in 2003 as a project of the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve in New York City. The NYC freegan group evolved over the years, starting in 2005 to offer a monthly calendar of local freegan skill share, discussion and social events, using the freegan.info website, email, and Meetup.com to publicize them. We also have responded to a surprising amount of media interest in freeganism.
To help freegans in other parts of the US and the world to find each other and organize, we:
– Maintain a worldwide discussion group, freeganworld, hosted by riseup
– Post links to other freegan sites and useful info for freegans
– Add web content such as translations and dumpster directory entries we receive
– Have developed chapter guidelines for those who would like to start their own freegan group locally, doing some of the things we do in NYC; we are creating “how-to”s for the kind of events we organize and will soon post them to this website.
Freegan.info reflects our commitment to:
– create models of living that help us to limit the control that corporations and money have over our lives,
– reduce our financial support for the destructive practices of mass producers, and
– act to challenge waste and over-consumption.
We oppose the commodification of life on all fronts and work to create a world where kinship with all living beings, respect for the earth and peaceful, just, and equitable relations between human beings replace an all-consuming drive for profit.
We do not speak for all freegans worldwide, nor do we claim to have better knowledge than anyone else on what freeganism is. As a grassroots and leaderless movement, freeganism will continue to evolve with the people worldwide who are engaging in it.
We welcome people in the NYC area to come to our meetings and get involved. For those outside of NYC, we would love collaboration on:
– website updates
– outreach to people in other parts of the US and the world,
– response to media outside the NYC metro area,
– anything else you’re excited about and that you can imagine doing with us long distance.