strategies for sustainable living beyond capitalism
On the web Dumpster Diving: What It Is and How to Do It Food Options: How To Dumpster Dive Dumpster diving: an Introduction Old but good intro, discussion board, and poll on dumpstering 2600: Dumpster Diving: One man’s trash Not Continue reading Dumpster Tutorials
By Adam Weissman Overthrowing capitalism? Smashing the state? These phrases may inspire true believers, but to just about anyone else, they sound silly, sinister or even insane. Most people in the United States see industrial capitalist civilization as a basic Continue reading Everyday Revolutions: Practices and Institutions for Living Beyond Capitalism in Everyday Life
The capitalist economic model is based around infinite economic growth, constant invention and expansion of markets, and constant circulation of capital. This poses a problem in affluent societies where those who hold a substantial portion of the wealth have their Continue reading Freeganism, Waste and the Ideology of the Product
Alternatively known as trash picking, gleaning, dumpster diving, scavenging, salvaging, or curb crawling, urban foraging is the act of recovering useable goods discarded by retailers, schools, homes, businesses, construction sites – really anywhere anyone is throwing away goods that shouldn’t Continue reading Urban Foraging
I freegans sono persone che adottano strategie di vita alternative allo stile di vita basato su economie convenzionali e puntano a diminuire líutilizzo delle risorse disponibili. I freegans credono nella condivisione, nella generosità, nella solidarietà sociale, nel libero arbitrio e Continue reading Cos’ è freegan?
By Adam Weissman Can we really save the world with Body Shop cosmetics? Will Vegetarian Shoes march us on the road to animal liberation? Is Burger King’s BK Veggie the vanguard of a new era of compassion? In a word, Continue reading Urban Foraging: Liberating Our Consumption, Liberating Our Lives
Freegans practice strategies for everyday living based on sharing resources, minimizing the detrimental impact of our consumption, and reducing and recovering waste and independence from the profit-driven economy. We are dismayed by the social and ecological costs of an economic Continue reading Freegan Philosophy
We as Freegans employ alternative strategies for living that are based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Thus, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree possible, emphasize sharing resources, and find happiness outside Continue reading What is a Freegan?