strategies for sustainable living beyond capitalism
In early March I planted broccoli rabe starts indoors. I watched for their distinctive baby cabbage-family leaves, then waited for them to further distinguish themselves from the “weed” kale that, delightfully, has spread across our community garden and hence our Continue reading Why I Garden
I was cleaning out my bathroom today and thought about how easy it was for me to do so. ~There is almost nothing in it. Sometimes I think I am a bad freegan, but then sometimes I look at myself Continue reading Why do we buy?
I was reading about the bail outs in the NY Times today.¬† It said “The Obama administration plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major executive pay changes for approval Continue reading Bank Bail Outs and Other Public Bludgeons
We’ve added lots of new (and not so new) media stories to the “Freeganism in the Media” page! If you’re interested, you can take a look here.
This guy in NC has a cute blog about his diving experience. He talks about what he and his friends find, gives recipes and shares details about his communal feasts. If you’re in NC, you can use the diving and Continue reading Cute Freegan Blog
Oprah today reran the freegan show, which I only found out when I read it from Alfred over at MIMO: On the Big O today, this woman, who was previously earning a 6-figure salary, gave up that life and started Continue reading Welcome Oprah Fans!
http://bocaraton.com/index.aspx?pid=1098 11 yo Jack Davis in FL pushes and succeeds in getting a bill passed protecting food store owners from being liable for people who get sick eating food that is donated in good faith. Hey… if this kid can Continue reading 11 yo passes food rescue bill
Gothamist has an article up about a man who was recently fired from Whole Foods for eating a sandwich that was intended for the trash. Many branches of Whole Foods compact their trash, and the compactors are inside their loading Continue reading Whole Fools