Freeganism

Dumpster Diving Tips: The Freegan Way (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dumpster diving is a practice becoming more common among financially stable people, intertwined with the growing freegan movement. Their name derived...

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Food Waste: What Is The Environmental Toll Of Discarded Food In America?

Scientific American | Posted 05.25.2011

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Food waste is a huge issue in America, especially in light of the growing divide between the profligate rich and the hungry poor. According to the U....

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Get Cooking With The Art of Eating In

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerusha Klemperer

Cathy Erway made a radical decision: in New York, this capital of restaurants, in this city of buying and spending, she was going to stay in and cook.

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Twitter Feeding Your World

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Graham Hill

Many Americans throw away masses of food but health regulations make it harder for leftover food to get officially donated. Social networking can help, here's how.

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Foraging For Your Food Cuts Back On Spending And Carbon

Chelsea Green | Matthew Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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You already know that shopping at your local farmers market or CSA is a great way to reduce your food miles. And, if you take that one step further, g...

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10 Ways to Go Green and Save Cash -- No Excuses

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maura Judkis

Right now, consumers across the country are looking for ways to cut back. Luckily, some of the best ways to save money are also simple steps toward living a little greener.

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4 Easy Ways to Be a Freegan

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maura Judkis

Conventional wisdom states that dumpster-diving is for the homeless. Freegans, however, are a small anticonsumerist group who won't allow anything use...

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Freeganism: Do You Buy It?

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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Madeline Nelson finds a bag of slightly bruised apples and day-old bread left in a supermarket's Dumpster too tempting to pass up. "A lot of perfectl...

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