Scavenging things has helped me scavenge people and institutions. I specialize in what other people throw out.
Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green
Freecycling is a phenomenon that enables people to give unneeded but usable items to others at no cost. Whether you call it ethical shopping, sustain...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green
As Americans hold the not-so-spectacular distinction of producing more garbage per person than any other country (source: Energy Information Administration), "Dumpster Diving" is gaining a newfound respect and practice amongst the environmentally concerned. If you think our consumer society and its willy-nilly throwaway mentality have become unbearable, here are 10 tips for taking the plunge--into a smelly dumpster near you.
Maura Judkis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green
Conventional wisdom states that dumpster-diving is for the homeless. Freegans, however, are a small anticonsumerist group who won't allow anything use...
Linda Keenan | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green
NPR's portrait of Wellesley, MA's "Take it or Leave it" center was incomplete. No wonder angry listeners focused on trashing the rich instead of praising efforts to recycle.
Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living
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...
Margaret Cho | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment
Being a freegan is sort of like being a vegan. You do not consume any animal products, unless someone gives it to you for free or you find it -- then you can eat whatever.
AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 10.23.2007 | Business
A painting stolen 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at auction. Elizabeth Gibson didn't k...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Donna Schaper | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living