Freegan links, organised by category.
Buy Nothing Day UK
Saturday November 29h 2008 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping.
Green Thing
Green Thing is a community that's here to help as many people as possible in as many countries as possible to do the Green Thing.
Greenjacker
An online rallying point for green/radical activism in
the North of the UK.
No Impact Man
As the name suggests...
Open Rescue
A movement that aims to save lives and to document the cruel conditions forced upon literally billions of animals around the world.
Free Hugs Campaign
Sometimes, a hug is all that we need.
LETS
LETS - Local Exchange Trading Systems or Schemes - are local community-based mutual aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another, without the need for money.
AfriGadget
A website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. It is a testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.
Built From Trash
Two Grandmas building a house - by themselves - using recycled materials.
The Greywater Guerrillas
The Greywater Guerrillas are a collaborative group of educators, designers, builders, and artists who educate and empower people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure.
Ready, Steady, Skip!
The game show where needlessly wasted food is recovered from the bin and turned into delicious dishes before your very eyes!
UK Dumpster Divers
A discussion forum for dumpster divers in the UK.
UKSR
Meeting place for dumpster-divers
Freecycle UK
A place to find a home for that junk you no longer need but can’t bear to throw away.
VSkips
Instead of hiring a real skip for your unwanted items you create a virtual skip or "vSkip" and upload your items for other people to search and claim.
FareShare UK
An organisation that collects and redistributes wasted food in the UK.
Food Not Bombs
A website for the ‘Food Not Bombs’ (FNB) movement. FNB is about sharing otherwise wasted food, and opposing the waste of money and life that is war.
The Freeconomy Community
Freeconomy allows people to make the transition from a money based communityless society to more of a community based moneyless society.
Why Work?
A pro-leisure and anti-wage-slavery group of people dedicated to exploring the question: why work? This site provides information, support, and resources for those looking for alternatives to traditional employment.
Freegan.info
A large, informative site run by some freegans in New York.
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More info on freeganism
ScavengeUK Online
An online directory of UK freegan links, and a freegan mailing list.
The Gift Economy
An attempt to challenge the prevailing perceptions that giving must always be in order to receive.
Freecological
Interested in 'made-cons' rather than 'mod-cons': a site for people who would like to enjoy all the luxuries of modernity at a fraction of the economic and environmental costs
The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage
A self-described arsenal for anyone involved in the war against the neglect of public space.
Eat the Seasons
UK seasonal food information, tips and recipe ideas, updated every Wednesday.
Global Issues
In-depth analysis of global issues that affect everyone. Many statistics and explanations.
New Economics Foundation
A 'think-and-do-tank' that aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues.
Tescopoly
An alliance of organisations concerned with the negative impacts of supermarket power.
Waste & Resources Action Programme
WRAP helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change.
Wasted Food Blog
Part blog, part call to action, Wasted Food aims to shed light on the problem of, you guessed it, wasted food.
What’s wrong with supermarkets?
A comprehensive report form 'Corporate Watch UK' on the problems implicit in our current supermarket systems.
Mobile Academy
The Blackmarket for Usefull Knowledge and Non-Knowledge: a temporary production and showroom in which narrative formats of knowledge mediation are tried out and presented.
Lowbagger
Lowbagger.org is named as a tribute to the overworked and underpaid activist. A tribute to the backcountry ski bum. A tribute to the underdog. These Lowbaggers come in different sizes, genders, colors, ages, occupations, and political parties.
TreeHugger
Environmental news, opinion and discussion.
WorldChanging
WorldChanging was founded on the idea that real solutions already exist for building the future we want. it's just a matter of grabbing hold and getting moving.
Toy Rescue (U.S. site)
Helps find homes for unwanted toys and other items, with the aim of saving the environment by keeping usable items out of the landfill.
Selfsufficientish
A website for the anyone who wants to be a little more selfsufficient - ish.
Advisory Service for Squatters
Squatter’s news, resources and advice from the UK.
Notes for New Squatters
Squatting advice from a popular direct action ezine.
Critical Mass Europe
A spontaneous and fun movement promoting bicycle use.
Free Car Share
Isanyonegoingto.com is the place to find car shares, meet new friends and explore new places.
In depth information on waste
A great resource for discovering more about waste and what to do about it
Edible Mushrooms
A guide for finding edible mushrooms.
Plants for a Future
An index of edible, medicinal and useful plants for a healthier world.
Wild Food Foraging
A short, handy, seasonal guide for UK foragers.