News items related to freeganism.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11163225
Thursday 2 September, 2010 (Activism)
Four Greenpeace activists have been arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company's drilling rig off Greenland.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11125135
Monday 30 August, 2010 (Environmental breakdown)
Floodwater has submerged a town in the southern province of Sindh, and threatens another being used as a key staging post for flood relief workers.
Source: http://bigbad.ru
Friday 20 August, 2010 (Pollution)
A new law has come into effect in Mexico City giving the authorities the power to fine shops which give away free plastic bags to their customers.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10896849
Friday 6 August, 2010 (Natural Disasters)
BBC's Adam Mynott: 'It's a catastrophe... and that's no overstatement' The worst floods in Pakistan's history have hit at least 14 million people, officials say. Twelve million are affected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, while a further two million are affected in Sindh. (click on link for full story)
Source: http://www.ural-home.ru
Thursday 29 April, 2010 (Freeganism in General)
What is Freeganism? Shirley Gibb talks to people involved in the movement
The two security guards who found 14 year old James raiding bins at the back of a Waitrose store must have been surprised by what happened next.
James's Granny appeared from the shop, and when asked if she knew her grandson was involved in an illegal activity, said yes, and proceeded to lecture the men on the evils of food-waste.
James is an articulate, politically aware teenager who is e...
Source: http://velomoto66.ru
Friday 16 April, 2010 (Natural Disasters)
China quake death toll 'passes 1,000'
<br><br>Rescue worker in Yushu county, Qinghai, China (16 April 2010)
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<br><br>The number of people known to have been killed by a massive quake in China's Qinghai province has risen to 1,144, officials say.
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<br><br>Another 417 are still missing in the remote mountainous region and 11,744 have been injured, a rescue spokesman told the Xinhua n...
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8623535.stm
Friday 16 April, 2010 (Endangered species)
A proposal aimed at bridging the split between whaling nations and their opponents will almost certainly come to governments for decision this year. Sources say it could involve Japan accepting quotas below current levels; but Iceland is opposing proposed catch limits and an international trade ban. Some anti-whaling countries see such a "peace package" as the only way to constrain whale hunting. But others are likely to hold out for a complete end to the practice. A small grou...
Source: http://www.wharf.co.uk/2010/03/waste-not-want-not.html
Friday 26 March, 2010 (Freeganism in General)
Dumpster diving or skipping is not for everyone but for a growing group of people, it is a way of life.
Alf Montagu, 34, a London-based Freegan explains the thinking behind making a meal out of discarded food.
He said: "The aim of Freegans is to get the best use of resources. I think it is possible to feed hundreds of thousands of people on the food that gets wasted each year."
Supermarkets and take-away outlets can offer a banquet to a Freegan....
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8586920.stm
Friday 26 March, 2010 (Pollution)
UK beaches are being ruined by an ever-accumulating tide of plastic litter, the Marine Conservation Society says.
Volunteers at 400 beaches collected 1,849 items of litter per kilometre in the weekend of the MCS's 2009 survey and 63% of it was plastic, it said.
It said the amount of rubbish was 77% higher than in 1994 - its first annual survey - and the proportion of plastic volunteers found had never been higher.
The MCS said plastic was ...
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8565480.stm
Saturday 13 March, 2010 (World summits/political events)
Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar.
CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - will set a precedent if it votes to ban trading in a lucrative fish such as bluefin.
The US and EU back the proposal, but Japan is set against.
Conservation groups are also hoping for increased protection on sharks, coral, polar bears, lizar...