Messages from freegans around the UK.
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Thursday 20 November, 2008 (Information) - Catcalleddog says:
good site but just been reading about "uppies" and leaving waste at the till in supermarkets etc.this, at first sounded like a good idea but in your facts page you say that only household waste (10% of waste)is recycled.business waste is not so the waste you leave at the till ends up in landfill.If you do buy or get food from bins take it home and recycle the waste!!!.ps listen to my band "biggestbeat" on the web.we make music with rubbish.I know i do corporate work but i,m trying to get the message across from the "inside"Peace.x
Tuesday 18 November, 2008 (reserach) - klara says:
Meetings on the 5th of December in some parts of London in order to change people’s perception about wasted food and wasting food. 5th December is St Nicholas Feast Day, which means that we will also try to redefine the meaning of the consumer driven Christmas holiday, by dressing up as Santa Clauses and distributing reclaimed food from supermarket waste bins.
If you are interested in taking part in this, please email Klara on:
dt601eg@gold.ac.uk,
For more information join Freegan_Santa group on www.facebook.com or
go to www.freegan-santa.blogspot.com
This should be fun, please join in!
Sunday 16 November, 2008 (News) - JD says:
We're being heavily spammed at the moment on the 'News' thread. We're trying to come up with another solution for this which should hopefully be installed shortly.
Please keep posting in the meantime.
Monday 10 November, 2008 (Freeganism in General) - Katy Star says:
Hi there
I have recently become interested in Freeganism and would like to find out more. I live in Cardiff and would be keen to get in contact with Freegans here or in the surrounding area, and get involved in some activities.
Please contact me: mewkins@hotmail.com
Look forward to hearing from ya !
Thanks, Katy
Saturday 1 November, 2008 (Activism) - miss denise reeves says:
We are both interested in the idea of Freeganism, but dont know where to start, how, for instance do you know what supermarkets to go to, do you have to go in the middle of then night? We live in Beckenham Kent, can anyone help us?
Tuesday 28 October, 2008 (Freeganism in General) - says:
It has been good to see quite a few people posting on here asking about meeting up for such things as group foraging expeditions etc. Just to remind people posting that the 'Meet-up' function on the site was devised to try and assist people to organise themselves better within local communities. If you post up a date/time/activity and leave contact info (e.g. email address), hopefully at least someone in your local area will contact you. It may be that this function takes time to really get going, as individuals find others with shared interests in their local communities. As a lot of you already know, freeganism is much more than just foraging for food, which one day is likely to dry up or become increasingly difficult to access. What we really need to be developing are long-term, sustainable ways of living and thinking. Such things as sharing, community, volunteer/free work and simple living are going to be certainly at least some of the pillars of such a movement. How many of us are currently hoarding things we don't need? How many of us are working in jobs we don't really believe in, or spending time trying to accumulate wealth or money in order to exist, rather than using our time trying to improve the quality of people's lives around us? Let's encourage one another to constantly look for more ways we can reach out to others with our time, resources, skills and experience. Together we really can make a difference.
Tuesday 28 October, 2008 (Freeganism in General) - Dan Whiteman says:
Hi,
I'm a student in east london, I have recently come across this idea of freeganism, I was wandering if anyone could let me know bout any meets in London, as I'd like to find out more
Tuesday 21 October, 2008 (Meet Other Freegans) - agata surma says:
Hey, I used to dumpster dive for organic foods and other random things in Berkeley and San Francisco, which was super successful. Need somebody to show me around and give some advise. THX agatasurma@gmail.com
Tuesday 21 October, 2008 (Meet Other Freegans) - joey says:
are there any freegans in kingston?
Monday 20 October, 2008 (Dumpster Diving) - freedfreespirit says:
After 6 months of Dumpster diving I have yet to be ill off anything I have found, I regularly take eggs, yohgurts, raw meat, cooked meat, milk and cheese. Use your senses when using free food, visual inspection, smell and of course taste are your given insticts, use them to their potential. I firmly believe folk are to clinically clean, drink water from streams, leave the dirt on your carrots- get the picture? I have lived in this manner all my life and never do I get sick, even travels in remote India, Bangladesh and numerous other places have never made me ill, build up the resistance and your body will treat you well. Peace to youse all folks x