Freegan

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FREEGAN LIFESTYLE OR FREEGANISM 1. Freeganism is an anti-consumerism movement.

In other words…
Freegan Lifestyle is a reaction against the waste of resources.

Before I’d forget … 2. The word freegan comes from the combination of free and vegan. * As we know vegan are people who don't eat foods of animal origin ...

* and the word free is because they try to get everything they need for free.

3. The main purpose of freegans is to buy as little as possible and to use only what they need.
So what do they do ?

4. They try to reduce our ecological footprint …

5. Getting food from garbage of supermarkets and with this food they sometimes serve hot meals to the community.

6. Instead of buying products from industry origin including GM food , they plant their own food and medicine plants (in their community)

7. They create the FREESTORE – The free store is a mall where everything is free. If you have something you don’t need you can take to a freestore and change it

8. They also have a program called COMMUNITY BIKE PROGRAM. The members of this group share their bikes and teach other people how to repair their bikes.

9. Moreover – some freegans occupy abandoned buildings to live there because they believe that having a home is a right not a privilege.

They think people wouldn’t have to work so hard in order to pay their rent, having lots of empty homes on the world.

10. To sum up … A freegan usually is : a. Committed to living off the wastes of capitalism b. An environmental, political, or animal-rights activist (or some combination of the three) c. A vegan or meegan (only eating meat that would have gone to waste) d. A strong supporter of his/her community e. Interested in being (or already) free from the restraints of a paying job.

Wild foragers are attempting to preserve and recapture traditional wisdom,