Freegans

The freegan.info website was created in 2003 as a project of the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve in New York City. The NYC freegan group evolved over the years, starting in 2005 to offer a monthly calendar of local freegan skill share, discussion and social events , using the freegan.info website, email, print calendars and Meetup to publicize... them. We also have responded to a surprising amount of media interest in freeganism . To help freegans in other parts of the US and the world to find each other and organize, we: Maintain a worldwide discussion group, freeganworld , hosted by riseup Have developed chapter guidelines for those who would like to start their own freegan group locally, doing some of the things we do in NYC; we are creating how-tos for the kind of events we organize and will soon post them to this website. Would be happy to mentor anyone wanting to use Meetup to organize local events. Freegan.info reflects our commitment to: create models of living that allow us to limit the control that corporations and money have over our lives, reduce our financial support for the destructive practices of mass producers, and act as a living challenge to waste and over-consumption. We challenge the commodification of life on all fronts and work to create a world where kinship with all living beings, respect for the earth and just, peaceful, and equitable relations between human beings replace the all-consuming drive for profit. We do not speak for all freegans worldwide, nor do we claim to have better knowledge than anyone else on what freeganism is. As a grassroots and leaderless movement, freeganism will continue to evolve with the people worldwide who are engaging in it. We welcome people in the NYC area to come to our twice-monthly meetings and get involved. From those outside of NYC, we would love to collaborate onRead More