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POPSThe Scavengers Manifesto Recently featured in the Seattle Post Intelligencer... caught my eye! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/402890_scavenge10.html
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POPSFreeganism Freegans - The ultimate frugalists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources". The website freegan.info states that freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement. The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that wa
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POPSGot Kids? Be Frugal Lots of good tips for parents here on being frugal. In Canada, in addition to Freecycle, we also have FULLCIRCLES.org -- a more local, Canadian spin on freecycling.
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POPSGREEN free-for-all Ottawa Sunday Sun article - May 4th. Introduction to Freeganism, Freecycle, carsharing, bagborroworsteal, bookcrossing. The article says... "There is an Ottawa group. In fact, there are almost 30 geographically dispersed local groups in the National Capital area including 25,000+ locals! Check out our regional hub - http://ottawa.FullCircles.org.
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POPS"Hand-Me-Down" How to's This got me thinking and wondering.... How does the "Only Child" ever learn about recycling clothing? Perhaps some kind of BB/BS network exists allowing the "only child" to link up with a Big Brother or Big Sister so they too can experience and learn the value of "hand-me-downs".
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POPSTrip Chaining This concept was mentioned on CBC radio's Earth Day show this morning. /egs
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