FREEGANISM- An anti-wastage way of living

Freeganism is the practice of reclaiming and eating food that has been discarded. One third of the world's food is wasted^[1]—in shops, restaurants, farms, factories and homes—and freegans and Freeganism are often seen as part of a wider "anti-consumerist" ideology, and freegans often employ a range of alternative living strategies based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.
Freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed."^[2]
The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan";^[3] not all dumpster divers are vegan, but the ideology of veganism is inherent in freeganism. Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. The movement also has elements of Diggers, an anarchist street theater group based in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in the 1960s, that gave away rescued food.

Working less

See also: Refusal of work

Working less is another component of freeganism. Freegans oppose the notion of working for the sole purpose of accumulating material items. The need to work is reduced by only purchasing the basic necessities for things such as housing, clothing, and food. Not working resists the idea that joy can only be found through the purchase of material items. Working is seen as sacrificing valuable time to "take orders from someone else, stress, boredom, monotony, and in many cases risks to physical and psychological well-being".^[2] This time could be spent volunteering in service activities, bonding with family, or participating in a number of other endeavors. The concept of voluntary joblessness has been described as means of completing tasks out of love for others while not expecting anything in return for one’s services.^[14] Working is viewed as a component of a system that has abused our world both socially and ecologically. It is realized that not working at all is not an option for everyone, but that there are ways to limit the need to work as much. Employment does not need to take over or define one’s life, and such complete control does not need to be given to supervisors and managers.<sup>[2]

Sykes comments: "In my opinion, i think freeganism is not a complete refusal to work, or to run away from social responsibilities.The freegan way of life, is very constructive and ordered. Their budding society is very stable financially, partly the money comes in from members themselves, and also from generous donators. Who wants to help this ,say it Green way of living. Lets call them the "Freegans" here. One team in an anti wastage group, consists of about 30 members.There can be many teams like this one. Their goal is to attain a self sufficient standard,concerning food.

One co-founder said, " is to work in a community of like minded persons, to bring food, to cultivate without buying, and alsoto consume what you need daily without, traditionally buying from big commercial markets, more than you really need." 

Freegans are not freeloaders or a lazy movement, where all the lazy people gather to work hard, by raping all the bins in a town. You see working hard to have food, is one of their obligations. Like you are working hard, in an office, to achieve the same goal.

In my next post i will publish some pictures. and remember freegans only take what they need, and they share their foundings at the end of the day with other members. A Way of living that we should really follow. It shows team work, the ability to share, anti-wastage, eating green by cultivating your vegetables yourself. Building your house with objects and bricks or any other material that have been discarded on construction sites. And yes, i've seen, those houses. Perhaps i will permit myself to say, those houses are very design.!</sup>