Freegans: Creative Living Outside of Capitalism
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- "Freeganism is creative living outside of capitalism." - Cindy Rosin -
In this episode of Subculture Club we meet a few Freegans in New York City and learn about their strategies for practical living. We explore why they take limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.
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There use to be a flower shop down my street andwould throw away good flowers in a big dumbster and me and my brother would climb in it and get the flowers and we would knock on the neighbors houses and give them free flowers and my mom would get a dozen red roses everyday i was like 7.
that is gorgeous! What a wonderful thing to do!
what a sweet thing to do!
Good for you!
In some European countries stores are obligated to donate stuff that doesnt sell... America wake up
I would have more respect for food stores if they put this food outside on a shelf for people to take - it would probably make me shop there - Lidl in my hometown used to do this, place free stuff in a basket at the exit door.
That's a good idea but I don't think most companies would do that due to legal issues. If one person would get sick or lie and say they got sick, the company might get sued.
I haven't seen anything of this sort in my place... I should try and enquire with local super market here.
I would like to experience this lifestyle but not alone
Reading the comments, its simply amazing that people have to decide whether something is good or bad. In my perfect world everyone can let it be without judgement or condemnation...without bringing down the law (which doesnt even exist except in their own hearts).
Anyone else notice the executive producer is ASHTON KUTCHER?
Hey Thrash Lab, I'm Brazilian and I would like to know if I can download this video to put some subtitles in portuguese for the brazilian people. :)
Gardening is a powerful action and can supply you with healthy, clean and great tasting food, But calorie rich foods like oils and grains are not things you can produce in a backyard plot. Actually "hoping" for crisis so severe we return to subsistence farming is idiotic and horribly naive.
beautifully shot short-film! Cindy Rosin (freegan in the film) has a lot of valid points. not that I am about to go through trash, but I certainly will think about what I am throwing away and how I can package it nicer, knowing a Freegan might be enjoying it!
I dumpster dive for food in my neighborhood and it's great. Here's what I get:
1. Pain Quotidienne-all the bread I want.
2. Food Emporium-dozens of packs of organic chicken, turkey, beef, not to mention corn, asparagus, spinach, and a watermelon (there was a split in it, I just cut off that part and ate the rest.)
3. D'Agostino-a mango, 35 onions, 9 boxes of strawberries, apples, carrots, and pineapple.
4. West Side Market-cheese, beef, grapes, and piles of potatoes.
This completely surprises me. When i came to this country as an immigrant me and my father lived on the streets for 2 years and we did this. But we had no choice. WE had to do it. These people do it as choice.
reminded me of the freegan episode of King of the Hill cartoon, was hilarious how Hank dealt with the freegan
Way to go,The posting of information like this is so needed.Real life...away from the false idea's of image-class and Capitalism.Sorry to say this, America has been a throw-way a Culture for way to long.(from food to people)
Beautiful work!
great video! I didn't know the distinction between freegans and dumpster divers, but now I do.
I like the idea of freeganism, I just hate the pretentious bullshit that some of them come up with like that chick. It is free food...that is reason enough to do it.
Please don't be disrespectful of the many reasons why people turn to freeganism. I dive for many reasons, first and foremost is that I actually like to eat on a daily basis. I have issues with perfectly good food and homewares/clothing, etc, ending up in landfill with the carbon miles attached to it. I have honed my 'art' to a stage that locals come to me for 'free food' or other homewares because they know I do this. They don't want to "dumpster dive", but they are willing to accept the spoils. It is quite a rush to take a box of food, including still warm organic sour dough, to someone you know is doing it a bit tough or is living on benefits. And quite often it is food that would normally be way out of their budget.
What editing software/font did you use in the edit? Looks great!
I get produce out of the dumpster from a local grocery store for my animals. It is crazy that food can come from thousands of miles away, from countries all around the world, and it just ends up at the landfills . What a waste .
The only way to sustain a growth based economy is to have a lot of waste.
That is simply not true. Let's say for example that more people get a higher income which enables them to eat out instead of cooking at home. Which is more wasteful, everyone cooking their own meals on seperate stoves and keeping their own inventory of food, or food professionals cooking food on one massive energy saving restaurant grade-stove and keeping an inventory which they know how to organize and utilize? It's too reductionist to say that it's growth that leads to waste, but it CAN worsen the waste created by poor prioritizing and lack of know-how.
well done
The music is by the band Little Sur and the band EMEFE.
Awesome. I love ya'll young people for being so green and progressive. Keep up the good living.
My bad english oral understanding don't allow me to understand what Gio is saying at 1:35
What want he does with is used papers at the end of the school year ?
What is the name of the song that is being played in the back ground during 6:49 to the ending of this film?
Would someone be so kind as to tell me the name of the song/artist which begins at 6:45? ty in advance.
I can understand that it might put off most of us from getting into something like this.
Personally, I like to plan my weekly vegetable purchase based on need, so I don't waste anything on my end. I know this does not address the problem of excess produce and wastage in super market in a big way but at least I don't hog food and waste on my part, which otherwise could be in someone else's basket.
This is a great movies :) Cindy makes some very good points about what freeganism is. Dumpsterdiving doesn't equal freeganism. it's a good city tactic that could be used but it is not sustainable. grow our own and wild foraging are better options :) anyway :) born free, live free, die free :)
Who is going to be the first to make a T-shirt with the words "Go Freegan" on it? :)
not me
Lol flowers and everything, very informative...
I dig the opening song.
I know exactly what you mean.
It is just hard for capitalism to understand that sharing is good.
At the end of the day, they do not even lose money since they have already bought those products, but they still prefer throw them away.
It is kinda sad, but there are people who really care. And I believe that many people act like you did. Keep on! You are not alone! We are many!
much respect.
So, how can I get in touch with these groups of people and join them??
Martin Alexander They meet by the dumpsters, but look more smug than the usual dumpster diver.
I have absolutely no problem with the way this group of people choose to live their lives. And I don't consider them sell outs for eating food from a capital business. My local Quick Chek destroys tons of prepared food that reaches date each week at every single one of their stores. They could bring it to the local salvation army who feeds 30-40 people each day but they chose to destroy it. I love your filming thrashlab, seriously man. You produce some of the best made films on Utube. PeaCe2U...
i like it!
cant stand it that stores throw out perfectly fine food when some people are starving or have barely enough money to buy food.
inspiring, thanks = )
Dear Freegans, you guys should change your websites online so they reflect your actual ideals. I was trying to get information on freeganism, but found some great ideas as "jump in a dumpster", "shoplifting", "dine and dash", "go to soup kitchens", and other questionable ways to live without consuming anything. So now after watching this video I have no idea what to think about Freegans.
Anybody know what the afrobeat coming in at 4:20 is?
Im glad they are able to make use of it,despicable what the supermarkets throw out!
What is/are the songs in this?
It's called "A Fragile Thing" by Little Sur.
I worked at a store and yes a lot of food got wasted. It didn't get trowed away. Maybe like 2 to 5%. I always thought that it was a big wast.
how amazing when i worked as a waitress i wanted to cry we threw out huge bags of really nice food per meal :(
Very good not to waste, of course, but this all depends on a broken system between producer and retailer and consumer. It is a perfect example of the loathsome idea of 'trickle-down', and depends on waste. It is about adapting to a rotten arrangement - is it 'creative'?. Is it less about building a different system, but more, trying to get a little incidental positive out of a big fat wrong?
+Jack Wareham This was not posted by Jack Wareham!!!!! I did!!!
Bello, davvero significativo. Un mondo diverso è possibile, dobbiamo essere un po' sognatori :)
this is rad
Ashton Kutcher produced this?
Lol! That's exactly what I said!
don't the homeless know to do that, since rarely i see them do it, also ashton kutcher seems to be interested in problems in society and consumerism hence these productions, also the document where norwegian girls went to the sweatshops in asia to live the life of the workers of clothing store clothes making, ashton also commented on it.
Beautiful people dancing lightly on the earth
Esse filme consegue!!!...Cindy só voces americanos tudo que falam em filmes fica uma delicía! Além da verdade obviamente! Que final gostoso!
I don't understand how Chevron has anything to do with stores throwing out old produce. Last I checked, Chevron wasn't in the produce or grocery store business.
I believe that if every company/restaurant gave the food waste to such groups it could have been much better instead of collecting it from garbage.
So, the 'waste' becomes useful and it could be less dangerous for their health.
I used to work at a Distribution center for Supermarkets. Alot of waste happens even before the food makes it to the supermarkets. Seeing 10 1 ton Pallets of Steak go in the bins was not uncommon. I wonder how many cows died for that 10 tons of steak just to get binned. Also there was a security guard and cameras watching the bins so no 'Freegan' would ever get to use the stuff.
Can you imagine if more and more people stop earning money and buying food..instead waiting for them to throw it out...how long do you think it will take before the business tanks?
Google for it, there are references to studies that have shown it can be used to kill tumors, shrink tumors and much more
For instance, google: Proven: THC Injections Kill Cancer - Gov Knew in 74′
and other articles/ sites. Keep trying different combinations of words and phrases to find as many articles as you can. Don't give up on just one or two tries. I have read articles, even references to a study, just can't find right now. It's out there, though. Seek and ye shall find :)
She should see all the food wasted in the growing fields. All that plant, and only the fruits/vegetables are picked off them. The rest is just left there to rot into the soil. Many animals/insects would be happy to eat all that, but we keep them away from it. So even if you ate every fruit and vegetable ever picked, that's only a small portion of the plant being consumed.
I love the concept behind this but how do they deal with the roaches and rats? That's throws a huge wrench in the whole thing for me...
Roaches and rats and worse, are all over the plant floor, in the bins and under all the machinery in Bulk food processing and packaging plants. Life is crawling and swimming and hiding everywhere. Protein is protein. The more sterile and dead your food, preservatives included, the less digestible the food.
most supermarkets bins get emptied every other day........... seriously, I haven't spotted a rodent/roach/maggot in the 2 years I have been doing this. What I reclaim from landfill is actually not much different to what is on the shelf.
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ok.
Also, people going completely off-grid being forced back on the grid by, again, rules and regulations... and having to ask permission to build on your own land too. Forced dependancy! And then there are the police attacking "grow ops" which turn out to be indoor food gardens because the cops can't tell the difference between marijuana and a tomato plant (was in the news some poor indoor farmer lost all his tomato plants cause the cops raided him lookinh for weed) :(
"theres not a blemish on this cucumber". haha.
You're not really living outside of capitalism if you're using the food grown, harvested, packaged and transported by the capitalist system. But it's still useful thing to do and it really illuminates the huge waste of the system
Where I live, most of the old fruit vegetables breads out of date meats etc go to the food bank. They freeze the meat. It doesn't go to waste, there R tons of hungry people long lines of people and also community gardens that R needed and used.I don't know what planet the woman who wishes poverty to everyone so they won't waste food, but from where I stand there is a growing large community poor and homeless. I didn't appreciate her wish because she doesn't like waste, no one should go hungry.
2:40...wait so Freeganism makes doughnuts healthy again?
It has to be administered in other ways, not by smoking it. On the skin, injection, etc. The one herb that has so many uses and they won't even let us get the cure from it administered through a doctor :( Because they'd lose to much money, and other reasons :( Too many people have died from cancer that could have been cured, including a friend of mine. I know someone else struggling with cancer.
Scavenger?
So, it's living "outside" capitalism but using goods produced by capitalism...
Vegetables and fruits are produced by Mother Nature ...
They are produced by platators and farmers to sell to the shops, they don't use vegetables that grown in nature.
Nathaniel Flint She addresses this point at about 7,45
No one can totally escape capitalism. Its not a voluntary thing. But at least they give it a go.
OutThereOutLook
Oh no, socialism/communism is not voluntary. In capitalist society you are free to live by your own way
There are many things we could do for free.... if the legal system would get their noses out of people's lives! For iinstance: growing food on your own property for your own consumption (replanting seeds next year), which is blocked by rules and regulations that force more city folks to by food they could grow for themselves!
Wow Free Donut
I want to totally you know opt out of the oppressive socioeconomic system that is like you know wrong man. But at the same time I am going to like totally depend on this same system to give me everything for free, by you know just existing off all of the "excess" and "waste" this system of overabundance leaves for my taking in a major urban environment. And if I get sick from urban foraging (taking stuff that isnt mine) I will probably sue the evil corporation that got me sick.
The idea of grocery stores not only throwing out perfectly good food but actually poisoning it so people like these can't use it is just downright despicable.
wow.. in my country (in terms of food) almost nothing goes to waste.. if it goes to waste IT IS waste, it's uneatable
What, are you suggesting that doughnuts were once unhealthy?
No, they are helping reduce how much is wasted by a capitalist society.
cool except for music
Also known as "mooching".
And who pays her rent for her?
And if medical assistance is required??
Live in the wilderness and be self sufficient and I will be impressed.
Live in the city like a leech.. I am not impressed.
IN BRAZIL PEOPLE SPEAK PORTUGUESE: POR TU GUE SE
NOT SPANISH
You can do the same withouth take from the trash. Simply buy a land and make your own vegetable garden! You can do also in the city, in you flat or on the roof. Go fishing, hunting. No need of thrash.
WoW..."Simply Buy Some Land"...I'm going to go ahead and say that's a major Oxymoron...
In italy there is The village of elves, they didn't buy the land, they occupy it. Now it is legally property of them. You can also find good land for cheap price, around 5000 euro, or even 100 0 euro, maybe in a foreign country.
you are missing the point............ many of us freegans actually are doing this to stop perfectly good food (and the packaging) from ending up in landfill. I have a garden, but as long as this society turns a blind eye to the carbon miles just being tossed out, I will dive to stop that carbon footprint, even in my small way.
last week, my diving buddy watched as the employees bought out case after case of refrigerated goods to the dumpster late on a Saturday afternoon. This was the first time she dove during business hours and we calculated about $1000 of stock. Organic tofu, fried rice, complete Indian meals, butter, margarine, iced coffee, yoghurt ............ so much stuff still in cases, still with weeks/months on use-by. Checked the product recalls and NONE of it was on the list for recalls.
It was a business decision to dump the stock ahead of brochures. A tax write-off, and a total disregard of the carbon miles.
soulmamma67+ Maybe some of the store freezers simply didn't work. If that happens, the employees have to throw out all of what is in the freezers, because the cooling chain is interrupted.
if you had watched the entire video, you would have seen them respond to that common criticism. The woman basically said she's the first to admit that they are "leeching off capitalism", but she wishes that there was *not* this overabundance of food... but rather a scarcity of it, which would force people to source their food locally and sustainably. Don't be so cynical.
near me they pour bleach in the bins.
There is barely capitalism even existing today. All of our problems in our society result from corporatism which is what we really have. People should learn the difference
So, what happens when everybody is Freegan? We're kind of screwed then, eh?
ASHTON
I don't understand your comment. If freegans don't rescue the food then it WILL be society's waste. So yes, freegans live (partially) off of society's would-be waste.
I think that this is absolutely awesome but I wanted to make something clear. It is not the fault of capitalism that so much food is thrown away, I guarantee you that the owners would much rather sell "flawed" food for a lower price but they can't because of laws and regulations of the government. Free market capitalism itself has nothing against people not exchanging goods and services but planting their own food or giving food for free. Laws are always filthy, not the idea of capitalism. The government makes them, not people who do business.
picking wasted food out of bin, that's logically gross anyway, the how could freegan deal and control its hygiene matter then it might have been contaminated or undermined by dirt, saliva, rat faeces, cockroaches, termites, maggots, bugs, etc ???
These particular freegans dumpster dive. But self-sufficient farmers also count as freegans and they don't dumpster dive.
She claims that she isn't part of capitalism..yet she is a teacher, and last I checked most teachers earned their wages from tax payers........
I love the idea, but Capitalism is not to blame for this at all. You're just diving out of their "waste" (I know it shouldn't be waste) that THEY made. Like most of the comments here, the best way to avoid Capitalism is to just grow your own food. Regardless of the accusation made, I believe that this is something I would do, because I think they're right about how in this society, we waste things that could be eaten and/or used.
Capitalism is about capital, that is to say, private property. If you grow your own food you are producing capital, even if you don't use it for trade. It is simply the opposite of forces distribution of your rightful stuff. There is nothing to avoid about capitalism, it is just an economical principle.
CMON THEY EAT FOOD FROM THE TRASH
new word for bums, freegan
Capitalism is awesome. I don't understand these people.
This is BAD America😠
thank god im not american
We throw large amounts of food out in this country when there are places other beings are starving. So Wrong!
I dont liked the video