freegans

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.

Some freegans consider these non-alimentary practices components of freeganism itself ; others simply consider them complementary, while some are against them and / or have deeper analyses surrounding capitalism and its effect on the world.

Many freegans get free food by pulling it out of the trash ( bins ) a practice commonly nicknamed " dumpster diving " in North America and " skipping " or " bin diving " in the UK, as well as " bin raiding " or " skipitarianism " ( so called because the person's diet mostly involves eating out of a skip ).

Some freegans participate in " guerrilla " or " community " gardens, with the stated aim of rebuilding community and reclaiming the capacity to grow one's own food.

Many rural freegans choose to learn about native wild plants which are easily sustainable and either bring favored species home to cultivate or identify wild populations from which to forage.

Often rural freegans are also " homesteaders " who also raise their own dairy livestock and employ alternative energy sources to provide energy for their homesteads, occasionally living " off the grid " entirely.

Really, Really Free Markets are free social events in which freegans can share goods instead of discarding them, share skills, give presents and eat food.

As a result of this philosophy, many freegans are involved in squatting.

While freeganism symbolizes the contrast of consumerism, freegans are still consuming but it is a " specialized " consumerism.

Like environmentalists, freegans have " standards by which they base their purchasing decisions from ".

By not participating in the labor force and using money, freegans are distinguishing themselves from the mainstream economy.

The religious gratitude for nature that environmentalists and freegans possess may have stemmed from nature idealism that is the foundation of Transcendentalism.

It is apparent in many ways that freegans are " hard core environmentalists ".

In her book The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting, social historian Rachel Shteir described how shoplifting from companies you dislike is considered by some activist groups, such as some freegans, decentralized anarchist collective CrimethInc, the Spanish anarchist collective Yomango and the Canadian magazine Adbusters, to be a morally defensible act of corporate sabotage.