Not quite hobo, more intense than a vegan, there’s a new species to veer away from on the sidewalks of Philly: the Freegan. Our local band of dumpster divers, recycling extremists, and jobless squatters don’t want your coin, they only ask that you quit consuming needless shit, as if we could do that in a snap. The nerve. The stench. The heroics. We wanted to be Freegan once, until we decided to be cheap instead.
From the Urban Dictionary:

1. Freegan
Somebody who abstains from contributing to the economy and salvages society’s wasted food and resources rather than purchase more themselves. Often pertains to a VEGAN (somebody who doesn’t eat/wear animal products) who only makes exceptions when dealing with otherwise wasted items.
Tom taught me that as a freegan, he would much rather grab bagels out of the dumpster of a bakery instead of purchasing them himself, because he thinks it’s a shame how much perfectly good bread places like that waste everyday.

Metro: Discovering Freeganism, Right After We Discovered Crustianity

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 2:22 pm.