This is the strange, but true story of how I ended up in CosmoGIRL! Magazine's September 2008 issue. I'm involved with Freeganism and dumpster diving. I've been dumpster diving for years and I also helped organize workshops on it at Wesleyan for the annual Food Politics Week. I work (and play) with a group of New York City activists who identify...
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Freegans Invade CosmoGIRL! Magazine
Latest comment by Anonymous: There was a movement in the 60's called Diggerism or "the Diggers," who lived off of the charity of other Diggers and from sharing, and had shops where they gave away things that they found. Read up on them, it's interesting, and applicable to this "Freeganism" idea.
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The College Hunger Epidemic
The recent mini-recession has students scrambling for food and cash.
Facebook groups called “I Ain’t Afraid To Be On Food Stamps” and “I’m In College and I Got On Food Stamps” spurred an unlikely investigation into the plight of the financially challenged college student. It appears that cash-challenged students, who would normally subsist on ...
Latest comment by The Astute Fem: I've always found ribs sexy.
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Wes Alums Host Freegan Fashion Show
How to Party Like an Alumni...
A group of recent Wesleyan grads living the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York hosted the Freegan Fashion Show #3: Green Goddess Dressing last month as a fundraiser party to benefit the Freegan Bike Workshop, a free workshop in the basement of the 123 Community Space in neighboring Bed-Sty. The party rais...
































