Columbia, NYU, Wesleyan UniversityHot People

Video: Alums Dumpster Dinner with the New York Post

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After I appeared in the September 2008 issue of CosmoGIRL! magazine representing Freeganism and dumpster diving, I was hit up in all directions from media outlets and journalists seeking to produce some sensationalistic copy on where I get my dinner. I took a kind and upstanding freelance j

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Yale, Wesleyan University, NYUHot People

Life in the Bike Lane

Life in the Bike Lane
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By 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, the parking lot shared by Bed-Stuy's New Testament Church of God and the 123 Community Space looks like a junkyard. Wheels, cranksets, frames, tools, and chains are strewn in piles over about twenty parking spaces. Several bicycles stand upside down as nine-year-olds wielding wr

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NYU, Yale, Wesleyan UniversityPost Graduation

Freegans Invade CosmoGIRL! Magazine

Freegans Invade CosmoGIRL! Magazine
I stood atop a dumpster outside a housing project in the Lower East Side for this shot.Freegans Invade CosmoGIRL! MagazineFreegans Invade CosmoGIRL! Magazine

Everyone's favorite transgender Freegan Wesleyan graduate, Jean Pockrus, is featured in the September issue of CosmoGIRL! Get the full scoop after the jump.

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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 College Hunger Epidemic

The failing economy is really a punch in the gut for students struggling to eat. From food stamps to freebies, check out our suggestions to keep hunger at bay.

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Latest comment by The Astute Fem: I've always found ribs sexy.

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Yale, Wesleyan University, NYUPartying

Wes Alums Host Freegan Fashion Show

Wes Alums Host Freegan Fashion Show
People watching for whoever's next up on the runway...Wes Alums Host Freegan Fashion ShowFreegan Fashion Show flyerMatti Valades '08 lookin' fly as usual...One of the most beautiful outfits of the evening (she's actually a designer, f'real)Wearing the experimental hoodie I made from one piece of fabric at the Gowanus Studio. I made it in 2 hours, so the hood makes no sense and it flies around my head.Wes Alums Host Freegan Fashion ShowWes Alums Host Freegan Fashion ShowI guess this passes as freegan fashion...So, so fresh.

Partying as a form of community service? Maybe freegans, people who try not to participate heavily in the economy by using minimal resources, are onto something...

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