Friday, February 29, 2008

Freegan

I had NEVER heard this term until I caught a small portion of the prime-time re-run of Oprah last night. There is no way in a million years I could do this. I couldn't find a code to embed it, so you'll just have to follow the the link when I post it (after I'm done rambling! LOL). The first 15 seconds are a commercial and then it gets into the Lisa Ling report. Now, I'm allllll for saving a buck when I can, but to literally DIG THROUGH THE GARBAGE for food is something I would only do as a last resort. You seriously see them taking bagels out of a black trash bag and dividing up who gets what, and their are packages of unopened fish people were taking (WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE TRASH!!!!!!!). I'm sure there are parts of the Freegan lifestyle I could try to adopt but after watching the dumpster diving in action, I have to say I'm honestly WAY too disturbed at this point to find out anymore of what being a Freegan is all about. I seriously almost lost my dinner at the idea of eating food out of the trash. Call me judgemental, but that is DISGUSTING!!

(you really should watch this though, you don't SEE them eating it, you just know they WILL)
Freegan Trash Tour

7 comments:

Kaci said...

I think I need to throw up...

Anonymous said...

wow.

speechless.

Kellan said...

I could never do it either - it seemed so crazy to me! I don't like the way restaurants throw out this good food though - they need to be donating it to charities or churches or something!!!!!!!!!!

Have a good weekend Leah - I'm having a weekend contest (yes, me), if you want to come by. See you later. Kellan

Betsy Hart said...

That is just disgusting... I saw something like that years ago, its just too icky for me to even think about... *shudder*

Maria said...

That just sounds gross.

Anonymous said...

I saw this on Oprah - so horribly wrong! But I have to admit, we are a very wastefully country. I see their point...but I could never bring myself to do it. That is crossing the line. Cindy

Valarie said...

ICK!!