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An older illustration (ink on paper, digital coloring).

Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources". Freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters, known as dumpster diving. Freegans salvage the food for political reasons, rather than out of need.

The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. The movement also has elements of Diggers, an anarchist street theater group based in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in the 1960s, that gave away rescued food. (Text's source: Wikipedia)
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Mood: Love ~natashy27 Apr 19, 2012  Student Digital Artist
nice work dude, i have been freegan for 6 months now :)
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~CaRLix Oct 3, 2010
EXCELENT!!!!
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~AztecPrincess333 Dec 15, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
nice work ben!:nod:
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~illiyun Nov 28, 2009
it is really nice for an artist like you to illustrate the concept so beautifully and contribute to a greater appreciation and awareness of freegan lifestyle :) nice work...
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~mtsofan Nov 28, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
I did not know this. Very admirable!
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~srag Nov 28, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
1st time i ever hear abt this freeganism....its really gr8 for people to finally rage against the machine =D

and nice work!
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!verghi52 Nov 28, 2009
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:blowkiss:
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*inObrAS Nov 28, 2009
:thumbsup::nod:
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~kulpsuzfincan Nov 27, 2009  Hobbyist Filmographer
Oh my God, my country is lost. We are subsided like Atlantis :D
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`dancewiththesky Nov 27, 2009
Very interesting!
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