Freegan links, organised by category.
Buy Nothing Day UK
Saturday November 29h 2008 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping.
Green Thing
Green Thing is a community that's here to help as many people as possible in as many countries as possible to do the Green Thing.
Greenjacker
An online rallying point for green/radical activism in
the North of the UK.
Greenjacker (updated link)
A great site with heaps of informative info and links
No Impact Man
As the name suggests...
People & Planet
People & Planet - UK Students campaigning on
world poverty, human rights and the environment.
medialens
Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
Story of Stuff
Check out excellent, eye-opening, animated films about the devastating impact we're having on the environment.
Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road.
WhipCar
Pairs safe drivers with car owners who aren't using their cars
Open Rescue
A movement that aims to save lives and to document the cruel conditions forced upon literally billions of animals around the world.
Altruists International
An Altruistic Community - Working for Love Not Money
Cooltribe
A new social network aimed at green and eco types.
Food AWARE
Food AWARE is a social enterprise set up to find ways of redistributing surplus food from landfill or waste, to human consumption or other environmentally friendly means of reuse.
Free Hugs Campaign
Sometimes, a hug is all that we need.
LETS
LETS - Local Exchange Trading Systems or Schemes - are local community-based mutual aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another, without the need for money.
Resource Based Economy Foundation (RBEF)
RBEF is a set of tools for the transition from the Monetary System to Resource Based Economy. RBEF provides research on the transition economy model, develops global projects, and a libre resources management platform.
AfriGadget
A website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. It is a testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.
Built From Trash
Two Grandmas building a house - by themselves - using recycled materials.
The Greywater Guerrillas
The Greywater Guerrillas are a collaborative group of educators, designers, builders, and artists who educate and empower people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure.
Dumpster Diving
A freegan dumpster diver's blog
Ready, Steady, Skip!
The game show where needlessly wasted food is recovered from the bin and turned into delicious dishes before your very eyes!
Freecycle UK
A place to find a home for that junk you no longer need but can’t bear to throw away.
Trust library
Help everyone improve their day with a free book they can read, review then give away.
VSkips
Instead of hiring a real skip for your unwanted items you create a virtual skip or "vSkip" and upload your items for other people to search and claim.
FareShare UK
An organisation that collects and redistributes wasted food in the UK.
Food Not Bombs
A website for the ‘Food Not Bombs’ (FNB) movement. FNB is about sharing otherwise wasted food, and opposing the waste of money and life that is war.
The Freeconomy Community
Freeconomy allows people to make the transition from a money based communityless society to more of a community based moneyless society.
Why Work?
A pro-leisure and anti-wage-slavery group of people dedicated to exploring the question: why work? This site provides information, support, and resources for those looking for alternatives to traditional employment.
Freegan Station
A French freegan site with lot of good info
Freegan Tribe
More info on freeganism
freegan.at
Network and learn from other freegans
Freegan.info
A large, informative site run by some freegans in New York.
ScavengeUK Online
An online directory of UK freegan links, and a freegan mailing list.
The Gift Economy
An attempt to challenge the prevailing perceptions that giving must always be in order to receive.
Trashwiki
It is written for and by dumpster divers, freegans and others of such kind. Here you will find plenty of trash-related articles: you can search by specific countries, by places like markets, by food types, etc. We already have 383 articles on trash. You can find precise descriptions of how to get rid of your trash in a sustainable manner, how to sensibly recuperate trash, and much much more...
Freecological
Interested in 'made-cons' rather than 'mod-cons': a site for people who would like to enjoy all the luxuries of modernity at a fraction of the economic and environmental costs
The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage
A self-described arsenal for anyone involved in the war against the neglect of public space.
Eat the Seasons
UK seasonal food information, tips and recipe ideas, updated every Wednesday.
Food Ethics Council
Challenging government, business and society to make wise choices that lead to better food and farming.
Global Issues
In-depth analysis of global issues that affect everyone. Many statistics and explanations.
New Economics Foundation
A 'think-and-do-tank' that aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues.
Tescopoly
An alliance of organisations concerned with the negative impacts of supermarket power.
Waste & Resources Action Programme
WRAP helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change.
Wasted Food Blog
Part blog, part call to action, Wasted Food aims to shed light on the problem of, you guessed it, wasted food.
What’s wrong with supermarkets?
A comprehensive report form 'Corporate Watch UK' on the problems implicit in our current supermarket systems.
Mobile Academy
The Blackmarket for Usefull Knowledge and Non-Knowledge: a temporary production and showroom in which narrative formats of knowledge mediation are tried out and presented.
Living Without Money
A website set up by a guy (a.k.a. 'Zero Currency Man'), who doesn't use or accept money or consciously barter, and who doesn't take food stamps or other government dole.
Money-Free
Imagine an alternative to the capitalist economic system! Take steps to become money-free, both locally & globally...
Lowbagger
Lowbagger.org is named as a tribute to the overworked and underpaid activist. A tribute to the backcountry ski bum. A tribute to the underdog. These Lowbaggers come in different sizes, genders, colors, ages, occupations, and political parties.
TreeHugger
Environmental news, opinion and discussion.
WorldChanging
WorldChanging was founded on the idea that real solutions already exist for building the future we want. it's just a matter of grabbing hold and getting moving.
BuilderScrap
An online builders' exchange for builders' surplus, which is free to use and can be used to pass on leftover building supplies or materials, and also find low cost or free building materials in your area.
The Humanure Handbook
A Guide to Composting Human Manure
Toy Rescue (U.S. site)
Helps find homes for unwanted toys and other items, with the aim of saving the environment by keeping usable items out of the landfill.
Selfsufficientish
A website for the anyone who wants to be a little more selfsufficient - ish.
Babys First Planet
The site aims to encourage parents to upuse, reuse and recycle their children's goods, ranging from clothes and cloth nappies to prams and cots.
Advisory Service for Squatters
Squatter’s news, resources and advice from the UK.
Notes for New Squatters
Squatting advice from a popular direct action ezine.
Critical Mass Europe
A spontaneous and fun movement promoting bicycle use.
Free Car Share
Isanyonegoingto.com is the place to find car shares, meet new friends and explore new places.
In depth information on waste
A great resource for discovering more about waste and what to do about it
My Zero Waste
Participate, share, learn and help the environment stay beautiful!
Edible Mushrooms
A guide for finding edible mushrooms.
FRAW wild food & foraging guide
Some ideas for harvesting wild foods
Plants for a Future
An index of edible, medicinal and useful plants for a healthier world.
Wild Food Foraging
A short, handy, seasonal guide for UK foragers.