The world is inhabited by numerous cultures made up of different lifestyles. Freeganism is a normally unheard of subculture. The features are strikingly different from what most people would associate with everyday life. Capitalist culture incorporates commodified food, organized structure, “hygienically clean,” more easily accessible foods, and greater individualization. On the other hand, a freegan culture includes free food, less organized structure, “dirty” foods with the possibility of being raw or rotten, slower eating and lifestyle, and is more socially connected (Edwards and Mercer). Those who live this standard of living are scavengers of the developed world, living off consumer waste in an attempt to minimize support for corporations and their impact on the planet. Grace Hutchins, a passionate advocate of this way of life, describes it as dumpster diving to use resources that should be wasted, volunteer work that includes sharing human resources, such as time and skills, and finding ways to limit consumption and materialism in our lives. their own lives and those of others. The reasons why people choose to participate in the freegan lifestyle are more diverse than you might think. Uninformed viewers might initially imagine that homeless people rummage through garbage cans to survive, but many members of the subculture's dumpster dive keep economic, political, and environmental conditions in mind. The main purpose for most is to have a positive impact on the environment by minimizing the amount of food wasted (Kurutz 3). For some, this act could be seen as a symbolic and political act against capitalist overproduction and waste. Buying food from bins can be both for individual consumption and for the benefit of the surrounding community....... middle of paper...... polluting the Earth with huge amounts of waste. Society has a choice between wasting its life working to purchase goods that contribute to the destruction of the environment or living a "fully satisfying life", occasionally seeking or exploiting its self-sufficiency capabilities to obtain the necessary for contentment, eliminating waste, and boycott everything. Works Cited Edwards, Ferne and David Mercer. “Cold from the throat: an Australian youth subculture tackles the ethics of waste.” Australian Geographer November 2007: 279-82. Premier of academic research. Network. November 12, 2010.Einem, Eric. Personal interview. November 19.Hutchins, Grace. Personal interview. November 21st. Kurutz, Steven. "Don't buy it." The New York Times June 27, 2009: 1-4. Network. Nov. 13, 2010.Thomas, Sean. “Do Freegans commit theft?” Legal Studies 30.1 (2010). Network. November 13.2010.