Freeganism In College

What caught my attention while reading this profile is, not only did someone make the conscious decision to live in a dumpster but that someone is a dean and professor of a University. I found his dumpster living profile interesting for many reasons. This is a person who could afford an apartment or a house, yet they chose to live in a dumpster. Another interesting point that drew me in was that he didn’t immediately renovate the dumpster to make himself comfortable. He was “dumpster camping” as he called it, slept on cardboard, no heating or cooling unit, and without electricity or water running to the dumpster. He’s slowly customizing his space, he’s added an AC unit, installed a false floor, an air mattress and added some decorations.

The article “Waste Not” by Elizabeth Royte was published in March of 2016 in National Geographic Magazine. It depicts the wastefulness of the food industry and shows the path of food from field to consumers’ homes. During the article the story focuses on Tristram Stuart; a food utilizing activist and naturalist, who is gathering wasted food for a food conservation event for the public. Stuart visits many different farms and markets to receive food that is not desirable. Throughout the world nearly one third of food that is grown is thrown away or wasted due to consumer needs and wants. This means that because there is a need and want for good quality food products that not only meet food eatable standards but also

The essay “On Dumpster Diving“, by Lars Eighner is based on a man who speaks of his survival as a homeless man accompanied by his dog named Lizbeth. Not only does he explain his strategies living out of dumpsters, but also the lessons he has learned as a scavenger. Most importantly I think the true message he was trying to get across is that we waste way more then we think we do, it’s in our nature.

Eighner has written an article called “On Dumpster Diving” were he talks about the life of dumpster diving and about all the valuable things people throw away. In his article, he mentions college student and all the things they throw out. Mainly how they throw out fresh food and things they just don’t need anymore. Many college students do tend to throw out fresh food when the semester is about to end or when they are going on break, they also throw away things they don’t want their parents to see. Eighner makes his points reasonable when he talks about college students and the items they throw away, but it seems like he was being a bit harsh on his points, making college students seem selfish and like if they only go to college to act wild.

Today’s population being a waste generation is difficult to derive from the definition of dumpster. In addition, the motivation to capitalize such a simple word as “dumpster” seems absurd. In other terms, this essay did not establish educated ethos like that of the first essay.

Because of people’s wasteful habits, a wide variety of items end up in the dumpsters; some are incredibly useful and even in good condition. In his article, “On Dumpster Diving,” formerly homeless author Lars Eighner describes how he became dependent on dumpster diving for survival. Eighner includes a definition of “dumpster diving,” utilizes irony, and makes a comparison between dumpster divers and can scroungers to show that even though dumpster diving is beneficial to a homeless man like himself, society needs to be aware of their wasteful habits. At the beginning of his article, Eighner redefines “dumpster diving” to change people’s negative views on the term.

Immediately in viewing this passage from Lars Eighner’s “On Dumpster Diving” it can be gathered that Eighner is judging the college students in the area he frequents. Eighner states, “the Dumpsters in this area are very rich”. This quote implies that the Dumpsters themselves hold “rich” food and items much like the students who empty their items in these college Dumpsters. This quote in its entirety suggests that Eighner, as the dumpster diver, is a very smart and calculated individual. He recognizes that, “Students throw out so many good things, including food”, and “they tend to throw everything out when they move at the end of the semester”, so when the time rolls around for the end of the semester, breaks and midterms, Eighner tracks and

In the essay “Dumpster Diving,” by Lars Eighner tells the story of a homeless man who speaks of his survival on the streets. Eighner was not your everyday, typical type of guy. He has an interested in Dumpsters, the year he became homeless he took pleasure in ‘dumpster diving’. Eighner gives information about what it takes to be a professional scavenger. Eighner talks about his success scavenging “Except for jeans, all my clothes come from the dumpster” (192). He talks about how he is a consumer but a ‘less wasteful’ one. Throughout the essay Eighner shows the importance of one man's trash is another man's treasure. Diving has made Eighner realize things that people got rid of by throwing away, still have good use in it. He gained a lot of

In “On Dumpster Diving”, Lars Eighner champions the idea of dumpster diving and making use of all available materials in a conservative manner. Eighner was extremely educated about the task of “dumpster diving,” and spoke to his audience of those who may oppose dumpster diving or living in a practical manner. Eighner’s purpose in scavenging through the dumpster was not just something to occupy his time, but it was his way of life. His ideal goal was seemingly to bring awareness on ways to end wastefulness in our country, as many people strive to do today.

Eric Posner argues that college students are not mature and educated enough to handle freedom of speech. In his essay “Universities Are Right to Crack Down on Speech and Behavior” he uses ways to support that students are not ready to perform freedom of speech. He states how there have been rules applied to decrease speech on students in a school setting. Posner also comments that students do not know anything and that is reason Posner provides to explain that college students are not ready to enter the real world. The speech of students is being limited by the professors while in class discussion.

I found the video about how college students view Conservatism very strange. Throughout the whole video, I kept cringing because of how these college students thought of Conservatism as a bad thing, when in reality, it is not a bad; it is just a different mindset. These college students could just view conservatism as bad or not progressive because they were taught that if you are not a forward thinker, you are uptight. I was honestly surprised that no one mentioned religion in the video because Christians are typically thought of to be conservative and are commonly made fun of for being conservative.

Campaign financing has become an overwhelming issue in America as a whole, and there is no question that different perspectives have escalated within the last few years concerning, which is indeed, the “most democratic”. However, in terms of a govern election for the UT student government I believe proposal three is the most sound in creating the most democratic system in that it gives candidates the same chance in the election process and restricts the personal wealth of individual candidates.

In the study, the part that jumped out to me the most was the section on one’s political views in college and the trend that students become more liberal in college. What I observed in this study was that most students (including conservatives) tend to become more liberal when introduced to a college environment. It is no secret that universities and colleges have generally been bastions for liberalism for both students and faculty. However, this study does not really address what would happen if a liberal went to a college with a conservative slant (Texas A&M University, Hampden-Sydney College, College of the Ozarks etc.). The reason for this is probably because liberals just do not go to schools with conservative slants often. Moreover,

While there are many students taking it on themselves to make a change, by becoming a freegan and changing their lifestyle in order to save money, help the environment along the way. In an article in the guardian.com, “Freegan freshers: the students making savings by living off waste”, Bethany Perkin explains how some student are opting to be part of freeganism due to the high economy and how they tend to be perpetually broke. While for some it seems pretty disgusting to go through bins of unwanted food for others it has become a way of life. It is estimated that in great Britain alone there is 4.2 million tons of food being wasted every year(Perkin). Many students in London are taking home £100 (142.13 USD) worth of food, while others are

It is evident that even students of elite schools throw garbage on the ground even in the presence of garbage bins. This shows our attitude towards cleanliness and hygiene.