March 2008 Freegan Events

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MARCH 2008 FREEGAN EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

Freeganism = living beyond capitalism.
In a society of massive overconsumption, enormous quantities of usable
resources go to waste. Through dumpster diving, squatting, guerilla
gardening and other strategies, freegans transform waste into
resources
to meet real needs, allowing us to live our values of ecological
sustainability, cooperation & sharing while reducing our contribution
to
capitalism’s abuse of humans, animals and the earth.


Join us for upcoming freegan events, trash tours and meetings

Call Janet at (347)724-6954 or email Leia at [email protected] with
questions on any event.

Journalists interested in attending an event open to media should call
(646) 402-5238 or [email protected]. Events that don’t list a fee and
don’t
mention the organizing group are free and are organized by
Freegan.info.

Freegan Bike Workshop
Learn how to turn found bike parts into working bicycles and build your
own bike. For more info call or text Christian at (917) 582-9010.
When & Where?
Every Wednesday from 6-9pm, and every Saturday from 2-7pm. To get more
involved, come to open meetings at 5pm on Wednesdays.
At the 123 Community Space in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn at 123 Tompkins, G
train
to Myrtle-Willoughby.
Media WILL be welcome on Wednesday with appointment, but the Saturday
workshops are media free.

Monday, March 3 - Freegan Meeting & Trash Tour
Join us for a meeting to plan upcoming freegan events and outreach.
After,
we will explore the area’s wasted food and other goods. The meeting
is NOT
open to media, but the tour WILL be open to media that have scheduled
in
advance.
When & Where?
7:30pm in the seating area of Ms. K’s at 30th and Madison. To come
just
for the tour, meet at 9:30pm in front of the grocery on 38th St. & 3rd
Ave.

Monday, March 10: Freegan.info Book Discussion Group: Mutual Aid: A
Factor In Evolution By Peter Kropotkin
Join Freegan.info’s Reading Group to discuss writings on topics
relevant
to freeganism-- mutual aid, sustainability, anti-capitalism, waste,
ecological destruction, corporate power, etc. Join us for our first
book
discussion! On March 10, we’ll be discussing the Introduction and
chapters
1 and 2 of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin.
PLEASE
READ THESE CHAPTERS IN ADVANCE OF THE DISCUSSION! You can find this
book
at your local library or free online at http://snipurl.com/mutualaid.
When & Where? 7:30-9:30 PM, Grand Central Terminal, Dining Concourse,
42nd
Street at Park Avenue, Manhattan, NYC. (Meet us at a table near Track
114.If you have trouble finding us, call Janet at (347) 724-6954.
Subway -
4, 5, 6, 7, or Times Square Shuttle to 42ndStreet/Grand Central.

Friday, March 14 - Trash Tour
Join us as we collect the discarded quality products that stores throw
out. We give advice on how to salvage these goods and comment on the
reasons for such waste. This tour will NOT be open to the media.
When & Where?
9pm in front of the grocery at the NW corner of 14th St. & 8th Ave.

Monday, March 17 - Freegan Meeting & Trash Trailblaze
Join us for a meeting to plan upcoming freegan events and outreach.
After,
we will explore an area we are less familiar with to add to our list of
locations to recommend to others. This tour will NOT be open to
media.The
meeting and tour will NOT open to media.
When & Where?
7:30pm in the seating area of Whole Foods at E. Houston & Chrystie. To
come just for the tour, meet us at 9:30pm at the corner of E. Houston &
Chrystie.

Thursday, March 20 - Trash Tour
Join us as we collect the discarded quality products that stores throw
out. We give advice on how to salvage these goods and comment on the
reasons for such waste. This tour will WILL be open to media that have
scheduled in advance.
When & Where?
Meet at 9:30pm at the corner of E. Houston and Chrystie.

Friday, March 21 - Freegan Feast
Share in the food preparation and then in the good company of a group
of
people who care about each other and about change. Media WILL be
welcome
with appointment.
When & Where?
RSVP for the location and directions. Help cook at 5:30pm & eat at 8.
Please call Janet at 347-724-6954 to RSVP.

Monday, March 24: Freegan.info Book Discussion Group: Mutual Aid: A
Factor In Evolution By Peter Kropotkin
Join Freegan.info’s Reading Group to discuss writings on topics
relevant
to freeganism-- mutual aid, sustainability, anti-capitalism, waste,
ecological destruction, corporate power, etc. On March 24, we’ll be
discussing the Introduction and chapters discuss chapters 3 and 4 of
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin. On March 24,
we’ll
. PLEASE READ THESE CHAPTERS IN ADVANCE OF THE DISCUSSION! You can
find
this book at your local library or free online at
http://snipurl.com/mutualaid.
When & Where? 7:30-9:30 PM, Grand Central Terminal, Dining Concourse,
42nd
Street at Park Avenue, Manhattan, NYC. (Meet us at a table near Track
114.If you have trouble finding us, call Janet at (347) 724-6954.
Subway -
4, 5, 6, 7, or Times Square Shuttle to 42ndStreet/Grand Central.

Tuesday, March 25 - Urban Foraging 101
An event especially for newcomers. Join us for a discussion on
freeganism
and a trash tour exploring the massive amount of usable food and other
goods that is wasted every day. If you wanted to try dumpster diving
but
couldn’t bring yourself to do it on your own, join us for Urban
Foraging
101. Media will NOT be allowed at the event so don’t worry about
getting
caught on camera....
When & Where?
We'll be meeting in the area of Columbia University, but please email
[email protected] or call Janet at 347-724-6954 for exact details.

Ongoing Sustainable & Freegan-friendly Events

COMPOSTING
Lower East Side Ecology Center accepts organic material for composting
(fruit and vegetable peelings, coffee grounds and tea bags, egg and nut
shells, cut flowers, and similar organic material). LESEC has drop-off
bins at the Union Square Greenmarket (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm), or drop off at the center on E. 7th St.
btwn.
Aves. B & C any time through the opening in the gate. LESEC will host a
backyard composting workshop 3/29, 1pm-3pm at LaPlaza Cultural
Community
Garden (9th St. & Ave. C). Register at (212) 477-3155 or
[email protected].
The West 181st Street Beautification Project also has public
compostable
drop-off at 880 W. 181st St. in a community garden.
For other compost options, visit
http://www.nyccompost.org/resources/organizations.html.

FOOD NOT BOMBS
Food Not Bombs offers a vegetarian meal share (using donated food that
would otherwise be wasted) on Sundays around 3:30pm in Tompkins Square
Park. Help cook at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. btwn. Clinton &
Suffolk
beginning at 1pm. More info: [email protected] or (212) 254-3697 ext.395

COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Per Scholas is a recycling facility in Hunts Point in the Bronx that
allows individuals to drop off up residential computer and electronic
equipment. They accept residential equipment Monday through Friday
from
9:00 am to 4:00 pm at 1575 Bronx River Ave. in the Hunts Point section
of
the Bronx.
Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC) has community recycling days on
March 29 & 30, 10am-4pm, 1st Ave. btwn. 92 & 93 Sts.
Build It Green! New York City also accept electronics recycling at 3-17
26th Ave. in Astoria, Queens, from Tues.-Fri. 10-6 or Sat. 10-5.

PLASTICS RECYCLING AT PARK SLOPE FOOD CO-OP
The Park Slope Food Co-op accepts many plastics for recycling that are
NOT
collected by the city. They accept: #1 & # 2 plastics (but NOT bottles,
which NYC recycles), #4 plastics, #5 plastic tubs, cups & specifically
marked lids and caps (remove any paper labels), plastic film and bags.
All
plastics must be CLEAN AND DRY. They accept these recyclables every
month
on the 2nd Sat, 10am-2pm; the 3rd Thurs, 7pm-9pm; & the last Sun,
10am-2pm. The co-op is at 782 Union St. (btwn. 6th & 7th Aves.) in Park
Slope, Brooklyn.

WEEKLY BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOPS BY TIME'S UP!
New Location!
Times Up has a new space where workshops and events are held. Come see
the
new space at 73 Morton St, west of Hudson Street.
WOMEN AND TRANS BICYCLE REPAIR NIGHT: Every Monday, 6:30 p.m. No
previous
experience with bicycle repair required or expected.
BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOPS: Every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Come learn how to fix
bikes, do simple maintenance and tune-ups at the bike mechanic skill
share.
FIX YOUR BIKE WORKSHOP: Every Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Share skills with
other
cyclists while you fix up your own bike.
For more information about events at Time's Up!, visit
http://www.times-up.org/calendar/calendar.php

TEXTILE REUSE AND REPAIR AT THE MAKE FUN WORKSHOPS
Make funky stuff with all your friends... Reuse materials and turn them
into new things...Fix your clothes and make new ones... Come to the
MAKE
FUN art making party! Every Tuesday from 8pm-? at the HOUSE of YES,
19-49
Troutman Street, Jefferson L train stop (Troutman at Flushing and
Metropolitian Ave). More info? Call (585) 217-7209.

TEXTILE RECYCLING, SATURDAYS and MONDAYS
Of course, the best thing to do with reusable clothes and other
textiles
is to reuse them! BUT, if you have scraps and rags that can’t be used
even
one more time, there is textile recycling every Saturday, 8am-4pm, at
the
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket (NW entrance to Prospect Park) and every
Monday, 8am - 6pm at the Unions Square Greenmarket. Sponsored by
Goodwill;
they will also take usable clothes.
Sponsored by Goodwill; they will also take usable clothes.

WILD FOOD TOURS
"Wildman" Steve Brill holds frequent tours where you can learn to find
and
harvest wild growing plants for food and medicine. The fee is $12 ($6
for
children under 12) sliding scale, but no one is ever turned away for
lack
of funds.
When & Where?
Tours this month in the NYC area are: 3/1 in Central Park; 3/2 in
Prospect
Park, Brooklyn; 3/9 in Marine Park, Brooklyn; 3/15 in Central Park;
3/16
in Kissena Park, Flushing, Queens; 2/22 in Inwood Hill Park; 3/23 in
Prospect Park, Brooklyn; and 3/29 in Central Park.
Check the schedule and sign up at http://wildmanstevebrill.com/ or call
(914) 835-2153.

GRUB COMMUNITY BUILDING MEAL
1st and 3rd Sunday of every month.
A mostly freegan dinner for strangers and co-conspirators in a relaxed
environment. There is no charge but donations are requested. At Rubulad
Home Base, 338 Flushing Avenue (between Classon & Taaffe, near the Navy
Yard) in Brooklyn. Doors open 6:30; dinner around 7:00. More
information
at http://suckapants.com/grub.html.





Bus - M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M42, M98, M101, M102, M104, Q32

Metro North- http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr/index.html

Finding the Dining Concourse in Grand Central - From the Main
Concourse,
take the stairs or escalators on either the east or west sides. For a
much
more scenic view, take either of the ramps found in the Shuttle or 42nd
Street Passages.

“In the animal world we have seen that the vast majority of species
live
in societies, and that they find in association the best arms for the
struggle for life: understood, of course, in its wide Darwinian sense
--
not as a struggle for the sheer means of existence, but as a struggle
against all natural conditions unfavourable to the species. The animal
species, in which individual struggle has been reduced to its narrowest
limits, and the practice of mutual aid has attained the greatest
development, are invariably the most numerous, the most prosperous, and
the most open to further progress. The mutual protection which is
obtained
in this case, the possibility of attaining old age and of accumulating
experience, the higher intellectual development, and the further growth
of
sociable habits, secure the maintenance of the species, its extension,
and
its further progressive evolution. The unsociable species, on the
contrary, are doomed to decay.”
– Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902),
Conclusion.

About the Book: "Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in
particular to Thomas H. Huxley's Nineteenth Century essay, "The
Struggle
for Existence," Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific
expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the phenomenon of cooperation.
After
examining the evidence of cooperation in nonhuman animals, "savages,"
"barbarians," in medieval cities, and in modern times, he concludes
that
cooperation and mutual aid are as important in the evolution of the
species as competition and mutual strife, if not more so." –
Wikipedia

About Peter Kropotkin: “Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin was born in
Moscow,
Russia, on 12th December, 1842. At the age of 15 he entered the
aristocratic Corps des Pages of St. Petersburg and four yeas later
became
personal page to Alexander II.

Kropotkin took a keen interest in politics and volunteered to help
implement the reforms being introduced in Siberia. Disillusioned by the
limits of these reforms, he undertook a geographical exploration in
East
Siberia and produced a paper on his theory of mountain structure.

Kropotkin became openly critical of the Russian political system and in
1874 he was arrested and imprisoned. Two years later he escaped and
fled
to Switzerland. His radical socialist views made him unwelcome in
Switzerland and in 1881 he moved to France where he became a member of
the
International Working Men's Association (the First International).

In 1883 Kropotkin was arrested and imprisoned by the French
authorities.
While in prison Kropotkin's ideas on anarchism were published. Released
in
1886 Kropotkin moved to England where he wrote In Russian and French
Prisons (1887). He was wrote a series of articles attacking the ideas
of
Charles Darwin. Kropotkin argued that it was cooperation rather than
struggle that accounted for the evolution of man and human
intelligence.
The publication of Kropokin's books, Conquest of Bread (1892), Memoirs
of
a Revolutionist (1899), Fields, Factories and Workshops (1901), Mutual
Aid
(1902) and The Great French Revolution (1909) turned him into a world
known political figure.

In 1899 Kropotkin moved to Chicago and lived in the Hull House
settlement.
However, his anarchist views made him an unwelcome guest in the United
States and so he returned to London.

In 1912 Kropotkin moved to Brighton where he stayed for the next five
years. After the overthrow of the Tsar Nicholas II in 1917, he returned
home to Russia and welcomed the October Revolution. Kropotkin was
critical
of the Bolshevik government and described its members as "state
socialists". Peter Kropotkin died of pneumonia on 8th February, 1921.
His
final book, Ethics, Origin and Development (1922) was published
posthumously.”- Spartacus Educational







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