Eating From A Dumpster for Jesus March 9, 2008
Category:
Compassion
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Show Description: Have you ever ate out of the trash? How about on a regular basis? How about because you feel God leads you to do so? Yeah. Just an average day if you are a freegan. Freegans spend very little money by going dumpster diving (and other cost saving methods) in order to help the poor. Join the conversation as we look at a very peculiar way to live a life.
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Allen's Legal Pad for Eating From A Dumpster for Jesus
Weird and freaky – what Andy and team told me this week
I don't think so
Think it is the most Christ-like lifestyle in America
Heard of these freegan people?
Live as cheaply and simply as possible
Pick through trash, dive in dumpsters
Actually did an Oprah show on it
Daniel and Amanda – most authentic Christian witness in America
Dumpster divers
He is a doctor – she is an engineer
Try to avoid buying anything – anti-consumerists
Some folks do this to protest capitalism – stupid
Oppose materialism, competition, consumerism, conformity and greed
No cars – hitchhiking, walking, biking, trainhopping
Daniel and Amanda do it because of their faith
Core values of simplicity, generosity, sharing
Don't like to spend a lot on themselves
Share a lot of their money – not get happiness from things
Contacted them to be on show – in Haiti on medical mission trip
Andy and guys said these folks are freaky and weird
Not me – I think this is the finest Christian lifestyle I can imagine in our culture
Educated, hold good jobs, and give generously
5% consume 30% of resources
We are addicted to stuff
Don't think I could do it – admire them for their commitment and self-denial
The dumpster part is the tough part
teachings of Christ
Are you a freegan? Love to hear your story
Could you do it?
MISC
While most newlyweds spend their time picking out new furniture and china, Daniel and Amanda are picking through eggshells to find salvageable food. This doctor and engineer are Nashville-area freegans.
When Lisa visits their home, Daniel and Amanda show off some of the items they have stored up. Their haul includes fruit and vegetables, frozen pizza, milk and eggs, 50 boxes of cereal, 2,000 envelopes, sheets, rugs, lotion, furniture…even workout equipment! They say they especially love cooking using cans that have lost their labels. "They're the most fun," Daniel says. "We call them 'mystery cans.'"
Daniel says he and Amanda adopted their freegan lifestyle out of frustration with our wasteful culture. "I think we're 5 percent of the population and we consume 30 percent of the world's resources. We just think that's wrong that so many people suffer," Daniel says.
Amanda says she is not worried about what other people think of them. "We'd much rather be known as people that dig in trash than people that buy needless things," she says. "You have to learn to not get your happiness from things. It's a pretty easy thing to learn once you try it."
Daniel and Amanda started their freegan lifestyle about two years after they started dating. "At first, I was really grossed out," Amanda says. Daniel says he introduced the idea to Amanda because he had some friends who did it first. When he showed Amanda the quality of what they could get in the trash, she agreed to give it a try.
What made them think it was a good idea in the first place? Daniel says freegan ideas about consumption fit into their beliefs. "We try to live very simply, and we don't spend a lot on ourselves. We are very happy with having a little," he says. "We like to make it a priority to share a lot of our money. A lot of that comes from our Christian values of sharing and generosity."
They say their scavenging can be so productive that they sometimes can't even use everything they find! When that happens, Amanda says, they either give their surplus to others or donate it to shelters or charities. "Just put it back into the system rather than into a landfill," she says. (Oprah)
Allen's Top Five Georgia Sport Spots
1. Rome Speedway - world's fastest half-mile dirt track. Say no more.
2. Luther Williams Field - Classic, historic minor league ballpark in Macon
3. Atlanta Motor Speedway - Fastest tri-oval in motor sports
4. The Drum - Home of the Mount Pisgah Christian Patriots basketball team
5. Augusta National - would not be a list with out this one
Quotes to Live By
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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