Freegans: A Trash Tour and A Dinner

freegan

Freegan it is!

After my research about subcultures it's Freegan that was the most interesting. So its my job now to learn everything about these people and find a way to conect them.

Freegan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB56aGTgfVE

freegan is someone who has chosen to live a lifestyle which has minimal environmental and economic impact. The word is a portmanteau of “free” and “vegan,” as much of the philosophy behind freeganism is similar to that of veganism, although a freegan tends to be more extreme than a vegan. Although the term integrates the word “vegan,” not all freegans are vegan, though many choose to be because they were vegans originally, and they are not interested in consuming animal products. According to freegan ethics, every human has a responsibility to live a life which reduces exploitation of animals, natural resources, and other people. While many vegans agree with this, freegans argue that veganism does not go far enough, and that a purely vegan diet can still be harmful. Most freegans reject capitalist systems as part of this ethic, because they believe that capitalism is inherently exploitative.

http://twitter.com/Freegan

Carfree people

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47156285786

Damanhur Movie

http://current.com/items/89355590/how_i_found_utopia.htm?xid=55

website

http://www.cultureconnector.org/

Cultural Creatives

Cultural Creatives is a term coined by sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson to describe a large segment in Western society that has recently developed beyond the standard paradigm of Modernists versus Traditionalists or Conservatists. The concept was presented in their book The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World (2000), where they claim to have found that 50 million adult Americans (slightly over one quarter of the adult population) can now be identified as belonging to this group. They estimated that there were another 80–90 million Cultural Creatives in Europe in 2000.

Core cultural creative
Just under half of the CC population, this segment comprises the more educated, leading-edge thinkers. This group includes many writers, artists, musicians, psychotherapists, feminists, alternative health care providers and other professionals. They combine a serious concern for their inner life with a strong passion for social activism.


Green cultural creative
The more secular and extroverted wing of the cultural creatives. They tend to follow the opinions of the Core group and have a more conventional religious outlook. Their world views are less thought out than the Core group and less intensely held.

CharacteristicsDr. Ray and Dr. Anderson created a questionnaire to identify cultural creatives in Western society. The below characteristics were identified as qualities of a cultural creative. Agreement with 10 or more indicates status as a cultural creative.

-love of nature and deep caring about its destruction
-strong awareness of the planet-wide issues (i.e. global warming, poverty, overpopulation, etc.) and a desire to see more action on them
-willingness to pay higher taxes or spend more money for goods if that money went to improving the environment
-heavy emphasis on the importance of developing and maintaining relationships
-heavy emphasis on the importance of helping others and developing their unique gifts
-volunteer with one or more good causes
-intense interest in spiritual and psychological development
-see spirituality as an importance aspect of life but worry about religious fundamentalism
-desire more equity for women in business, life and politics
-concern for the violence and abuse against women and children
-want politics and government to spend more money on education, community programs and the support of a more ecologically sustainable future
-are unhappy with the left and right in politics
-optimism towards the future
-want to be involved in creating a new and better way of life
-are concerned with big business and the means they use to generate profits, ncluding destroying the environment and exploiting poorer countries
-unlikely to overspend or be in heavy debt
-dislike modern cultures emphasis on making it and success, on consuming and making money
-like people, places and things that are different or exotic

Subculture

Fraternities are usually formed with different guidelines and purposes, although they may just be for fun. Fraternities will generally help out in their community and organize events that will bring them together to do something to help the area.[citation needed] They will have some fundraisers and parties, but you could still be removed from the fraternity if you violate their rules or don't live up to their expectations.
Fraternities also help people get jobs and meet people.

A fraternity (Latin frater : "brother") is a brotherhood, though the term usually connotes a distinct or formal organization. The only true distinction between a fraternity and any other form of social organization is the implication that the members freely associate as equals for a mutually beneficial purpose, rather than because of a religious, governmental, commercial, or familial bond, although there are fraternities dedicated to each of these topics.[1]

In many instances fraternities are limited to male membership but this is not always the case, and there are mixed male and female, and even wholly female, fraternities. For example, for general fraternities; Grande Loge Mixte de France, Honorable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons, Grande Lodge Feminine de France, Order of the Eastern Star, Order of DeMolay; for college and university fraternities, Delta Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi International, Pi Kappa Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Beta Theta Pi, and Knights of Phi Lambda Sigma-ΦΛΣ 1914.

Fraternities can be organized for many purposes, including university education, work skills, ethics, ethnicity, religion, politics, charity, chivalry, other standards of personal conduct, asceticism, service, performing arts, family command of territory, and even crime. There is almost always an explicit goal of mutual support, and while there have been fraternal orders for the well-off there have also been many fraternities for those in the lower ranks of society, especially for national or religious minorities. Trade unions also grew out of fraternities such as the Knights of Labor.

Subculture

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. It is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed or political preference. There are more than 32,000 clubs and over 1.2 million members world-wide.[2] The members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Members usually meet weekly for breakfast, lunch or dinner, which is a social event as well as an opportunity to organize work on their service goals.

Nice documentary maker about subcultures

Watch: http://www.louis-theroux.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1190331762/

It looks like youth subcultures are going to dominate our mainstream culture. Adults take over more and more elements from youth subculters. Media, sports, medical sector and clothing business are al part of this!