If you’ve ever read anything on this site, you’ll know we have a thing about “saving always comes first”. We have even threatened to write to the dictionary people to tell them to the change their definition! Now we’ve found even more conclusive evidence about how important it is. You […]
My dad turned 52 this year, which also happened to be the year when he opened his first-ever brokerage account and bought shares of the SPDR S&P 500 trust. A little bit about my dad. He was born into a family of six children in Northeastern China, in a very […]
I think I should write to Oxford, Webster and maybe even the people who put the squiggly lines under our words in spellcheck. You see, I think they’ve got something wrong in their definitions of saving. There’s something really important missing. As we all know, the least imaginative way of […]
Last night I ran 8km. It was the fourth evening in a row that I had gone running. And I think it’s the first time in my life that I can say that – that I went running four days in a row. I feel pretty happy about that. It’s […]
Peggy Pigasus was born with wings, just like all the other pigasi (the plural for pigasus). But unlike other pigasi she couldn’t fly, because her wings were too small and her belly too big. Small wings and a big belly can’t stop a pigasus from dreaming though, and Peggy dreamed […]
Gift economy is the final instalment in our freeganism series. Also known as ‘sharing’, gift economy has been used through history as a sort of favour and barter system. It exists in a sort of you-scratch-my-back, I-scratch-yours sense, where people will give you things for a gift you provide — […]
Wild foraging is something that I’ve always wanted to do. Equipped with a woven basket and trusty dog sidekick, I’ve dreamt about roaming the country picking mushrooms and plucking berries. It turns out you can do that at home, too! As always, please check that it is legal where you […]
Urban foraging is difficult, risky, and rewarding. The number one thing that we have to impress on you is to check whether or not it is legal where you are! Urban foraging can be unhealthy, especially if you’re foraging for food, so please take precautions, and make sure to triple […]
Now we know the reasons people have for being freegans, and a bit of the context behind it, we can start going into what freeganism actually is. Freeganism is the belief that since there is surplus supply, people don’t actually need to pay for food. Why pay for something that […]
This week, we’re going to be releasing a DIY guide to the hottest new trend: freeganism. There’s a lot of history with freeganism, so bear with. I’m sure you know that a lot of food goest to waste in the world. Whether that’s supermarkets throwing out ugly looking fruit, or […]
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