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FREEGAN [1 record]

Record 1 2020-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Ethics and Morals
DEF

A person who rejects consumerism and seeks to help the environment by reducing waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods.

CONT

... freegans are distinguished by their association with an anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideology and their engagement in a wider range of alternative living strategies, such as voluntary unemployment, squatting in abandoned buildings, and guerrilla gardening in unoccupied city parks.

OBS

freegan: This term is a blend of the words "free" and "vegan." However, freegans are not necessarily vegans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Éthique et Morale
DEF

Personne qui rejette le consumérisme et cherche à protéger l'environnement en réduisant des déchets, particulièrement en récupérant et en utilisant la nourriture et les biens mis au rebut.

OBS

gratuivore : terme formé du mot «gratuit» et du suffixe -vore, qui signifie «qui se nourrit».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Ética y Moral
CONT

Frigano es una adaptación válida del anglicismo freegan, que hace referencia a la persona perteneciente al movimiento que defiende un modo de vida anticonsumista basado en una participación mínima en la economía convencional y en el menor consumo posible de recursos.

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