Going Green

True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers

By: Laura Pritchett (Editor)

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Paperback | 15 May 2009

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Never mind the Ph.D. and middle-class trappings-Laura Pritchett is a Dumpster diver and proud of it. Ever since she was old enough to navigate the contents of a metal bin, she has reveled in the treasures found in other people's cast-offs.

For Going Green, Pritchett has gathered the work of more than twenty writers to tell their personal stories of Dumpster diving, eating road kill, salvaging plastic from the beach, and forgoing another trip to the mall for the thrill of bargain hunting at yard sales and flea markets. These stories look not just at the many ways people glean but also at the larger, thornier issues dealing with what re-using-or not-says about our culture and priorities.

The essayists speak to the joys of going beyond the norm to save old houses, old dishwater, old cultures, old Popsicle sticks, and old friendships-and turning them into something new. Some write about gleaning as a means of survival, while others see the practice as a rejection of consumerism or as a way of treading lightly on the earth.

Brimming with practical and creative new ways to think about recycling, this collection invites you to dive in and find your own way of going green.

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Preface	p. vii
Good Circulation: Gleaning Food and Things
Gleaning with Mac	p. 3
Intimmensity	p. 13
Blacktop Cuisine	p. 23
Gleaning for Lillie	p. 31
Good Circulation	p. 39
All That We Leave Behind	p. 43
Second Thoughts	p. 51
Every Popsicle Stick Counts	p. 59
Of Rags and Bags	p. 67
Less	p. 72
Bin Diver	p. 83
Why I Love the Dump	p. 92
The Turf, the Game, and the Radio	p. 99
It Keeps the Heart Happy	p. 108
Home Recycling: Gleaning from and for Our Homes
Just Imagine	p. 119
Wood Blues	p. 127
Throwing Out the Dishwater	p. 137
Home Recycling	p. 141
Teach Me: Gleaning for and from People
What I Have Gleaned	p. 149
My Father's Last Fortune	p. 163
Handprints in the Canyon	p. 173
Things the Color of Stone	p. 187
Hoş geldiniz, hoş bulduk: How Turkey Taught Me to Just Say Thanks	p. 194
The Vanishing	p. 203
Publication Credits	p. 209
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