Loading ...UC Berkeley alums Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson are staunch advocates of the “world’s oldest profession.” No, we don’t mean prostitution. Since first taking notice of one another back in 1979 for their equally thrifty style, the now-married couple has built a lifestyle on the principle of dressing down … waaaaay down.
They call it scavenging—a term with which any Telegraph Avenue pedestrian is intimately familiar—but Rufus and Lawson insist that it doesn’t have to entail dumpster diving. Their beloved pastime, described in detail in their latest authorial collaboration “The Scavenger’s Manifesto,” encompasses innumerable legal methods of getting crap for free.
The gains of Freeganism aren’t just economic; over the years they’ve uncovered veritable works of art in the most innocuous places. Avenues they recommend outside of digging through the trash range from flea markets and thrift stores, to craigslist and Freecycle.org, to the quite straightforward act of opening your eyes. Treasure awaits, should you choose to seek it.
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Birds of a feather – in this case, scavengers – gather together [SFGate]
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