Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers

by Laura Pritchett and Pritchett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140135
• ISBN13: 9780806140131
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A fine probe of what really defines 'green' actions

GOING GREEN: TRUE TALES FROM CLEANERS, SCAVENGERS, AND DUMPSTER DIVERS has gathered the work of over twenty writers who tell their personal accounts of Dumpster driving, eating road kill, salvaging bottles and recycled materials, and more. These stories consider ways in which people can 'go green' and underlying issues of priorities and cultural influences on the process, making for a fine probe of what really defines 'green' actions. General lending libraries will find it intriguing.

love these tales of gleaning.....

Gleaning tales! Gleaning from refuse, people, relatives, rich people. Stories full of emotion and desire to do better for the world. Change your life and read this!

Reminds you about the THRILL of re-using!

I love this book! It's full of fun, fascinating ways that people incorporate gleaning into their lives. The essays are wonderfully written -- they made me laugh and smile and feel inspired. Best of all, they reminded me of the magical, childlike thrill you get when you discover forgotten or discarded treasures-- or find wildly creative new uses for something like used teabags. The essays also bring you deeper into the issue of how much waste our society creates-- and give you lots of great information to think about and discuss. This book has sparked wonderful conversations between my husband and me-- and the way we interact with all the "stuff" in our lives has changed! For one thing, our trash can fills up much less quickly now...