An exciting new movement is afoot that brings together environmentalists,anti-consumerists,do-it-yourselfers,bargain hunters,and treasure seekers of all stripes.You can see it in the enormous popularity of websites like freecycle.org,freegan.info,freeswapper.org,and freesharing.org:millions of Americans are breaking free from the want-get-discard cycle by which we are currently producing approximately 245 million tons of waste every day(that's 4.5 pounds per person,per day!).And they're ready for a manifesto……

In The Scavengers'Manifesto,Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson invite readers to discover one of the most gratifying(and inexpensive)ways to go green.Whether it's refurbishing a discarded wooden door into a dining room table;finding a bicycle on freecycle.org;or giving a neighbor who just had a baby that cute never-used teddy bear your child didin't bond with,in this book Rufus and Lawson chart the history of scavenging and the world-changing environmental and spiritual implications of "scavenomics,"and offer readers a framework for adopting scavenging as a philosophy and a way of life.