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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 22, 2012 17:21:42 GMT -5
Have you ever wonder how much Americans waste. I uploaded a full length film called Dive. It's about dumpster diving. You know we talk about all the starving children overseas well the folks here need to clean up their act!
It's a fun watch! 52 mins.
NBisHwww.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZEAbout the film: Swiss cheese, organic chicken breasts, fresh blueberries and strawberries, prosciutto and imported asparagus. These are just a few of the food items that end up in the garbage every day in the USA. In fact, 96 billion pounds (43.6 million tons) of food are thrown away each year in the USA. That’s 263 million pounds (119,300 tons) a day; 11 million pounds (4,990 tons) an hour and 3,000 pounds (1.6 tons) a second while 854 million people in the world go hungry. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste by first-time filmmaker Jeremy Seifert, and made with a budget of a mere US$200, explores how American grocery stores are quietly filling their dumpsters with edible food while so many people in the USA go without proper access to nutritious food. Jeremy Seifert and his group of friends live off dumpster diving, eating food from garbage cans located outside of supermarkets. The food they salvage is astounding, in fact it is so good that one friend remarks that he eats like a rich person off dumpster diving. Although at first it may be a tad stomach churning to think of eating food from a garbage can, the volume of food, in addition to the quality of items Seifert and his friends pull from garbage dumpsters, is nothing short of astounding. And the meals they make are mouth-watering to say the least. The majority of the food the merry band of dumpster divers forage is comprised of slightly damaged items and foods close to their sell by date that are thrown away by supermarkets. “There is a certain beauty of seeing food pulled from the garbage and transforming into a meal with friends,” explains filmmaker Seifert. Considering that food takes up more than 20% of landfill space in the USA, rots, decomposes and emits methane, it is good to see that someone is eating a small portion of America's discarded food. “When you waste food you are throwing away life as it takes life to create food,” explains Dr. Timothy Jones, former director of the Garbage Project in the USA. Jones also explains that it is not just the food that is wasted, but also everything that went into growing it, including the water, the fertilizer, the petroleum to transport the food, and the greenhouse gases generated during transport. It is particularly disturbing to see just how much edible meat, considering how resource intensive it is to produce, is being thrown away in the USA. In fact, in one week of dumpster diving Seifert obtains a year’s supply of meat and poultry which prompts him to go buy a secondhand freezer to store the excess. Considering that the US practices some of the cruelest methods of factory farming in the world, it is alarming to see the magnitude of waste. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste is a poignant, and at times humorous, essay on American food waste and a rallying cry against the hunger crisis in the USA - everyone in North America should see this film. Year: 2010 Runtime:52m www.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZE
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Post by therealfake on Jan 22, 2012 18:10:01 GMT -5
Have you ever wonder how much Americans waste. I uploaded a full length film called Dive. It's about dumpster diving. You know we talk about all the starving children overseas well the folks here need to clean up their act!
It's a fun watch! 52 mins.
NBisHwww.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZEAbout the film: Swiss cheese, organic chicken breasts, fresh blueberries and strawberries, prosciutto and imported asparagus. These are just a few of the food items that end up in the garbage every day in the USA. In fact, 96 billion pounds (43.6 million tons) of food are thrown away each year in the USA. That’s 263 million pounds (119,300 tons) a day; 11 million pounds (4,990 tons) an hour and 3,000 pounds (1.6 tons) a second while 854 million people in the world go hungry. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste by first-time filmmaker Jeremy Seifert, and made with a budget of a mere US$200, explores how American grocery stores are quietly filling their dumpsters with edible food while so many people in the USA go without proper access to nutritious food. Jeremy Seifert and his group of friends live off dumpster diving, eating food from garbage cans located outside of supermarkets. The food they salvage is astounding, in fact it is so good that one friend remarks that he eats like a rich person off dumpster diving. Although at first it may be a tad stomach churning to think of eating food from a garbage can, the volume of food, in addition to the quality of items Seifert and his friends pull from garbage dumpsters, is nothing short of astounding. And the meals they make are mouth-watering to say the least. The majority of the food the merry band of dumpster divers forage is comprised of slightly damaged items and foods close to their sell by date that are thrown away by supermarkets. “There is a certain beauty of seeing food pulled from the garbage and transforming into a meal with friends,” explains filmmaker Seifert. Considering that food takes up more than 20% of landfill space in the USA, rots, decomposes and emits methane, it is good to see that someone is eating a small portion of America's discarded food. “When you waste food you are throwing away life as it takes life to create food,” explains Dr. Timothy Jones, former director of the Garbage Project in the USA. Jones also explains that it is not just the food that is wasted, but also everything that went into growing it, including the water, the fertilizer, the petroleum to transport the food, and the greenhouse gases generated during transport. It is particularly disturbing to see just how much edible meat, considering how resource intensive it is to produce, is being thrown away in the USA. In fact, in one week of dumpster diving Seifert obtains a year’s supply of meat and poultry which prompts him to go buy a secondhand freezer to store the excess. Considering that the US practices some of the cruelest methods of factory farming in the world, it is alarming to see the magnitude of waste. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste is a poignant, and at times humorous, essay on American food waste and a rallying cry against the hunger crisis in the USA - everyone in North America should see this film. Year: 2010 Runtime:52m www.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZE Ah great, now Steven's going to start a Non-Dual dumpster diving initiative... ;D |
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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 22, 2012 18:17:42 GMT -5
Have you ever wonder how much Americans waste. I uploaded a full length film called Dive. It's about dumpster diving. You know we talk about all the starving children overseas well the folks here need to clean up their act!
It's a fun watch! 52 mins.
NBisHwww.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZEAbout the film: Swiss cheese, organic chicken breasts, fresh blueberries and strawberries, prosciutto and imported asparagus. These are just a few of the food items that end up in the garbage every day in the USA. In fact, 96 billion pounds (43.6 million tons) of food are thrown away each year in the USA. That’s 263 million pounds (119,300 tons) a day; 11 million pounds (4,990 tons) an hour and 3,000 pounds (1.6 tons) a second while 854 million people in the world go hungry. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste by first-time filmmaker Jeremy Seifert, and made with a budget of a mere US$200, explores how American grocery stores are quietly filling their dumpsters with edible food while so many people in the USA go without proper access to nutritious food. Jeremy Seifert and his group of friends live off dumpster diving, eating food from garbage cans located outside of supermarkets. The food they salvage is astounding, in fact it is so good that one friend remarks that he eats like a rich person off dumpster diving. Although at first it may be a tad stomach churning to think of eating food from a garbage can, the volume of food, in addition to the quality of items Seifert and his friends pull from garbage dumpsters, is nothing short of astounding. And the meals they make are mouth-watering to say the least. The majority of the food the merry band of dumpster divers forage is comprised of slightly damaged items and foods close to their sell by date that are thrown away by supermarkets. “There is a certain beauty of seeing food pulled from the garbage and transforming into a meal with friends,” explains filmmaker Seifert. Considering that food takes up more than 20% of landfill space in the USA, rots, decomposes and emits methane, it is good to see that someone is eating a small portion of America's discarded food. “When you waste food you are throwing away life as it takes life to create food,” explains Dr. Timothy Jones, former director of the Garbage Project in the USA. Jones also explains that it is not just the food that is wasted, but also everything that went into growing it, including the water, the fertilizer, the petroleum to transport the food, and the greenhouse gases generated during transport. It is particularly disturbing to see just how much edible meat, considering how resource intensive it is to produce, is being thrown away in the USA. In fact, in one week of dumpster diving Seifert obtains a year’s supply of meat and poultry which prompts him to go buy a secondhand freezer to store the excess. Considering that the US practices some of the cruelest methods of factory farming in the world, it is alarming to see the magnitude of waste. Dive! Living Off America’s Waste is a poignant, and at times humorous, essay on American food waste and a rallying cry against the hunger crisis in the USA - everyone in North America should see this film. Year: 2010 Runtime:52m www.dailymotion.com/video/k5AWqCbtvps0Qe2IwZE Ah great, now Steven's going to start a Non-Dual dumpster diving initiative... ;D Ooops  |
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Post by klaus on Jan 22, 2012 18:26:26 GMT -5
Yes, the people of this country are pigs.
Not just with food but with everything.
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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 22, 2012 18:42:40 GMT -5
Yes, the people of this country are pigs. Not just with food but with everything.  |
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Post by therealfake on Jan 22, 2012 22:47:28 GMT -5
Yes, the people of this country are pigs. Not just with food but with everything. What would happen if everyone in the world decided to stop eating meat? Who would suffer the most, the peeps of the world or the governments and multinational corporations? Although everything is better with bacon ;D |
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Post by question on Jan 23, 2012 6:02:37 GMT -5
Yes, the people of this country are pigs. Not just with food but with everything. Haha, Klaus, no matter how enlightened or insane, you will never get rid of that German in you, will you? |
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Post by klaus on Jan 23, 2012 13:37:55 GMT -5
Yes, the people of this country are pigs. Not just with food but with everything. Haha, Klaus, no matter how enlightened or insane, you will never get rid of that German in you, will you? Hi Question, What is the German in me? I've never understood what you mean by that. |
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Post by question on Jan 23, 2012 14:09:03 GMT -5
Haha, Klaus, no matter how enlightened or insane, you will never get rid of that German in you, will you? Hi Question, What is the German in me? I've never understood what you mean by that. Germans have a history of a bizarre bloodlust, hence the allusion in the context of 'killing the Buddha'. Germans are also known to be extremely orderly, hence the allusion in the context of 'people in this country are pigs'. I'm just trying to have fun with bad jokes about silly clichés, I hope you're not offended. But it would be funny if you were, because Germans are also known for not understanding humour. |
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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 23, 2012 14:15:45 GMT -5
I'm just trying to have fun with bad jokes about silly clichés, I hope you're not offended. But it would be funny if you were, because Germans are also known for not understanding humour.
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Post by question on Jan 23, 2012 14:28:16 GMT -5
I'm just trying to have fun with bad jokes about silly clichés, I hope you're not offended. But it would be funny if you were, because Germans are also known for not understanding humour.
NBisHThat's true, much too much TV. Mostly politics and soccer. |
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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 23, 2012 14:53:28 GMT -5
I think you watch tooooo much TV Question.
NBisH That's true, much too much TV. Mostly politics and soccer. Well you are honest which gives you a lot of millage ;D However:  |
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Post by therealfake on Jan 23, 2012 15:00:30 GMT -5
I think you watch tooooo much TV Question.
NBisH That's true, much too much TV. Mostly politics and soccer. Heh, I don't think he's anymore offended than if someone were to call you a Flag-Waving, Bleeding-Heart, Gun-Toting Liberal.  |
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Post by nobodyishome on Jan 23, 2012 15:09:37 GMT -5
That's true, much too much TV. Mostly politics and soccer. Heh, I don't think he's anymore offended than if someone were to call you a Flag-Waving, Bleeding-Heart, Gun-Toting Liberal.
Question is much too mature for such childish things.
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Post by question on Jan 23, 2012 15:13:47 GMT -5
That's true, much too much TV. Mostly politics and soccer. Heh, I don't think he's anymore offended than if someone were to call you a Flag-Waving, Bleeding-Heart, Gun-Toting Liberal.  |
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