Really people, why am I always the last to know? I can’t believe that in two years of garblogging I’m only now discovering that in 2006 a group of Wesleyan students travelled around to five Ivy League campuses and made a documentary about diving in those elite dumpsters. Having grown up on a sucession of college campuses, I’m thrilled to see ANY effort to reduce the waste. I know homelessness and hunger are complex problems, but when walking around a college campus, especially the well endowed sort, it is hard to fathom how anyone could be needy in this sickly over-satiated country. Dumpster diving in college towns is so easy it’s more of a public service than a sport.
Of course half of the Princeton students (sample size unknown) polled on this collegate blog disagree that it’s a good idea. Shocking.
Tags: dumpster diving, princeton, zero waste
everydaytrash 
Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 5:59 am |
They should actually tell the students to not just throw, but give, to charitys etc…I say thumbs up to the waste divers!!!
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 11:29 am |
Take warning, take warning!
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:46 pm |
I know. These kids should lead workshops.
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 5:23 pm |
Gosh, you’re not the last one!! 🙂
Haven’t seen this until today either!! 🙂
Yup, I agree it would be great if students RRRRR-ed more!!
An ipod & all those cables in a bin – ugh!!
I did rather fancy the pirate hat, not sure if that was dumpster-dived too?
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 8:05 pm |
Nice to see another namesake out there. No clue, but my guess is that the hat was also salvaged!
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 6:31 pm |
Hi there!
I made this film in 2006. It’s cool to see that people are still seeing it and commenting on it and that it’s traveling around on the internet. I would love to make a sequel documentary to this film some day… alas! I graduated in ’08 and it’s work, work, work… but maybe one day I’ll get to make a follow-up film.
Jean Pockrus
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 7:42 pm |
Glad you found us, Jean! Keep us posted on new projects!