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Dumpster Diving
together in building a healthier, stronger society that
Frugalists Use Society’s Trash
Frugalists hate to see waste and find
works for all.
plenty of places to score the stuff they
need. “You just have to know where
No Status Quo
to look,” they advise. Some scoop
Narrowing the Creative Gap at Work
items up off the curb, attend organized
Creativity is gaining recognition as a way for business-
giveaway events and browse Internet
es to improve the bottom line and keep employees
posts such as
Freecycle.org. Others
satisfied. Such workers challenge the status quo.
peruse catalogs, and then locate what
Economists see them as a cornerstone of U.S.
they want at local thrift shops. Self-
competitiveness.
proclaimed frugans search dumpsters
Although still in its infancy, “We’re mov-
behind food stores.
ing from an industrial economy to a creative
“If Americans didn’t demand
economy,” says Richard Florida, author of
pristine produce and bread baked fresh
The Rise of the Creative Class. He defines the
daily, there would be little for dump-
creative sector as “people who think for a liv-
ster divers to find,” observes MSNBC.
ing,” including those in the fields of science,
com reporter Allison Linn. “And, if we
technology, arts, culture, design, law, healthcare and
didn’t lust for new couches long before
education.
the old springs had gone soft, and new
Still, a new Ipsos survey reports that while 88 percent of American workers
jeans, months before the current ones
consider themselves creative, fewer than two in three believe they are tapping
had developed holes, there would be
their creative capacities on the job. “People are no longer motivated just by mak- little for thrift store aficionados and
ing money,” notes Florida. “Companies have to provide environments that allow garage sale lovers to buy.”
[employees] to express themselves.” According to the Environmental
Younger generations and women are especially driven by quality of life and Protection Agency, Americans produce
job content. To attract them, companies must stay open to new ideas and encour- an average of 4.6 pounds of waste per
age their input. Stronger employee collaboration, lower turnover, and profitable person per day—nearly a ton a year.
innovation that goes beyond the corporate mission statement, emerge.
We all create tons of bargains for those
willing to take a second look at our
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
consumer culture.
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