Mottainai
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Mottainai is a Japanese phrase conveying a sense of regret over waste, or to state that one does not deserve something because it is too good. The term can be translated to English as "What a waste!"
Mottainai written on a truck, followed by the sentence "I strive towards zero emission"
Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai has used the word mottainai in an environmental protection campaign.
Freeganism
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Freeganism is an ideology of limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources, particularly through recovering wasted goods like food. The word "freegan" is a por
A box of vegetables and fruits recovered from the dumpsters of a hypermarket
Urban foraged food in Stockholm, Sweden
Freegan while dumpster diving
Food collected from a dumpster in Linköping, Sweden