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Random stuff:

English

Trashwiki

Trashwiki is a collaborative world wide guide of creating value from trash!

It is written for and by dumpster divers, freegans and others of such kind. Here you will find plenty of trash-related articles: you can search by specific countries, by places like markets, by food types, etc. They already have 792 articles on trash and living for free. You can find precise descriptions of how to get rid of your trash in a sustainable manner, how to sensibly recuperate trash, how to share and get stuff for free, and much much more...

"One person's trash is another's treasure"


Homestead Survival

The website thehomesteadsurvival.com is an invaluable resource offering information on emergency preparedness, homesteading, wild-food, foraging, medical skills, self sufficiency, self reliance, recycling, gardening and so much more.


Eat the weeds

Eattheweeds.com is a guide to foraging, eating wild plants, edible wild food and other things. Hosted by Green Dean.

Freecycle

"The Freecycle Network"™ is made up of 5,110 groups with 5,247,494 members around the world. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by local volunteers (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on 'Browse Groups' above the search box." (Unfortunately the trademark™ is not a joke. The organization is not very friendly with anyone using the name without putting a ™.)

Just for the love of it

justfortheloveofit.org: "Join the world's fastest growing alternative economy ... Save money. Learn new skills. Reduce your carbon footprint.Meet new friends locally. Get help with projects for free. Share skills, tools, and spaces through freeshare. Share advice, information or ask freeconomic questions inour forum. The Freeconomy Community's aim is to help reconnect people in their local communities through the simple act of sharing."

The backpacking site

The 'backpacking-site.com' is a site set up as a comprehensive resource for intrepid travellers everywhere. Within the site, you'll find information on every aspect of backpacking and low cost travel.

Gumtree

Gumtree is an extensive network of online classifieds and community websites. Gumtree now covers 60 cities across 6 countries - the UK, Ireland, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is the UK's largest website for local community classifieds. The site has sections for live-in jobs, travel partners, rideshares, skills & language swap etc.


Russian

Academy of Free Travel

The Academy of Free Travel (Russian: Академия Вольных Путешествий) is a travel club based in Russia, founded on September 2, 1995. The main organizer of the club's activities is the Russian travel guide author Anton Krotov. Participants in the club's activities are mostly from the former Soviet Union and the main language is Russian, but people from all countries are welcome to join the AVP.