Feast of garbage.

Desperately seeking creative solutions: The economic slowdown in the U.S. is an incentive for many to find new ways to go. km42-Jörg Pfeiffer reporter goes in search of people with unusual ideas - and begins its journey in garbage collectors in New York.

 

In the U.S. there is the worst economic crisis since 1929, millions fear for jobs and prosperity. The new President Barack Obama brings hope and new approaches - but alone it can not change the promised herbeizaubern. Much depends on the citizens themselves.

But there is between New York and San Francisco, between Minnesota and Texas not long ago many creative approaches to solving environmental, economic and social problems? Americans, who for many years and decades, try other ways than the masses to go and in the past not always been taken seriously? And Americans who are using the "Change" motto of its new president to inspire, even to become active?

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Treasure hunt in the garbage of New York: In the first contribution meets km42 Reporter Jörg Pfeiffer a group of people who only waste and exchange live

ONLINE blogs goes on a search for Weltverbesserern, activists, utopians, anarchists, visionaries, inventors and outs. Jörg Pfeiffer is responsible for the
interactive travel reportage km42 drove there, where the global economic crisis began. Eight weeks later, the video reporters the country from east to west through - from New York to Detroit, New Mexico to San Francisco - and with the camera and the camera stories hold that only the local people can tell.

Few in the U.S. Pfeiffer has arrived on the garbage of Manhattan fallen. On a nighttime stroll through the houses he has completed ten canyons accompanied by activists freegan, a movement whose members are the only consumer refuse and waste of life and barter transactions. In his
first video contribution "through the trash of New York" he reports from a special invitation to dinner - the meal consists only of waste of the city.

The reportage tour across the United States is the ninth
km42 trip to Jörg Pfeiffer blogs ONLINE readers take. A trained cameraman portrayed in countries such as India, Britain, Romania, Switzerland and Luxembourg - always with the support of the km42 community. In 2006 won the silver for the Lead Award in the category of "web feature of the year."

On the interactive site can km42 readers' tips on interesting places, stories or special people that are commenting on and contributions to the Google Maps route map Pfeiffer pursue.

From now on, Jörg Pfeiffer also several times a day on the
Micro-blogging service Twitter from his personal experiences on the report can be seen on the km42 and Twitter page. km42 "follower" who register at Twitter, get the text messages directly to their mobile phone to all. online blogs, readers get a glimpse behind the scenes, a making-of type of km42 reports.

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