pod, dumpster diving, foragers, snorkeling and diving

For a while, Williams lived out of his car and kept a journal on a laptop. Once he fell behind on the car payments, he took shelter in a dumpster. The situation hit him hard.


Williams came up with the idea while resting in one of the only safe places he could find: a dumpster. He'd even drawn up the plans for a self-contained survival pod — a 6-foot by 6-foot structure with a single bed and a chemical toilet.

Chen signed on, and they formed a company to start working on a prototype pod. They also envision other applications — FEMA could use them for emergency housing, and airports could rent them to travelers with long layovers.





Todd Heisler/The New York Times
City Moves to Stop Foraging in Parks

By LISA W. FODERARO

The rising cost of food has led to an increase in foraging in city parks, according to New York officials say. At right, Leda Meredith leads foraging tours in Prospect Park.

California in My Mind

By JEFF GORDINIER

Memories of grilled shrimp, vinyl records and surf culture pull a writer back to the Orange County coast of his youth. How do the beach towns of today hold up against those memories?

Urban foragers go dumpster diving in Amsterdam

Dumpster divers want to stop edible food from being wasted

Dumpster diving already has a solid following in the US, where activists are trying to reduce the pressure on landfills. But are Europeans ready dive in?

We follow a group of dumpster divers as they go scavenging at a market in Amsterdam. They can afford to buy groceries but say this is a lifestyle choice aimed at saving the planet.

Where Fish Outnumber Phones
By GISELA WILLIAMS
A remote Indonesian archipelago - long an in-the-know spot for snorkeling and diving - is now attracting travelers looking to unplug from the modern world.

 snorkel
 (snôr'kəl)
n.

1. A breathing apparatus used by swimmers and skin divers, consisting of a long tube held in the mouth.
2. A retractable vertical tube in a diesel-engine submarine that contains air-intake and exhaust pipes for the engines and for ventilation, permitting extended periods of submergence at periscope depth.

intr.v., -keled, -kel·ing, -kels.
To dive using a snorkel.

[German Schnorchel, from dialectal, nose (from its resemblance in shape to a nose).]

snorkeler snor'kel·er n.

n. - 水下通氣管, 潛艇換氣裝置
v. intr. - 使用水下呼吸管潛游

Dumpster diving (known as skipping in the UK)^[1][2] is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but which may be useful to the dumpster diver.

The dumpster diving term originates from the best-known manufacturer of commercial trash bins, Dempsey, who use the trade name "Dumpster" for their bins,[3] and the fanciful image of someone leaping head first into a dumpster as if it were a swimming pool. In practice, the size and design of most dumpsters makes it possible to retrieve many items from the outside of dumpsters without having to "dive" into them.


2月中旬，美國記者知道加州當地有一位陳榮良醫師，幫助一位從發明家淪為街友的麥可．威廉斯(Mike Williams)，重新站起來再拾發明恩賜，後來果真設計出提供街友和災民可舒適居住的「移動艙」(Pod)。
pod
2 [often with modifier] a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function:the torpedo’s sensor pod

dumpster

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpstə/

Definition of dumpster

noun

US trademark

• a very large container for rubbish; a skip.

Origin:

1930s: originally Dempster Dumpster, proprietary name (based on dump) given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers of Knoxville, Tennessee

forage
(fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)
n.

1. Food for domestic animals; fodder.
2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.

v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es. v.intr.

1. To wander in search of food or provisions.
2. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
3. To conduct a search; rummage.

v.tr.

1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
2. Informal. To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.

[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin.]

forager for'ag·er n.

forage

[名]1 [U]（牛馬の）飼料, まぐさ, 飼い葉；（軍馬の）馬糧 forage crops飼料用作物.2 [C][U]飼料集め, （軍馬の）馬糧徴発；食べ物捜し.3 [C][U]略奪.━━[動...

forage cap

（歩兵の）略帽.

forager

[名]馬糧徴発隊員；略奪者.