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tember 08

A definition of Greenjacking...

greenjacker [grēn-jak-er]
-noun
A person who greenjacks.

greenjacking [grēn-jak-kiŋ]
-verb
The art of taking an object, building, concept or a piece of land and turning it into something brighter, greener, more useful and/or more beautiful.


Green

1. of, relating to, or advocating ecological awareness, the preservation of natural resources, etc.
2. designating or of a political party or movement having these goals

Jack

1. Jack - Jack-In-The-Green; a traditional participant in the English May Day celebrations thought to represent the 'Green Man', the mysterious Green Man is depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster; by extension he is linked to such mythological characters as Puck, Robin Goodfellow, Robin Hood, the Green Knight and others.
2. jack - to hunt by night with aid of a jack light.

[Origin: 2008, 'Night of the Greenjacker' by Warren Peter Draper, a freegan, foraging, upcycling, guerrilla gardener]

 

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