瓦伊迷兹沃伊（还是为引起人们对食物浪费的关注）

There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause. Usually, the stranger the idea is, the more it gets noticed. And that’s precisely why one garbage-eating Frenchman has caught our attention.

有许多方式能让人们意识到事物的初衷，但想法越奇葩，越能引起人们的注意。这不，有一位法国人通过捡垃圾吃来引起人们的关注。

Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe，surviving entirely on discarded food. The three-month, 1 900-mile journey from Paris to Warsaw is Dubanchet’s way of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.

巴比提斯特·杜班切特骑自行车跨越欧洲，从巴黎出发到达华沙，整个骑行耗时三个月完，全靠丢弃的食物为生， 以引起欧洲及全世界的人对食物浪费的关注。

As you can imagine, the trip is no piece of cake. While restaurants throw away tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of locked garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies. Only about one in ten places offered him food that would otherwise be discarded.

你可以想象一下，整个行程没有一块面包，虽然每年餐馆丢弃的食物多达好几千吨，但大部分被丢弃的食物由于受到商业政策、卫生法规的限制，或是被锁在垃圾箱里面，而不可食用。巴比提斯特•杜班切特所到之处，十个地方有九个地不给他提供这些即将被丢弃的食物。

For legal reasons, most restaurants have a policy against giving away food waste. "Some people have even risked their jobs by giving me food," Dubanchet said.

巴比提斯特•杜班切特说“由于法律的原因，餐馆捐出残羹冷炙大都是违反政策法规的，有的餐饮人员甚至冒着丢掉工作的风险而给他食物。”

What's particularly interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchet’s cause. Berlin has been the easiest while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen. There, he had to ask at some challenge different stores or restaurants before finding food. The 50 is all the more serious when you consider the demanding exercise required to bike from France to Poland.

更有趣的是，对于巴比提斯特•杜班切特这种行为，不同的城市持有不同的态度。在柏林还比较容易，最艰难的是在捷克的皮尔森镇，在那他得费尽心思问多家的餐馆或商店，才能要到食物。更严重的是，已有五十岁的他还得考虑从法国骑到波兰所需的体能。

"I have to get food fast because after all the biking I am tired and I need the energy,"Dubanchet explained. "Is my stomach full or empty? That is the most important thing, not what I am eating.

"巴比提斯特•杜班切特解释说，“我得快速地弄到食物，毕竟一路的骑行十分疲惫，我需要的是补充能量，吃什么到不重要，我只关心我的肚子是否填饱。”

He aims to finish his journey by mid-July. With any luck, he’ll turn a few more heads in the process.

巴比提斯特•杜班切特计划在七月中旬完成他的旅行，运气好的话，他会获得更多的关注。