Buy Nothing Day - Saturday 24th November
A day to examine your buying habits and look at beginning a lifestyle committed to consuming less and producing less waste
Tomorrow is international Buy Nothing Day – an annual event started by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and picked up by Adbusters magazine in 1992. Buy nothing day started as a sort of time out from consuming to examine and discuss the consequences of our 24/7 urge to consume. Participation now includes 65 countries including New Zealand.
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http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8pOb9vbTY
buy nothing day will be followed by
"'Buy Nothing Christmas is not really about refusing to spend a dime over the holiday season. It’s about taking a deep breath and deciding to opt out of the hype‚ the overcrowded malls‚ and the stressful to–do lists. It’s about reminding ourselves to really think about what we are buying‚ why we are buying it‚ and whether we really need it at all.'