Remember Friday is BUY NOTHING DAY

[Guest guest]

Celebrate Buy Nothing Day by sitting on your derriere

 

Traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, the Friday after

Thanksgiving sends millions of Americans, drone-like, to the malls to

kick-start the holiday consumption orgy. But before you foil-wrap

the roast beast and stash the organic cranberry dressing in the

fridge, consider celebrating another holiday: Buy Nothing Day.

Officially observed Nov. 26 this year in the U.S. and Nov. 27

internationally, Buy Nothing Day calls on consumers -- formerly known

as " people " -- to forego the siren song of day-after sales and

protest overconsumption. Activists the world over will be staging

events to highlight facts like this: 20 percent of the world's

population consumes more than 80 percent of its natural resources.

Americans alone throw away 5 million more tons of trash between

Thanksgiving and Christmas than during any other month. Do your part

to curb the waste by doing, well, nothing.

 

straight to the source: The Herald-Sun, Muriel Williman, 20 Nov 2004

<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3702>

 

straight to the source: The Japan Times, Setsuko Kamiya, 21 Nov 2004

<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3703>

 

straight to BND info: Buy Nothing Day Central

<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3708>

 

straight to BND info: Buy Nothing Day U.K.

<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3709>

[Guest guest]

, fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote:

> Celebrate Buy Nothing Day by sitting on your derriere

>

> Traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, the Friday after

> Thanks/

 

 

Great post/timely reminder. Thanks.

 

Here is another site among similar lines:

 

http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/

 

It also has a lot of great suggestion.

 

For those interested in expanding this concept deeper into frugal living:

http://frugalliving.about.com This site also offers a FREE ONLINE Frugal Living

101 Course.

 

Best Regards,

 

Vijay