Do you think you could spend a whole day without buying anything?
Buy Nothing Day (November 26th 2011 UK), is a simple idea, which challenges consumer culture by asking us to switch off from shopping for a day. Its a global stand off from consumerism - celebrated as a holiday by some and street party for others! Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
If you want to know more about this day, read the Frequently Asked Questions.
Here's a Buy Nothing Day TV commercial:
Participate by not participating!
Of course, Buy Nothing Day isn't about changing your lifestyle for just one day - we want it to be a lasting relationship with you consumer conscience - maybe a life changing experience? We want people to make a commitment to consuming less, recycling more and challenging companies to clean up and be fair. The supermarket or shopping mall might offer great choice, but this shouldn't be at the cost of the environment or developing countries.
(source: http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/)
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