Buy Nothing Today!
So you’ve heard about “Black Friday”Ã¢â‚¬â€ťit’s today, the busiest shopping day of the year. Some of you maybe got up at 5 a.m. this morning to hit all those super sales. I’ve heard stories of certain malls and shopping centers that opened at midnight this morning and had special sales from midnight to 8 a.m. for those who just couldn’t wait to get started with the shop shop shopping. Didn’t they eat turkey yesterday? I’m wondering. I mean, what about that L-tryptophan didn’t make them want to get a good night’s sleep?
So anyway, while the world goes mad w/its consumerism (and I admit to being a bigger sucker than most when it comes to new gadgets and toys), the little band of rebels known as Adbusters is once again sponsoring its annual quixotic adventure: Buy Nothing Day, the day for us all to protest overconsumption and waste by, well, buying nothing. And why would we do that? Well:
Kalle Lasn, co-founder of the Adbusters Media Foundation, which was responsible for turning Buy Nothing Day into an international annual event, said, “Our headlong plunge into ecological collapse requires a profound shift in the way we see things. Driving hybrid cars and limiting industrial emissions is great, but they are band-aid solutions if we don’t address the core problem: we have to consume less. This is the message of Buy Nothing Day.Ã¢â‚¬Âť As Lasn suggests, Buy Nothing Day isn’t just about changing your habits for one day. It’s about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste. With six billion people on the planet, the onus if on the most affluent Ã¢â‚¬â€ś the upper 20% that consumes 80% of the world’s resources Ã¢â‚¬â€ś to begin setting the example.
Just think of what a great day you’re going to have w/out worrying about money, lines, picking gifts, etc. Now that’s something to be thankful for!
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