PHOENIX
11-26-2005, 03:44 PM
Buy Nothing Day
BND is organized in Canada and the United States on the fourth Thursday of November each year (the day after the annual US Thanksgiving gorge and a major shopping spree), while in the rest of the world it takes place on the following Saturday (a major consumer event starting the run-up to Xmas, etc.)
The intent of the Buy Nothing Day movement has since its origins the early nineties been to provide a period of respite from the rigors of the consumption economy, which is the main thing that dominates the media and perhaps a few too many of our daily life choices and aspirations. A pause for reflection. That's it. Each of us who does it, will do it in our own way.
BND is organized in Canada and the United States on the fourth Thursday of November each year (the day after the annual US Thanksgiving gorge and a major shopping spree), while in the rest of the world it takes place on the following Saturday (a major consumer event starting the run-up to Xmas, etc.)
The intent of the Buy Nothing Day movement has since its origins the early nineties been to provide a period of respite from the rigors of the consumption economy, which is the main thing that dominates the media and perhaps a few too many of our daily life choices and aspirations. A pause for reflection. That's it. Each of us who does it, will do it in our own way.