rvijay
November 28th, 2004, 11:28 PM
I tried to post this earlier but Veggie Boards was down. Here it is now:
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
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