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Buy Nothing Day this Saturday 25th November

BND | 23.11.2006 10:27 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Birmingham

aturday November 25th 2006 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!

This year our message is simple, shop less - live more! The challenge is to try simple living for a day, spend time with family and friends, rather than spend money on them.



Buy Nothing Day also exposes the environmental and ethical consequences of consumerism. The developed countries - only 20% of the world population are consuming over 80% of the earth's natural resources, causing a disproportionate level of environmental damage and unfair distribution of wealth.

This year, Buy Nothing Day will be biggest 24-hour stand-off from the need to shop. People in around the UK will make a pact with themselves to take a break from shopping as a personal experiment or public statement and the best thing is - IT'S FREE!

Events are planned in Birmingham city centre inbetween Starbucks and Tesco on New Street.

BND
- Homepage: http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/

Comments

Display the following 10 comments

  1. the Lord's Prayer for BND — openbracket
  2. patronising tosh — Insatiable Consumer
  3. BND — anti capitalista
  4. a joke? — Chav
  5. why just nike? — recalcitrant
  6. Patronising and ineffectual? — Mike
  7. Think of it as a one-day hunger strike — rogue
  8. Mike — Insatiable Consumer
  9. or you could celebrate Steal Something Day — consumer
  10. room for all - stop trying to impose your own idea of action — price tag