Have a Green Black Friday: Buy Nothing
There’s only one way to avoid the collapse of this human experiment of ours on Planet Earth: we have to consume less. That’s the message that the organizers of Buy Nothing Day are trying to send today even as millions of Americans partake in the crazed consumerist ritual known as Black Friday.
From Adbusters:
We’re asking tens of millions of people around the world to bring the capitalist consumption machine to a grinding – if only momentary – halt.
We’re calling for a Ramadan-like fast. From sunrise to sunset we’ll abstain en masse, not only from holiday shopping, but from all the temptations of our five-planet lifestyles.
You know what they say: a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. You feel that things are falling apart – the temperature rising, the oceans churning, the global economy heaving – why not do something? Take just one small step toward a more just and sustainable future. Make a pact with yourself: go on a consumer fast. Lock up your credit cards, put away your cash and opt out of the capitalist spectacle. You may find that it’s harder than you think, that the impulse to buy is more ingrained in you than you ever realized. But you will persist and you will transcend – perhaps reaching the kind of epiphany that can change the world.
This year, the folks at Adbusters – who are the brains behind this tradition – are calling for what they’re calling a “Wildcat General Strike”. In addition to not buying anything for 24 hours, they want us all to shut off our lights, televisions and other nonessential appliances.
Stepping out of the madness and enjoying a quiet, earth-friendly day with your friends and family sounds a lot more relaxing than getting trampled at Walmart, doesn’t it?
Link Buy Nothing Day
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