BUY
NOTHING DAY
11/23/07 (US),
11/24/07 (Global)
Hey
folks, it's that time of year again! This Friday, Nov. 23rd marks
the return of "BUY
NOTHING DAY". BUY NOTHING DAY is timed to coincide with
"Black
Friday", which is one of the busiest shopping days of
the year in the US. (The rest of the of the world celebrates BND
the following day/Nov 24th). So what do you to participate? Simply
do not participate.
So
who is invited to the party? Everyone and anyone. Feel free
to look at it anyway you want - going
green for a day, not falling for the corporate overlord
propaganda (this year the Christmas buying brain washing began
just before Halloween), maybe you just want to be lazy and
chill, or you might be a cheap ass looking for an excuse - well,
now you've got one. Celebrate it.
JaGoFF
will be celebrating BUY NOTHING DAY by giving you your consumer
consumption fix, and offering up our entire CD (via
FREE download) on the 23rd-24th.
Download it, burn it & share it..
Want
to be part of the fun? It's fun and it's easy. If you do wish
to participate on BND, the
BUY NOTHING DAY website has some great ideas (along with
several posters and stickers that you can download, print and
use). You can organize credit card cut-ups, zombie mall marches,
give away free samples of nothing, or just gather yourself and
a couple hundred of your closest friends to walk around the
mall and BUY NOTHING.
If
that is too much effort for you ... here are some simple ideas
you can do to participate in not paricipating. Go to the library.
Read a book. Write a book. Draw. Paint. Listen to music. Record.
Spend some quality time with your kids. Perform a free concert.
Have a poetry reading. Clean your house or work on that project
that has been hanging over your head for the longest time. Donate
some time at the local soup kitchen/homeless shelter. Hang out
at the beach with your significant other. Cook a meal for your
significant other or stay home and get it on. Yup, it is just
that easy.
Hmmm. "What would Jesus buy?"
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