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Schema interviewsBuy Nothing Day | November 23 (or 24)
With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, this Nov. 23 (Canada & US) or Nov. 24 (International), you can make a statement by setting aside your wallet during BUY NOTHING DAY-- a 24-hour consumer fast that challenges you to go a day without spending.
First launched by Vancouver-based Adbusters in September 1992, the event evolved from an idea by artist Ted Dave as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption. Since then, it has grown to involve environmentalists, social activists and concerned citizens in as many as 65 countries around the world, who engage in numerous pranks and shenanigans in an attempt to catalyze a mind shift towards sustainable lifestyles. Past events have included zombie marches, shopaholic clinics, and credit-card cut-ups in malls and public squares in an effort to expose and protest the environmental and social consequences of First World over-consumption.
While critics argue that Buy Nothing Day simply encourages participants to stock up on items the day before and buy more the next day, Adbusters states that it "isn't just about changing your habits for one day" but "about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste." Your thoughts?
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