It's time to lock up your wallets and purses, cut up your credit cards and dump the love of your life - shopping.
Saturday November 24th 2012 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. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from shopping and anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
Everything we buy has an impact on the environment, Buy Nothing Day highlights 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 an unfair distribution of wealth.
As consumers we need to question the products we buy and challenge the companies who produce them. What are the true risks to the environment and developing countries? We all know recycling is OK for the the environment, but consuming less is better and Buy Nothing Day is a great way to start.
No purchase necessary!
People around the UK will make a pact with themselves to take a break from consumption as a personal experiment or public statement and the best thing is - IT'S FREE!!!
This could be part of the content within my products. This will hopefully make people to think twice when they are buying unnecessary products. The things that are being advertised as good for you are not necessarily good for you and in may cases are in fact quite bad for you. I want to create some sort of anti consumerist propaganda that tells people to truth about the many products out there that are been forced upon us.
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