In one week's time it will be Buy Nothing Day again. It's a day where you challenge yourself to switch off from shopping and tune into life.The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
It's time to plan what you are going to do for Buy Nothing Day 2008. Check out the BND website for an event to join, such as the Food For Free Freeconomy Feast in Bristol, the Big Green Giveaway in Birmingham, or the Go Green Fair in Southampton. Or you could organise your own event in your local town, there are hints and tips on the Toolkit page at the BND website. Or you could spend some time with people you like doing something fun that doesn't involve buying stuff. How radical is that?
What are you going to do? Leave a comment and let me know.
3 comments:
I'm going to do nothing different to usual - I already don't buy stuff on at least 3 to 4 days of the week anyway :-)
Usually, I do my shopping on Tuesdays & have the poultry feed delivered on Fidays, so I spend money on 2 days, but at the moment I have 2 Traveller Lads (& a Lassie) doing work for me. Because 1 has a van, he can take me to buy fencing, fencing posts & sundry fencing items, so I go off spending money on the smallholding at odd times. I think this is allowable because I've recently lost stock & Midnight RippleBack, the strange Lurcher pup, found Foxy in my yard last night & chased him away. I want the poultry fenced away from the tiny hunting dog & the dogs with a fenced area in case I'm called away over night. This area can also be used for foaling, kidding (except someone/thing killed my pregnant nanny)...
I read the first time about that day, but I like it.:) I think I do one on my own...
Cheers, <a href="http://www.greentimes.com.au/contact-us.html>Martina</a>
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