Buy Nothing Day 04.11.11
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In 2011 the dates fall on 25th and 26th November respectively. The idea of the holiday was invented by a Canadian artist, Ted Dave, in 1992 and is promoted by a Canadian magazine, Adbusters. The purpose of Buy Nothing Day is to examine how much we consume and how much waste we produce, and then to come up with long-lasting solutions to reduce our own consumerism. Different campaigns and forms of protest against overconsumption are organized on that day, including public cutting up of credit cards, street parties and zombie walks, during which people wander aimlessly around shopping centres with a zombie-like expression on their faces.
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Buy Nothing Day is an international day of protest against consumerism, when all the participants abstain from buying anything, even food or clothes. In North America it is celebrated on ‘Black Friday’, the Friday after American Thanksgiving, which is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA. For other countries Buy Nothing Day is observed on the Saturday following Black Friday.
