Hi friends!
The 24th of November is Buy Nothing Day. To take a rest from consumption and think about the ways we are ruining the planet and other people's lives by buying things.
Find more information here:
The Adbusters Buy Nothing Day (BND) page:
http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
UK BND page with links to what's happening in other (maybe your?) country:
http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day
and a TV spot that MTV rejected: http://blip.tv/file/get/Adbusters-BuyNothingDayNorthAmericanPiggy448.flv
best wishes from Germany and Happy Buy Nothing Day!
Kjell
