Economic Bailouts & Journée Sans Achat (Buy Nothing Day)
Here’s something I whole-heartedly support and try to exercise everyday. I’m not very good at it yet, but practice makes perfect I reckon…
The following is copied directly from: www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
Suddenly, we ran out of money and, to avoid collapse, we quickly pumped liquidity back into the system. But behind our financial crisis a much more ominous crisis looms: we are running out of nature… fish, forests, fresh water, minerals, soil. What are we going to do when supplies of these vital resources run low?
There’s only one way to avoid the collapse of this human experiment of ours on Planet Earth: we have to consume less.
It will take a massive mindshift. You can start the ball rolling by buying nothing on November 28th. Then celebrate Christmas differently this year, and make a New Year’s resolution to change your lifestyle in 2009.
Hey! I’ve been buying nothing for a while now…can’t wait to have some $ again so I can actually buy something…like dinner! At least I still have my boat to live on! Check this out: http://www.downshiftingweek.com/
Miss ya,
T
http://sailingsimplicity.com
hi, Trying to cut back back way down on frivolous buying, mainly purchasing charts, a couple cruising guides, and sheet music for trumpet and ukulele,getting ready,slowly, but surely to go crusing, on GYPSY, my 1976 Westsail w28,Consuming less is on my mind, be well
Mark
I think it is important to not get caught up in a lot of the “green shopping” hype also. Call me cynical, but I see it as a corporate attempt to create the impression that we can shop our way to a better world. It also allows corporations to put forth an image that they are doing their part, and we as consumers must do our part by purchasing their products. The majority of it is nonsense. It is just consumerism repackaged (literally).
http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/