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{{Occupy Portland Event
{{Occupy Portland Event
| event name = (BND) Buy Nothing Day
| event name = Buy Nothing Day
| page =
| page = Buy Nothing or Buy Local Day - 25 November 2011
| date = November 25 & 26, 2011
| date = November 25, 2011
| time = All Day  
| time = All Day
| location = Everywhere you are~!  
| location = Everywhere you are~!  
'''March begins at 10:30AM Downtown Nordstrom (corner of SW Broadway and Yamhill)''' See details below
| purpose = Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists.  
| purpose = Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists.  


"Buy Nothing Day is celebrated the Friday after Thanksgiving and the following day internationally, in 2011 the dates are November 25 and 26 respectively.
BND will be celebrated in America this year on November 25th, the Friday after Thanksgiving.  Internationally it is recognized the day following: November 26th.
 
  This event is sponsored annually by Adbusters. The following quote was from a 2009 interview:
 
"Consumerism, at any time, is destructive, says Lauren Bercovitch from Adbusters' Vancouver office.
"If everyone in the world  were to consume like North America, then we would need five planets to sustain our lifestyle.
 
"It's obviously not a sustainable lifestyle, what we're doing."
 
"The foundation asks people to stop buying anything for 24 hours," she said.
 
"We want people to start thinking about the environment we consume, the water we consume, think about where food comes from and think about other ways we impact the planet..."
 
 
Adbusters publishes the "Journal of the Mental Environment," a political, social and economic activist publication with no advertisements. <br />
http://www.adbusters.org/<br />http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
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= March =
This event is sponsored annually by Adbusters. The following quote is from a 2009 interview with Lauren Bercovitch from Adbusters' Vancouver:
'''Fur Free Friday march on November 25th, 2011'''<br />
'''10:30AM Rally @ Downtown Nordstrom / 11AM March'''


Please consider joining '''Portland Animal Defense League''' and '''In Defense of Animals''', along with many local supporters in a protest march.  
<blockquote>
Consumerism, at any time, is destructive. If everyone in the world were to consume like North America, then we would need five planets to sustain our lifestyle.


Fur-Free Friday is one of the few nationally recognized days in the animal rights movement and involves numerous animal activist groups nationwide.
It's obviously not a sustainable lifestyle, what we're doing.


http://www.idablog.org/tag/fur-free-friday/<br />
The foundation asks people to stop buying anything for 24 hours.


http://www.furfreefridayida.org/<br />
We want people to start thinking about the environment we consume, the water we consume, think about where food comes from and think about other ways we impact the planet...
</blockquote>


http://www.peta.org/action/fur-free-friday-2011.aspx<br />
When you start buying again, buy local goods from local businesses whenever you can. Keeping your purchases local supports and strengthens your community.


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| link to more info = http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
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Revision as of 18:24, 9 November 2011

Buy Nothing Day

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Purpose

Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists.

BND will be celebrated in America this year on November 25th, the Friday after Thanksgiving. Internationally it is recognized the day following: November 26th.

This event is sponsored annually by Adbusters. The following quote is from a 2009 interview with Lauren Bercovitch from Adbusters' Vancouver:

Consumerism, at any time, is destructive. If everyone in the world were to consume like North America, then we would need five planets to sustain our lifestyle.

It's obviously not a sustainable lifestyle, what we're doing.

The foundation asks people to stop buying anything for 24 hours.

We want people to start thinking about the environment we consume, the water we consume, think about where food comes from and think about other ways we impact the planet...

When you start buying again, buy local goods from local businesses whenever you can. Keeping your purchases local supports and strengthens your community.

more information


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