{"id":89,"date":"2010-12-03T11:39:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.straycouches.com\/documents\/archives\/89"},"modified":"2010-12-03T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T19:39:18","slug":"buy-nothing-day-carnivalesque-rebellion-adbusters-culturejammer-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.straycouches.com\/documents\/archives\/89","title":{"rendered":"Buy Nothing Day + Carnivalesque Rebellion | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='posterous_autopost'>\n<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">\n<blockquote class=\"posterous_long_quote\">\n<div class=\"sectionLeft\">\n<h2 class=\"sectionHeader\">Buy Nothing Christmas<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sectionRight\">\n<div class=\"column span-11\">\n<p><span class=\"xlarge\">Dreading the holiday season? The frantic rush and stress? The to-do lists and sales hype? The spiritless hours trapped in malls?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, why not gather together your loved ones and decide to do things differently? With the simplest of plans you can create a new rhythm, purpose and meaning for the holidays. Why not take the spirit of Buy Nothing Day and morph it into Buy Nothing Christmas?<\/p>\n<p>With catastrophic climate change looming, we the rich one billion people on the planet have to consume less! And if that&#8217;s too extreme for grandma and the kids, try for a Buy Less Christmas. And maybe a buy local, buy fairer, buy indie Christmas. Whatever you decide, &#8217;tis the season to reclaim our year-end celebrations and make them our own again.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/files\/campaigns\/bnd\/BN-xmas-action.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Nothing Xmas Actions\" style=\"\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge\">If you want to go one step further off the consumer treadmill, consider one of these actions from previous holiday seasons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia,times,serif; margin-left: 14px;\">\n<li>Give your friends and family a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/files\/campaigns\/bnd\/Zenta-BNC-Card.pdf\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;\">gift exemption&#8221; card<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ask shoppers &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/files\/campaigns\/bnd\/Jesus_Mask.pdf\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;\">What Would Jesus Buy?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Get some friends together (or go solo), dress as santa and meditate in the middle of a busy shopping mall<\/li>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buynothingchristmas.org\/alternatives\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;\">buynothingchristmas.org<\/a> to check out more actions (or inactions) you can take this holiday season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"posterous_quote_citation\">via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/campaigns\/bnd\">adbusters.org<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Been buying Nothin&#8217; on Chismas for several years now.  <\/p>\n<p>p.s. don&#8217;t get me nothin&#8217; either.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>  from <a href=\"http:\/\/reverenddak.straycouches.com\/buy-nothing-day-carnivalesque-rebellion-adbus\">Th&#8217; Reverend Dak Post<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy Nothing Christmas Dreading the holiday season? The frantic rush and stress? The to-do lists and sales hype? The spiritless hours trapped in malls? This year, why not gather together your loved ones and decide to do things differently? 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