What Are You Doing for Buy Nothing Day?
Most Americans think of the Friday after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, the official, frenzied kickoff to the holiday shopping season. But in some circles, November 28 is known as Buy Nothing Day.
That’s right, there’s a growing international movement, publicized via YouTube, activists and bloggers, encouraging shoppers to experience what it feels like to opt out of the consumer culture, if only for a day. The notion of Buy Nothing Day was born of a desire to protect the environment by consuming less; it could also do wonders for your finances if you skip the big shopping rally and, better yet, change your mindset about overindulging at all.
Are you planning on scaling back your holidays this year? If you are, are you doing so to save some money or save the planet?
