Gabi Hadl

 

Dear Friends of Buy Nothing Day,

 

November 29 was Buy Nothing Day in Japan. Thank you all for making this

year's BND a success again!

 

>From Hokkaido to Okinawa, from Kyoto to Guam, happy pranksters confronted

Japanese shoppers with the idea that less (shopping) can be more (fun).

Several shops, online and off held a 'sell-nothing day' (=mu-bai-day, same

prononciation as 'mu-bai-day'=buy nothing day). Bloggers and citizens

journalists spread the word as did several NGOs and socially responsible

businesses through their mailing lists. The Japan Times, the Hokkaido

Shinbun, and several smaller publications reported. Artists and designers

created new posters, buttons and videos. A particularly clever idea was a

trick to turn the shopping bag of 'Muji' (the interior goods brand whose

name translates to 'No Brand') in to 'Mu-bai-day' (Buy Nothing Day).

Socially conscious businesses donated food to those for whom every day is

buy nothing day, homeless people. And hundreds, perhaps thousands of people

around the country spent the day the way it was meant to be: Doing nothing

but enjoying a slow life, sleeping, hanging out with friends and family...

 

Check out photos and reports at

http://web.me.com/ellenycx/BNDJapan08Report/

 

Post reports of your own BND at

http://www.bigcosmic.com/board/s/board.cgi?id=BNDadmin

 

For international reports, see

http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd

http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/

http://www.koopniets.nl/

 

For some Stop Shopping Christmas Carols, check out

http://www.revbilly.com/

 

Now have yourself a merry little Buy Nothing Christmas, and mark the day of

next year's International Buy Nothing Day in Japan: November 26, 2009.

Hope you enjoy many good personal Buy Nothing Days throughout the year!

 

 

Gabi Hadl

Buy Nothing Day Japan Network

Networker

((((((((((((($O$)))))))))))))

Buy Nothing Day Japan

2009/11/26

http://www.bndjapan.org