November 27, 2009
Happy Buy Nothing Day! But you can still win something big
By
Sandy Haksi
Join the Wildcat Strike on Shopping!
As is our annual tradition, we are closing our webstore Friday, November 27 for Buy Nothing Day. It's the same day as Black Friday, the official kick-off of the Christmas shopping season where consumer mobs flood stores and ransack shelves in a frenzied quest for low, low prices. Hopefully this year no workers will be trampled to death in the ensuing hysteria, and we encourage everyone to give this deranged day of consumerism gone wild a miss. But if you really can't deny yourself, we love this faux website at Do The Green Thing where you can "shop your sustainable heart out and Buy Nothing™."
1st WINNER DRAWN IN THE GIVE SOMETHING BIG CONTEST!
Congratulations to our first winner who will receive The Take DVD & Fair Trade chocolate bars! The contest remains open until December 14 when we give away the grand prize. So far, we've received some great dream BIG gift ideas, and we would love to see them all come true.
Check out our blog post for all the details and the 4 ways to enter.
Once our webstore re-opens on Saturday, we will be donating ALL the profits during the holiday season to Inter Pares' Give Something Big campaign supporting global peace and justice.
We're big fans of Inter Pares who were one of the first supporters of The Corporation. For the work they do overseas, they partner with existing on-the-ground organizations that are working to promote justice in their own communities. Their support strengthens the work of local groups and encourages them in the development and implementation of their own programs. It's a refreshing, bottom-up approach that sees them collaborating with activists in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and here in Canada.
Take a breather from the shopping madness and check out their alternative holiday giving campaign at: www.GiveSomethingBig.com
From all of us here at Hello Cool World, have a FABULOUS Buy Nothing Day!
Tag(s):
Alternative Economics,
Hello Cool World,
The Corporation,
Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction,
Inter Pares
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On December 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM buy strattera wrote:
this is a cool news. Thank you.
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Sandy Haksi is the Web Campaign Manager and Sr. Writer at Good Company Communications.
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