http://blog.buynothing.biz/ Updates about NOTHING™ and related topics en-us Nucleus CMS v3.22 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://blog.buynothing.biz//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://blog.buynothing.biz/ http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=47 Have you considered buying Nothing(TM)?

And here's a cover article about NOTHING™ that ran in the Center for a New American Dream's quarterly newsletter "In Balance" (Winter 2006):
What Does Not Buying Really Look Like? An Exploration of Less During a Time of Excess by Anna White]]> General http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=47 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:40:06 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=46
'Buy nothing' activists fined, banned from mall: Ruling supports Christiana center's 'humorless' stance
]]> Trial Updates http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=46 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:29:18 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=45
WHAT: State of Delaware vs. Anna White, Rachel White, & Alan Muller
(aka Frida Laff, Hope N. Peas & Santa Claus)

WHEN: 8:30 am, Monday, February 12

WHERE: Court of Common Pleas, 500 N. King St., Wilmington, Delaware]]> Trial Updates http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=45 Thu, 8 Feb 2007 23:37:23 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=44 Alternatives http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=44 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:27:00 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=43
As we work with Congress in the coming year to chart a new course in Iraq and strengthen our military to meet the challenges of the 21st century, we must also work together to achieve important goals for the American people here at home...

...The recent report on retail sales shows a strong beginning to the holiday shopping season across the country.

And I encourage you all to go shopping more.

Shopping, the new patriotism?
]]> Shopping America http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=43 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:17:53 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=42 www.adbusters.orgBuy Nothing Day is Friday, November 24. Participate by not participating! Here are a few specific ways and some resources. Check them out and pass them on!1) WAYS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

• Buy NOTHING™, the revolutionary product that is zero waste, climate-friendly, sweatshop labor free, affordable to all, 100% good for the earth, your and others’ well-being, and your wallet!” More information about our product

• Join the NOTHING™ Marketing Team! Promote NOTHING™ in a mall in your area. Click here for basic instructions on how to market NOTHING™, along with downloadable materials.

2) SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT NOTHING™!

• Video Ad: Buy NOTHING™!
• Website: NOTHING™ - What You’ve Been Looking For!
• Blog: Much Ado About NOTHING™

3) MAKE A PLEDGE FOR BUY NOTHING DAY and the HOLIDAY SEASON!

How do you plan on celebrating Buy Nothing Day this year? We invite you to comment on the steps you are taking this holiday season, in general, to lessen commercialism in your lives, have more fun and less stuff, and tread lighter on the earth. What do YOU pledge to do? Add a comment!

4) RESOURCES TO HELP YOU BUY NOTHING™

Other helpful resources for citizens seeking to give a meaningful and lasting gift to loved ones, the planet, and future generations this holiday season:

• “Do I Really Want to Buy SOMETHING™?” Wallet Buddy: a handy dandy cover for your credit or debit card. Just insert your card into the Wallet Buddy and next time you have an urge to buy something, ask yourself the questions on it before proceeding further.

• Gift of Time Certificate: Buy NOTHING™ and give loved ones the Gift of Time this holiday season! A Gift of Time could be a homemade meal, child care, a massage, playing a favorite game together, a family outing, or one of your own ideas -- the possibilities are infinite! Just fill out a certificate with the appropriate information.]]> Buy Nothing Day http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=42 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:43:14 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=41
“NOTHING™ is a revolutionary product -- zero waste, climate-friendly, sweatshop labor free, and affordable to all!” says NOTHING™ salesperson Joy Full, “It’s 100% good for the earth, your and others’ well-being, and your wallet!”

Unfortunately, while the product NOTHING™ is completely safe, its promotion has been deemed a threat to holiday security by private guards and public police involved with “Operation Cooperation,” a national initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Justice.“As our sales team has found out firsthand, we live in a society that is increasingly ‘safe for shopping’, but ‘unsafe for free speech’,” says NOTHING™ salesperson Frida Laff, “If Jesus himself were to go to a mall and question the nature in which his birthday is being celebrated ­ -- rampant consumerism and the plundering of the planet -- it’s likely he would find himself in handcuffs too.”

Since Delaware has not yet, in contrast to next door neighbor New Jersey, deemed malls “Town Centers” where free speech rights apply, the NOTHING™ sales team has chosen to take their promotional campaign international to a decidedly more democratic space, the internet:

• Video Ad: Buy NOTHING™!
• Website: NOTHING™ - What You’ve Been Looking For!
• Blog: Much Ado About NOTHING™

Other helpful resources for citizens seeking to give a meaningful and lasting gift to loved ones, the planet, and future generations this holiday season: “Do I Really Want to Buy SOMETHING™?” Wallet Buddy; Gift of Time Certificate

“Scientists say we have a brief window of time ­ just 10 years ­ to prevent full scale global warming. It’s high time we question the sustainability of our culture of consumerism,” says NOTHING™ salesperson Hope N. Peas, “Instead of participating in the annual commercial frenzy at the mall, we suggest staying home and buying NOTHING™”

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The White sisters (aka “Frida Laff”, “Joy Full”, and “Hope N. Peas”), often with 'Santa Claus' in tow, have celebrated Buy Nothing Day at the Christiana Mall in New Castle County, Delaware since 1998. In 2004 and 2005, they were arrested at the mall for promoting NOTHING™ and, in 2005, banned from the premises for three years. Three of the seven arrested last year are challenging their charges of criminal trespassing (which the state has refused to drop) in Wilmington, Delaware’s Court of Common Pleas. For more information go to: www.buynothing.biz. (Video photo montage of past years: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-9066gvniE)

For more information about Buy Nothing Day, see www.adbusters.org]]> Buy Nothing Day http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=41 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:25:21 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=40 NOAAExpert scientists tell us we have a brief window of time -- just 10 years or less -- to stop full-scale global warming and avert planetary catastrophe. Unless we act now to dramatically reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases, we will face many dire consequences, such as:

• more highly destructive storms like Hurricane Katrina
• major droughts and wildfires
• melting ice sheets, causing rising sea levels that would put most of Manhattan & many other places under water
• the greatest mass extinction since 65 million years ago
• the spread of tropical diseases to new regions
• collapse of fisheries worldwide
• major food shortages

The good news: The production, manufacture, transport, and disposal of NOTHING™ creates no global warming gases whatsoever! Give a climate-friendly gift to future generations by buying NOTHING™!]]> Attributes of NOTHING™ http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=40 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:24:12 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=36 Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, 25% more garbage is produced in the United States than during the rest of the year. That's five million extra tons of trash, making a total of 25 million tons of garbage produced during the holiday season. (Source: Use Less Stuff Report)

Where does all this trash go? To overflowing landfills. Or to be burned in incinerators that create toxic chemicals such as dioxins, which can often cause cancer and other ill health effects in people living nearby.

Yet another reason to buy NOTHING™: It's zero-waste!]]> Attributes of NOTHING™ http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=36 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:23:21 -0500 http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=39 NOTHING™ is a revolutionary product, guaranteed not to put you in debt, zero waste, climate-friendly, and sweatshop labor-free! Here's a promotional flyer (4 to a page) to help you spread the word!





]]> Promo Events & Materials http://blog.buynothing.biz/index.php?itemid=39 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:55:39 -0500