Comments on: Buy Nothing Day

By: anne

anne — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:29:40 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Nick. Though it looks like there’s not much to do PERIOD where you live (and that’s meant in a good way!), I appreciate that you would choose to spend a few moments here at Sustainable Flatbush! If you’re ever in Brooklyn be sure to look us up!

Those are some beautiful photos on your blog:

http://www.milkwood.net/

I’ll be stopping by again to check in on your sustainable living adventure. Let us know how the composting goes!

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:38:21 +0000

Wish i’d remembered to post about this on our blog. Funnily enough we didn’t buy anything yesterday anyway =) not hard to do where we live.

By: anne

anne — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:19:32 +0000

wow, rejin, what a great thing to do with your son! i want to see that video!

as for yesterday, it was beautiful but i was somewhat freaked out by having to shed all my outer layers because it was so warm… 65 degrees on Thanksgiving just seems wrong…

By: rejin

rejin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:47:48 +0000

I’m hoping a fun Buy Nothing Day project will help my son be less interested in shopping. He is only 5, but between the influence of TV and of what other kids have, he is already quite a consumer. We need more cultural influences in the opposite direction, and BND is a great start.
Today we plan to go give out “unshopping bags” (plastic bags handles, with the bag part cut off) to passersby at a nearby commercial strip, and make a fun video of it. I don’t know how many shoppers we’ll convert, but my son should remember the experience for a long time.
(Great photo of Prospect park on Thanksgiving, by the way! What a beautiful day it was yesterday.)

By: Xris (Flatbush Gardener)

Xris (Flatbush Gardener) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:31:39 +0000

Reduce!

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