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Buy Nothing Day  

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  • Conceived of by Canadian artist Ted Dave, Buy Nothing Day has become a worldwide day of protest against rampant consumerism and mindless materialism. Typically observed the Friday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the United States, participants of Buy Nothing Day pledge to buy absolutely nothing for 24 hours. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Buy Nothing Day]

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