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  • MTV Censors Buy Nothing Day

    11/26/2007 10:15:12 AM PST · by redrunner · 22 replies · 34+ views
    Ethical Shopping ^ | 11/23/2007 | ethicalshopping.com
    November 23, 2007 — Adbusters, the Canadian culture jamming magazine largely responsible for propagating Buy Nothing Day, has once again been rejected in its attempt to buy advertising on MTV in promotion of the anti-consumerist holiday. MTV's Advertising Standards representative, Elisa J. Billis, didn't deny that the rejection was based soley on the message of the ad, simply saying that "the spot goes further than we are willing to accept on our channels." The ad features a burping animated pig and seeks to illustrate the divide in the amount of waste produced by the richest and poorest countries in the...
  • Celebrate Consume Wisely Day year round ( Answer to "Buy Nothing Day" )

    11/26/2004 7:54:23 AM PST · by the_gospel_of_thomas · 10 replies · 299+ views
    Oregon Daily Emerald - University of Oregon news ^ | November 23, 2004 | The Emerald editorial board
    Celebrate Consume Wisely Day year round The day after Thanksgiving is Buy Nothing Day, a day, according to Adbusters, to "not participate in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge that's become our culture." For those who choose to celebrate this holiday, we ask that you do so properly. At midnight on Nov. 26, you must leave your house or apartment, because shelter is a commodity and this is Buy Nothing Day. If you don't want to walk around naked we suggest that you make your own clothes out of materials found for free in nature like...