Tag: Buy Nothing

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  Will Hooping Green Your Exercise Routine?

  Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

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  Today Is Boxing Day, A Great Idea That Turned into Wretched Excess

  Celebrated outside of the United States, the holiday used to have a real meaning.

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  One In Five Canadians Crossing the Border To Get Into the Black Friday/ Cyber Monday Madness

  It's one thing to drive to the mall, but one fifth of Canadian shoppers are driving to another country. That's crazy.

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  Andy Revkin on Buy Nothing Day

  The Dot Earth Blogger on The Ad Man Behind Occupy Wall Street, and ‘Buy Nothing Day"

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  Woman Pepper-Sprays 20 In "Competitive Shopping" Spree on Black Friday

  She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

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  Three Options For Black Friday

  Not up for camping at the Best Buy? We have three less costly and more comfortable options.

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  This Black Friday, Occupy Main Street; Shop At A Local, Small Independent Merchant

  Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

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  Black Friday Starts At Midnight This Year; It's Time For A Buy Nothing Night

  Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

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  The Mesh Explains Why the Present and Future of Business is Sharing (Book Review)

  Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model

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  ShopNothing Helps You Buy Nothing

  How was your "buy nothing" day? Did you really buy nothing? Did you miss that rush, the unmistakable high of exchanging your musty old cash for something you can brag to your friends about, or for the gift that will simply take the

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  Forever Frugal? Survey Confirms Persistent Frugality

  50% of Americans had reduced their electronics and apparel expenditures in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by management consulting firm, Booz & Company. They sum up their findings saying that "the impact

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  The Death of the Yoga Mat?

  Authentic Hatha yoga is already pretty minimalist. Spotted in The New York Times style section, a small group of yogins is taking it further--opting to sun salute on straight up floor rather than on their sticky

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  Seriously Living With Less: Your Life On A Hard Drive

  Chris Yurista lives out of his backpack. He tells the BBC that "It's always nice to have a personal sense of home, but that aside - the internet has replaced my need for an address." He's got a job and moonlights as a DJ, couch-surfing in friends'

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  Building a Home With Zero Money: Impossible?

  A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

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  Libraries as the Next Big Pop Culture Phenomenon

  We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop

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  Happiness: No Purchase Necessary, Says Study

  It turns out, in this age of consumerism and gadgetry, that all this stuff we buy isn't really making us any happier--in fact, it's kind of bumming us out. According to the latest research, the key to finding happiness is

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  Annie Leonard Tells The Story of Stuff

  Since Annie Leonard created The Story of Stuff, the short web film has been watched some ten million times. But the twenty-minute film was twenty years in the making. So Leonard decided to write a book, telling the tale of her explorations through the

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  12 One-Year Personal Stunts We Can't Stop Talking About

  Call them New Year's resolutions on steroids: The past few years have seen a variety of people publicly pledge to spend 365 days living a more environmentally friendly life, whether by eating locally or giving up money altogether.