At a juncture when many societies are consuming at record rates, Buy Nothing Day is a good entry point into a cultural movement based on re-thinking what it means to celebrate, to express love, to reward ourselves.

Buy Nothing Day was launched as an international day of protest against consumerism to coincide with “Black Friday“, the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On Black Friday most major retailers open very early and offer promotional sales that can attract huge crowds of frenzied shoppers.

To celebrate and help you fill your free non-shopping time, should you care to participate, we delved into our archives and bring you some thought-provoking classic articles. Please dig in to the special front page feature and the “Related Articles” list here below.