Free Day purchase celebrated worldwide today

The Buy Nothing Day, which took place yesterday in North America and held today in other countries of the world encourages consumers not to buy anything.

The initiative, organized by Adbusters, a Canadian, is held for 17 years after the U.S. Thanskgiving Day (the Thanksgiving).

This day marks the beginning of the period of frantic Christmas shopping. And if, in past years, the initiative was little imitators, it seems that in these times of crisis the day without buying know - finally! - A great success.

The principle is simple: to fight against overconsumption, debt steadily growing household waste and frenetic Adbusters proposes to take a break for 24 hours.

No purchase, no consumer impulse. And, instead of financing large corporations, built on something, we create our own objects we offer our relatives for Christmas.

In French, it is an excellent site for breaking pub that takes place this day without purchase.

Strangely enough, it seems that the Buy Nothing Day has been followed this year in North America, as evidenced by the impressive number of new on this day passed relatively unnoticed last year.

cNet offers a comprehensive section on the history of the movement and how it was followed this year, although no official figure will not measure the impact of this day.

We in English, our fellow CBC insisted on the different events organized during the day, including the fact to walk in groups of 10 and tail-leu-leu, in the aisles of a Wal-Mart without buying anything.

In French and Quebec, the campaign's slogan in the margin to the neck! And LCN made a short documentary on the day, as well as the site Canoe, who manage both to the impasse on the history of the day without buying. On the New York Post, it remains silent, the newspaper simply to relay an article - also interesting - Marie-Eve Roy Regional daily. Only text background, that of Cecile Gladel on Materre.ca, a group Get.

In France, coverage of traditional media is equally dismal. The World us briefly pond and lunges of two videos, repeatedly breaking in the pub. On France Info on digs a little more, emphasizing the lack of cover and the unfortunate marginalization of the activity.