Basically, Buy Nothing Day pushes back against the materialism that can sometimes be synonymous with the Christmas shopping season. So, ...

“Buy Nothing Day” -- ever heard of it? An internet search pulls up the following: “Buy Nothing Day is an international day of protest against consumerism. In North America, the United ...

Buy Nothing Day is a holiday dear to my heart. Proud as I am to be associated with TreeHugger, I know that ecological products can only do so much. If we really want to change the world, we need ...

"Buy Nothing Day isn’t just about changing your habits for one day it is about rediscovering what it means to live freely," according to Adbusters.

As consumers swarm malls the day after Thanksgiving, some argue that Americans should refrain from the holiday spending spree. Kalle Lasn is the creator of "Buy Nothing Day" -- a campaign to ...

Non-profit organization Adbusters encourages you to buy nothing this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the official kickoff of the 2005 holiday shopping season in the U.S.

This year the folks behind Buy Nothing Day up the ante by challenging everyone to opt out of the entire holiday shopping season. Join us -- and share your tips.

Buy Nothing Day Host Bob Edwards talks to Kalle Lasn, director of the anti-consumerism group Adbusters Media Foundation, about Buy Nothing Day. The 24-hour moratorium on buying anything is planned ...

Buy Nothing groups are hyper-local online communities where people give away items they no longer need and request things they do. It’s like Santa’s workshop, except you’re the elf—and ...

Buy Nothing Day offers a radical alternative to Black Friday’s consumer chaos. The movement, which started in the 1990s as a quirky protest against overconsumption, has evolved into a desperate ...

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR TARGET - Guests wait for Black Friday sales before Target doors open at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. (Photo by Noah K. Murray/Invision for Target/AP ...