Over The Edge

UNBC’s Official Student Newspaper

Volume 7 - Issue 7 December 4, 2000

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Getting Snarky Since 1994

National Buy Nothing Day Challenges People to Think

THINK was the slogan for
International Buy Nothing
Day on Friday, November
24th. PGP!RG volunteers set
up shop where all students
could purchase happiness,
sex, love, status and accep-
tance all in place. Buy

Nothing Day is a world wide

UNDER THE
COVERS
THIS WEEK

24-hour moratorium on con-
sumer spending. It is a day to
consider what we are con-
suming, how we are consum-
ing, and who this con-
sumerism affects. North
Americans comprise only
20% of the world population
but consume 80% of the

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worlds resources. Buy
Nothing Day is a day to think
and a day to celebrate happi-
ness without material pos-
sessions. A few things to con-
sider:

- Pantene Pro-V, Vidal
Sassoon, Colgate, Palmolive
and others are all alti by

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Proctor and Gamble, a cor-
poration notorious for its ani-
mal testing.

- Nike and other major sport
labels have all relied on
sweatshops where young
women work in unsafe and
often toxic conditions for long

hours, and little pay to make

shoes.

- Next time you are in the mall
think when you buy some-
thing. What does it make you
feel like? Why does it make
you feel that way. \

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CPORATI STATES cf AMI Ru

Rampant consumerism is challenged by Buy Nothing Day.

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