Buy Nothing Day Japan - Why Do We Buy?

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event ideas
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pass out flyers and or do a performance in shopping areas, trains stations in town or malls (note: If the space is privately owned, the security guards will probably show up soon. In public space you may have to register with the police, beforehand, but business owners cannot chase you off.)
street performances: funny costumes are de rigeur. Santa Claus doing weird things (meditating, ), the shopping-dropping act (walking laden with insane amounts of shopping bags, pretending to collapse under them.
Demonstrations: on foot or bicycle
a stand selling nothing (with a hawker), or a shop space with empty shelves and a register with only zeros on the receipts
postering blitzes: put stickers and posters up in town (FOR THE RECORD: we are not encouraging illegal postings, and recommend that you do not damage whatever is below it)
no shopping inside a supermarket or mall; a large group of people push around empty shopping carts and baskets
credit-card cut up service station
creating a shopping free zone: put a sofa and other furniture in a shopping area, create a cozy atmosphere, give out free tea and BND pamphlets
teach-ins, discussion group meetings, video screenings, BND poster exhibitions, free concerts

check the BND world gallery for inspiration

* post your event ideas on the event bulletin board!