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Buy Nothing Day

"Every November, for 24 hours, we remember that no one was born to shop, we make a small choice to participate by not participating. If you've never take part in Buy Nothing Day, or if you've taken part in the past but haven't really committed to doing it again, consider this: 2006 will go down as the year in which mainstreem dialogue about global warming finally reached its critical mass. What better way to bring the Year of Global Warming to a close than to point people in the direction of real and effective alternatives to the unbridled consumption that has created this quagmire?"

Watch the TV Spot

This is not just about buying stuff:

"The shock wave of the environmental movement was felt in the Christian church most tangibly in a renewed appreciation for the idea of stewardship. We learned that stewardship has as much to do with our natural environment as it does with our personal finances. In particular we learned (or remembered):

1) that the created order reflects the glory of God and has inherent worth independent of our use for or appreciation of it;

2) that we did not create the natural world and we therefore must receive its benefits with humility and gratitude; and

3) that the created order is fragile and that we have a mandate to preserve it and care for it."
Eric O. Jacobsen

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