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International Buy Nothing Day 2000
Tools for BND-Campaigners
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(From Michael, BND Campaign UK)
Sandwich boards
This is a simple idea, make up a sandwich board for BND. Here are some ideas of what you could put on them:
On the Front:
I've chosen to live my life!
On the back:
By turning my back on consumerism (or shopping)
On the Front:
I LOVE BUY NOTHING DAY!
On the back:
AND YOU HATE SHOPPING?
On the Front paint:
SIGN UP TO
SHOP AHOLICS
ANONNYMOUS!
On the back:
ATTEND A
FREE SESSION
TODAY!
I'm making one! If you have any suggestions send them in. Regards. Michael
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k (From Michael, BND Campaign UK)
You've been fined!
Buy Nothing Day fines for people caught shopping.
How it works: Hand them to shopping sinners - There will be a tick box for 1-5 charities which they have to make a donation that day, FOE, Oxfam etc.
Make it sound LAW like. Basically amend a parking ticket or something, you have been fined for shopping on Buy Nothing Day, etc.
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(From Defense Ambiental, Panama)
Make your ouwn buttons
Before last years BND we distributed lots of handmade buttons! These buttons are beautiful and look very handmade. People love to use them (and to feel committed) and it's really cheap moving advertising for your favorite good cause!
- Make a template with about 30 copies of your button graphics neatly arranged on one letter-size page. Two copies make 60 buttons, ten copies make 300 buttons, fifty copies make 1500 buttons!
- Go to a mall and recover a few cardboard boxes from the garbage.
- Paste page on cardboard.
- Take an x-acto knife or a pair of scissors and cut the little buttons out.
- Get a hot glue gun (this is the hardest part) and safety pins and paste the pins to the back of your buttons. An alternative is to use little pieces of duct tape.
- Additionally, if you can get your hands on some of that clear adhesive plastic paper, you can waterproof your buttons before you cut them out with the knife.
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(From , Portland, Oregon)
Wheatpasting your posters
One of the best things about wheatpasting is that its very difficult to remove your poster after it dries. You can enhance this effect by making sure all four corners are pasted and maybe even dragging the brush across the outside edges.
Making wheatpaste is easy.
- Pour one cup of corn flour starch into 1 1/2 cups of water.
- Stir until all lumps are gone and heat to a boil.
- As it thickens add more water until you have a clear, thick goop.
- Cook on low for a half-hour or so, be careful not to burn it.
I recommend putting the wheatpaste in an empty dishwashing soap bottle to put directly on a large paintbrush.
You can also buy wheatpaste in a store. It is generally very inexpensive, 2-5 depending on where you buy it.
It's best to bring someone with you to hang up posters. With one person to hold the paste and another for posters, you are less likely to get the posters stuck to each other, which is very frustrating. It may be considered vandalism by some un-revolution luvin' pig so be careful. Here at buynothingday we neither condone nor condemn wheatpasting on every available surface.