[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE: Buy Nothing Day

[Susan]

hi folks,

amber & Jeremy:  great job on the Homeland Insecurities feature!!

lance, joseph, jonathan:  THANKS for putting this Buy Nothing Day feature 
together!

next feature stop:  N30!

edits:  see below, in teal

status:  thumbs up!!

from:  Susan

At 09:50 AM 11/28/02, jonathan lawson wrote:
>sorry, I thought I had already given this thumbs up. Thumbs up!
>I made a couple of suggested changes: getting the ArtSpot name into the 
>feature, and based on Joseph's suggestion, adding more prominent info on 
>Ultra, which is both a really cool series and a cool new connection 
>between the IMC and NW Film Forum.
>I wanted to keep Lance's "unplugging from consumer culture" phrase though 
>so I made it the subtitle. Lance, all this ok with you?
>
>Here it is. As has been the trend recently it's now quite long. Now we 
>REALLY need an N30 feature... I'll pull one together if nobody else is 
>working on one <sigh.>
>
>[green bar] UNPLUGGING FROM CONSUMER CULTURE
>
>[title] Happy Un-holiday: Buy Nothing Day
>
>[text] This coming Friday will mark the eleventh year of the 
>anti-consumption holiday, <a

Friday, November 29th, will mark .....

(as is, it'll be dated, and potentially confusing,  in 24 hours).


>href="http://www.buynothing-dosomething.org">Buy Nothing Day</a>. More 
>people are getting involved each year in a variety of ways, but ultimately 
>the point is to curb consumption and think about what we buy.

I don't think it's a "but" situation.  How about:
"More people are getting involved each year in a variety of ways, with the 
ultimate aim of curbing consumption and giving more thought to what we buy."

OR, my preference:

"The 'un-holiday' has become increasingly popular over the years, with 
upwards of thirty different countries participating.  This year, a variety 
of thought-provoking events will take place with the ultimate aim of 
encouraging consumer education and awareness, and curbing consumption overall."

>  During one of the busiest shopping days of the year, many organizations, 
> activists and enlightened consumers will further the call for intelligent 
> consumption. Local organizers have called for shoppers to <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20034">"buy 
> nothing, do something"</a>. An <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20303">anti-ad</a>

let's say "uncommercial"
(it's a more immediate clue-in that we're talking about television, rather 
than a print ad, etc. -- it's also how Adbusters describes these jams)

>produced by <a href="http://www.artspotsmedia.org">ArtSpots</a> will air 
>on KING-5 during the day.<a 
>href="http://www.buynothing-dosomething.org/events.html">Get the full 
>event schedule here</a>.

><p>Originally, the campaign was pushed internationally. Though this still 
><a 
>href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/toolbox/vote/2002victory.html">occurs</a>,
>the core premise of the 'holiday' - unplugging from consumer culture to 
>reconnect with those around you - has lent itself well to local grassroots 
>organizing. Activists, performers, and artists are mixing locally in to 
>produce a three part <a
>href="http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20340 ">series
>of exhibitions</a>, launching on Buy Nothing Day to highlight all facets 
>of consumption and gl

<p>Media activists at the Vancouver, BC - based Media Foundation (producers 
of the popular Adbusters Magazine), have encouraged both international and 
local grassroots "culture jamming" with an anti-consumerism / 
anti-commercialism focus, including a very successful "uncommercial" 
campaign on CNN.

(add this to the tail end of the 'uncommercial' blurb immediately 
above.  Then, new paragraph about Ultra.)

><p>Also beginning this weekend, the Northwest Film Forum and Seattle IMC 
>present <a 
>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20352">ULTRA ART: 
>The High Noon of Consumer Culture</a>,

just ULTRA:
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/wigglyworld/ultra.html

>a series of critical documentaries dissecting the current dark ages of 
>late capitalism. Running through Dec. 15, the film series includes several 
>events presented by Negativland's Mark Hosler, and a subvertising/culture 
>jam art exhibition at the <a href="http://www.wigglyworld.org">Little 
>Theater</a>. On Dec. 10 Jill Sharpe will be in town to introduce her film 
><a href="http://www.culturejamthefilm.com">Culture Jam</a>, a tremendous 
>hit during Reclaim the Media in September.
>
><p>Buy Nothing Day <a 
>href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd">info</a> and <a 
>href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/debate/comments.html">debate</a> 
>at Adbusters.


That's all .... great work everyone.  Susan

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