Articles Less Shop, More Share: Yerdle One-ups Freecycle With Sharing Circles Amy WesterveltDec 03, 2012
Articles Twelve Ways to 'Occupy' Black Friday The most cynical day in American culture is upon us again.Alex FreidBrett Chamberlin26 Nov, 2012
Articles A Collective, Positive Response to Black Friday Instead of focusing on what not to do, Block Friday was created to be a reminder to make intentional actions on this day.Holstee22 Nov, 2012
Articles This Black Friday, Businesses Can Choose to Help Sandy Victims Sandy Friday is a national campaign that asks for donations from individuals and business owners on Black Friday/Cyber Monday.Sandy Friday18 Nov, 2012
Instead of Black Friday or Buy Nothing, Make Something Today Six easy DIY projects to tackle the day after Thanksgiving.Ann Friedman30 Nov, 2011
Articles Americans Spend More in the Search for Happiness—And It's Not Working “We end up after the recession at a higher spending rate than we were at previously because we feel like we have to make up for lost time.”Jillian Anthony29 Nov, 2011
Articles Just So You Know: Black Friday Is Not the Biggest Shopping Day of the Year If you feel like you have to participate in the biggest shopping day of the year, just know that it is not, contrary to popular belief, Black Friday.Andrew Price28 Nov, 2010
Articles Buy Nothing Day Is Here—Join a Whirlmart Near You to Celebrate Buy Nothing Day: Another Approach to Black Friday The 8th annual Buy Nothing Day is here with creative calls to supplant shopping trips with community, parades, and empty shopping cart meet-ups.Allison Burtch28 Nov, 2010
Articles Stop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.Theo Schell-Lambert23 Nov, 2010
Articles What is Canadian Thanksgiving, Anyway? Everything you ever wanted to know about the mysterious holiday known as Canadian Thanksgiving, from a Canadian, on Thanksgiving.Siobhan O'Connor13 Oct, 2010