Big Ideals and Blogs

November 25 was buy nothing day, a global event in order to raise awareness about over consumption and I thought this was such a great idea. I was not only going to participate, I was going to get my friends to participate as well. However when the day rolled around I was completely unaware and probably bought just as much as any other day. That is the problem with events like these, they seem great but what do they really do? Create awareness, perhaps a bit, but not as much as they could if people actually participated. I am sure I am not the only one who was intrigued by the idea and wanted to do good but did not for one reason or another. The same thing happened with the panic buy carrots day that was planned on Facebook. There was a huge response to the group and it even got media coverage. However when I checked the group a couple of days after the event most people posted their disappointment at missing it. You see we are a generation of big ideals and blogs. It seems that much of our revolution is simply talking and when finally someone decides to do something we all stand up and cheer, but can make it out on the day of. We have the planning part down, we now need to actually start doing. And not just doing, but actively promoting the events and start really stand up for what we clam to believe in.

Works Cited
"Buy nothing day." Adbusters. Adbusters. 26 Nov. 2008 .
Valentine, Freya. "On May 15th 2008, everybody needs to go out and panic buy CARROTS." Facebook. 15 May 2008. Facebook. 26 Nov. 2008 .