BUSIEST SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR? GARBAGEFEST 2008

BUY NOTHING DAY

I love Christmas, I do. I think Jesus was a cool dude and I’m happy to celebrate his birthday every year by having folks give ME presents.

But arbitrarily buying a present for someone– i.e. giving something the person you’re giving it to doesn’t want– is really just giving the gift of global resource depletion and future rubbish disposal debacles. And I’m pretty certain that’s not on their list. Giving a gift certificate, like, say, for iTunes or even Home Depot, at least guarantees that they will be getting something they actually want, and hopefully something they could really use. Gift certificates for restaurants and movies are always a nice concept too. God knows in these harsh financial times, finding a free movie and some snacks in your wallet should be pretty welcome.

Wine and chocolate are additionally pretty popular gifts in these uncertain economic times, along with other mood-enhancing drugs… but let’s try to keep that on the up and up. homosexual porn is apparently on the rise too,

since the financial melt down, but that’s neither here nor there, environment-wise, unless the porn is done using recycled video tapes. What was I talking about? Oh yeah. rubbish. rubbish is poor. So think twice before you buy your 15 year old niece that plastic Spice Girls doll that nobody else wants (for good reason), considering it will probably end up going straight to the dump, where someone will find it years from now and wonder what the hell we were all thinking.

And re-gifting is no longer considered rude– it’s just showing how much you care about the environment and how little you care for whatever it is that you’re re-gifting.

For other green gift ideas, check out Greenopia’s awesome X-mas list of eco-friendly things that public might actually want!

www.greenopia.com

I will be posting my own list of fashion-related green gift ideas by the weekend, when all the haters are at the mall buying you plastic SpongeBob slippers and a calendar from 2006.

[Source] Martha Tagney