Editing Buy Nothing Day (section)

==History==
The holiday was invented by Canadian artist Ted Dave.<ref>Crook, Barbara. "Can you say bye to buying 1 day a year?" ''[[Vancouver Sun]]''. September 25, 1991</ref><ref name="Independent">{{cite web |last1=Sommerlad |first1=Joe |title=International Buy Nothing Day: What is the anti-Black Friday protest and how effective is it? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-friday-2018-international-buy-nothing-day-deals-what-protest-a8646196.html |website=The Independent |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117192614/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/black-friday-2018-international-buy-nothing-day-deals-what-protest-a8646196.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' journalist Joe Sommerlad traced supporters' philosophy back to the 1899 text ''[[The Theory of the Leisure Class]]'', which argued that consumerism was left over from the feudal era and should be discontinued.<ref name="Independent" /> Soon thereafter, Canadian magazine and nonprofit ''[[Adbusters]]'' began promoting the day as well.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/11/40142 |title=Click Here to Buy Nothing |first=Joanna |last=Glasner |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=November 22, 2000 |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922141000/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/11/40142 |url-status=live }}</ref> It then spread to the United States, then internationally.<ref name="Independent" /> It began to be observed in Japan in 1999, and by 2001 was observed in 35 countries around the world.<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |last1=Tegler |first1=Gary |title='Buy Nothing Day' adds weight to buying season |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/26/national/buy-nothing-day-adds-weight-to-buying-season/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=6 October 2023 |date=26 November 2001 |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210032446/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/26/national/buy-nothing-day-adds-weight-to-buying-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Canada in September 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of overconsumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called "[[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]]", which is one of the ten busiest shopping days in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2019/09/24/the-10-busiest-shopping-days-at-stores-does-anyone-still-care/|title=The 10 Busiest Shopping Days At Stores: Why They Now Matter More To Stores Than Shoppers|last=Verdon|first=Joan|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=December 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241224112225/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2019/09/24/the-10-busiest-shopping-days-at-stores-does-anyone-still-care/|url-status=live}}</ref>