Lend It, Don't Spend It - Buy Nothing Day November 26
Posted on: 24/11/2011
This Saturday, November 26, is Buy Nothing Day, a day to take a break from spending your money. That money could soon be helping someone work their way out of poverty, so why not make a visit to the Deki website to start lending when you stop spending?
Buy Nothing Day is an opportunity to take a stand against excessive consumer culture by spending nothing for 24 hours. It challenges us to question the products we consume and the companies who produce them, asking what impact they have on the environment and the developing world. The organisers highlight the inequalities associated with consumerism in the developed world, reminding us that developed countries, which contain only 20% of the world's population, consume over 80% of the earth's natural resources. As a result, developed countries are responsible for a disproportionate amount of damage to the environment and wealth is distributed extremely unfairly.
At Deki, we'd like to encourage you to go one step further towards redressing this imbalance. Visit our website on Buy Nothing Day and make a life-changing loan to an entrepreneur in the developing world. Because Deki microloans are all about creating sustainable change, you can expect your loan to be repaid, and in just a few months you'll be able to recycle your money.