RECAP: Buy Nothing Day 2009
November 29, 2009 | by Dylan | 2 Comments
We held the first ever Kensington Park Neighborhood Exchange on Friday in celebration of Buy Nothing Day 2009 – Basically it was a small scale swap meet where everyone & anyone was invited to bring things with value to trade for other things of value – We traded with food, tools, clothes and music and most importantly not with money. Now with all due respect, I must apologize because it was thrown together a bit last minute but I was really excited by the turn out. It was a blast and we got to hang out with some new friends. It was such a nice day to relax outside in the park – Keegan cooked some killer potatoes and we got a little frisbee in too. My vote for the best trade of the day is tied between, Kevin trading the Ken Cinema a Jeff Buckley CD for a tray of popcorn and the three-way trade that involved an IggyPop record, Hard Ticket to Hawaii VHS, and a Budweiser track jacket.
If its shiny, pick it up right?
November 24, 2009 | by Dylan | Comment
Volkswagen is behind a new online campaign called The Fun Theory that caught my attention. It’s a big social experiment “dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.” Good thing it’s for the ‘better’ – If it weren’t it would sorta remind me of the movie WarGames where the innocent kid is playing a fun game but he’s actually starting WWIII – mind control via ‘fun’ – NICE!