Shaking your head ruefully at the evening news doesn't accomplish much, but designing a poster might. In response to recent incidents of campus violence, the University & College Designers Association, UCDA, has launched the Campus Violence Poster Project. It's a visual round table where any designer can respond to these events on a 12 x 18-inch or smaller canvas. UCDA plans to sell posters through an online auction and feature them in the organization's magazine and website.
Today is the official Buy Nothing Day, a campaign started in Canada to protest the ridiculous black friday shopping day where people line up outside stores at weird hours of the morning and kids get trampled over being the first to get their hands on the first Hannah Montana whatever.
You can dowload these fun little flyers and others to show your stand against mass consumerism.