No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process / Colin Beavan.
Beavan, Colin.
2009
TD171.7 .B43 2009 (Mapit)
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Title No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process / Colin Beavan.
Author Beavan, Colin.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780374222888 hardcover alkaline paper
0374222886 hardcover alkaline paper
Publication Details New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Language English
Description 274 p. ; 22 cm
Call Number TD171.7 .B43 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 333.72 B
Summary Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year--while still living in New York City--to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television. After this mad endeavor, Beavan explains to the rest of us how we can realistically live a more "eco-effective" and by turns more content life in an age of inconvenient truths.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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How a schlub like me gets mixed up in a stunt like this
Day one and the whole thing is a big mistake
What you think when you find your life in the trash
If only pizza didn't come on paper plates
How to reduce your carbon footprint and anger your mom at the same time
The cabbage diet saves the world
Conspicuous nonconsumption
Click and the lights go out
Trying to do enough good to outweigh the harm
Epilogue : life after the year without toilet paper.

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