You may remember that we got a community garden plot of our own this year. The rub was that the person who had the plot before us had allowed a young tree to take root in it (you aren’t supposed to let trees grow in the garden), which made it unusable for growing vegetables. The […]
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Growing your own food, Japanese style
First thing, wanted to remind you that I also twitter here and I friend my readers on Facebook here. Onwards… As you may know, Japan has lower per capita carbon emissions than any Western European country. For that reason, I asked my friend, Sean Saskamoto, who recently moved to Japan and who blogs at I’d […]
Keeping kids healthy by eating local and unprocessed food
A big part of the No Impact project was to eat only local, seasonal, unpackaged food. That meant, basically, lots of fresh vegetables. Michelle and I both lost a lot of weight. As though to prove how good eating a local-food diet is for kids, too, BusinessWeek writer Cathy Arnst has posted a story, which […]
You, me and our elected politicians
So much of the No Impact Man project was about finding a way to feel as though I could make a difference. Blog reader Jen Abrams told me that she read that Greenpa has personally met and talked to all the local and state politicians that represent him. I’m curious: Do you know your elected […]
Using resources for what’s important
I always go on about the fact that sustainability 2.0 means not just using fewer resources but using resources in ways that improve human quality of life. If we’re not using the resources to improve life, then why are we using them at all? In other words, what’s important? Well, it’s spring. The below video […]
Take heart! A least one species bounces back from near extinction
We know, of course, that the advent of the automobile in New York City caused the virtual extinction of stick-ball, neighbors sitting together on stoops, fresh air and children playing in neighborhood streets. What some may not realize, however, is that New York City automobiles also brought one of the world’s largest mammalian bipeds–and I […]
A list of companies who supported lies about global warming
Please digg this post or email it in order to spread it around as a way to show the below companies that you refuse to accept their distorting our democracy and engangering us in the process. On April 23, Andrew Revkin of the New York Times published a story proving conclusively that the so-called Global […]
Urban gardening time is here!
During the No Impact project, I helped my friend Mayer Vishner with his vegetable plot in the Laguardia Community Gardens here in New York. For those of you who don’t know, a community garden is a public piece of land broken up into a checkerboard of plots and a different gardener tends to each plot. […]