Bill McKibben sent me this note over the weekend and asked me to share it with you. Thoughts? Plans to attend? Dear Friends, There are moments in a nation’s—and a planet’s—history when it may be necessary for some to break the law in order to bear witness to an evil, bring it to wider attention, […]
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Save a chimp as a sustainable Christmas gift
First off, Annie Leonard of Story of Stuff and I will be doing a live radio interview on KPFA’s environmental radio show Terra Verde today (Friday). You can listen at 4:00 PM EST by clicking here (I’ll post the link to the recording later). Onwards… As long as we’ve been talking a little about a […]
Individual action and the number of children we have
Somebody emailed me an article by Joanna Benn on the BBC’s website: “Baby Decisions–Adding the World’s Woes?” Click through to read the whole article if you want, but basically, Benn poses the two sides of the argument like this: When I see babies, not only do I see the beauty, joy and miracle of life, I […]
Could global warming wake us up to a better life?
First off, after my recent post about Christmas with no presents, somebody sent me a link to a great site that helps facilitate giving gifts to charity as Christmas presents. You might find it helpful: Redefine Christmas. Onwards… Here is a little bit from the epilogue of my book. Just thought you might enjoy a […]
Take out tubs, individual action and changing minds
Yesterday I posted about the trash I’d generated through eating takeout when I got too busy to cook for myself. Someone commented that eating takeout–in itself–is no problem. Cooking at scale may save energy. The problem is the plastic or cardboard containers that get generated. Commenters left two suggestions behind for ways to get take-out […]
Balance between individual and collective action?
Finished the book at last, but in the final few weeks, I discovered that I just couldn’t keep it together to do my family’s food shopping. We temporarily turned back into take out mavens, causing more plastic tub trash in a couple of weeks than in the last couple of years. This begs the question, […]
No Impact Man hits the Sundance Film Festival
One more day of concentrating on my book folks, but wanted to let you know that the documentary about the No Impact Man project will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein did a wonderful job directing. I’m very excited. You can read a little more about it […]
Open Discussion–Comment free for all
While I take another day on my book, I wanted to give you all a chance to just talk. What’s on your mind? Ask questions. Answer questions. Make comments. Somebody hurry up and be the first to say something. Now then, as for all you readers who get the blog by email, you will actually […]