There is a love poem by Pablo Neruda, the late Chilean activist, poet and Nobel laureate. It’s called “I do not love you except because I love you.” Maybe it’s not a love poem. Maybe it’s a truth poem. It’s a poem about the truth of human nature. It’s a poem written by a […]
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Sharing a limited planet
Yesterday, for the purposes of provoking conversation, I posed the question of whether the earth would be better off without people. I, of course, don’t believe this at all. But I do think dealing with the question causes interesting conversation. I was particularly intrigued by the response of Ruchi, who writes the blog Arduous. She […]
Should we all commit suicide?
A colleague of mine posed this question at dinner tonight: If environmentalism is about use less stuff, make less impact, have less effect, might we all be better if we just committed suicide? Might not that be the easier solution? My other colleague came up to me after dinner. He said the the first colleague’s […]
A great visit with NY State Senator Klein–thanks to you
If you’ve been reading the blog you’ll remember that I had a near death experience with a black Mercedes Benz on my bike. The driver said some angry swear words at me, and then I discovered he was a New York state senator. Poor guy. I called him to task for it on the blog […]
Looking for writers and more about No Impact plans!
Now that I’m nearly done with my work on the book–which comes out in September, 2009–I’m getting ready to return my full attention to the blog. NoImpactMan.com has always been about what each of us can do to participate in solutions to our planetary and social crisis. Sometimes its about how we can make, for […]
The big question
I was in conversation with a product designer today. He works hard on sustainability issues. He starts, with a new client, by designing exactly what the client wants exactly the way the client wants it. Once he’s worked with a client for a while, and has gained the client’s trust, he can begin to suggest […]
Sad pictures of dead bicyclists that I plan to show the Senator
So, New York State Senator Klein and I have rearranged our meeting to discuss bicycling and transportation policy in New York City for this coming Tuesday, October 14. You may remember that the Senator and I had an altercation (read here, here and here) after he nearly veered his black Mercedes into me when I […]
Let’s go viral with this excellent action on bottled water
The Center for a New American Dream emailed me to ask for our help, so before I even start, let me ask you to email this post to everyone you know. Blog about it. Give it love on Digg, Reddit, all the other sites and send it to your grandma. Because we have a chance […]