Hey folks, one of my favorite organizations involved with engaging citizens in making our habitat safe is having a fundraiser. New York’s Lower East Side Ecology Center works towards a more sustainable New York City by providing community-based recycling and composting programs, developing local stewardship of green space, and increasing community awareness through environmental education […]
Activism and Social Change
No Impact Man’s Top Ten Eco-Lifestyle Changes
For more ideas and ways to join a community of people who are searching for happier, more eco-friendly lives, got to NoImpactProject.org. 1. Stop eating beef. Worldwide, beef production contributes more substantially to climate change than the entire transportation sector. Plus, a diet with no or less beef is better for you anyway. 2. Give […]
We’re In This Together
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 Rather Be In Japan, to check in with us every so often. I thought we might be able to learn a little something about […]
Are we just a green bubble that has burst?
Recently, The New Republic published an article by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger of the Breakthrough Institute calling the trend towards lower consumption coupled with the search for meaningful life no more than a public opinion bubble that has burst. They argue that individual lifestyle change–of which I am one of the chief national proponents, […]
An easy, automatic way to tell your Congressional Reps you want them to solve the climate crisis
In this crucial point in history, digging, stumbling, reposting or emailing the below could do an incredible amount of good for the entire world. Just saying! :) This post is by Garth Moore and comes from the 1Sky blog. Click on the link, fill out the form and an automated system will call you and […]
Open-source environmental activism
One of the things I’m into is cool tools that allow people to easily take environmental action. What if you wanted to recruit volunteers get trees planted in your neighborhood? Or if you wanted to clean the trash off your local riverbank? What if, on the other hand, you wanted to join other volunteers to […]
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 […]
Open Discusson: Saving money while saving the planet
It’s time for a recession special blog post–how can we help our wallets while saving the planet while making ourselves happier and healthier? During the No Impact project, we saved–and continue to save–a lot of money on everything from transportation to food. The combination of riding our bikes everywhere and only eating fresh local produce […]