This weekend I worked with a group junior staff at a certain organization. Part of what we did was workshop what could be done to make their organization more eco-effective or even–a word I like better–“regenerative.” The group elected four representatives to approach senior staff with ideas. I sensed frustration in them and sent them […]
Happiness and Life Satisfaction
Heaven Knows
My friend Sean occasionally writes for the blog. For a long time, he has been searching for a way to live that makes him truly happy. He doesn't believe in the rat race. He wants to find a way to live that doesn't rely on stuff and corporations but on people and community. His thinking […]
No Impact Man now out in paperback–An interview with Colin Beavan
Hey folks, I’m excited to report that No Impact Man is out in paperback this week (borrow it from your library or share with friends a copy from your local bookseller, Amazon, or BN.com). Anyway, I’ve been doing a new round of press interviews so I thought I’d let you in one email interview I […]
What are we coming to?
One thing I think and talk a lot about and mention in my book No Impact Man is that we are wrecking our planet for lives we don’t even necessarily enjoy. As I say in the book: What really filled me with despair, though, was that I didn’t believe that the way of life that […]
Thoughts I come back to when thinking about environmentalism 2.0
1. Happier planet = happier people. 2. You make a difference. 3. Our culture is broken. 4. The personal is political. 5. Economic growth ≠ Life satisfaction growth. 6. Jobs are paramount but we should work to make our planetary home better not worse. 7. The concept of zero sum game is for people with […]
Trust the spark within and find your own path
Since the release of the No Impact Man book and film I have been privileged to be in conversation with many groups. And always, someone asks me with great earnestness, “What can I do?” Many times, in other words, people ask me for how-to-save-the-planet directions. “Just start,” I say. And then I pause while they […]
What’s important?
First thing, wanted to remind you that you can follow me on twitter here and friend me on 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 Sakamoto, who recently moved to Japan and who blogs […]