People ask me all the time what they can do to help. I have a list of things that you can find here. But there are times when it seems like nothing I can possibly do on that list or any thing else help the world. I don’t mean to sound pious, as if I […]
How To
No Impact Man’s environmental how-tos
I thought it might fun to feature some of the old posts on the blog that give explicit directions on how to do things ecologically. Here they are: Cut out home heating oil–Japanese Style Get your child to eat almost any vegetable Get news about No Impact happenings Skip the work travel, have a more […]
How to go No Impact
You may have heard that over 4,700 people went No Impact via the NoImpactProject.org‘s No Impact Week, hosted last week on the Huffington Post. Missed it? No worries. The NRDC’s website Simple Steps is getting ready to host our week one more time, starting November 15, as period of non-consumptive mindfulness in the run up […]
Do a dance for yogurt that isn’t in plastic tubs
As we approach the launch of the No Impact Man book and the film, I thought it would be fun to repost some of what I wrote way back in 2007 at the beginning of the No Impact Man year, back when I was just a newly dubbed No Impact Man. This post first appeared […]
Taking Personal Responsibility for Climate Change
The following is a post by my friend Leslie Berliant. Leslie is a partner at BLU MOON Group, a cause marketing and communications firm. She writes the GoingGreen column for pnn.com and is also a contributing writer at SolveClimate.com, EnergyBoom.com, DesmogBlog.com, the LOHAS Journal and other online and print publications. This weekend, I went to a […]
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 […]
Keeping cool with no air conditioner
People always ask what we still do from our no impact year, and one thing is that we got rid of both our air conditioners. There are seven or eight nights in the summer where it’s really hot in New York City, but we keep a tub of cold water ready to hop into and […]
Thirty-one tips for reducing your impact while saving money
I was reading through comments here on the blog last night and I found this great list of tips by reader Millie Barnes, who writes a blog about health and gardening called Optimum Nutrition. Her tips were just too comprehensive to let them languish in the comments. So here they are (I don’t even mind […]