I have a college professor friend and today he conjectured as to the reasons why choosing a life with less impact contributed to my family’s happiness during the No Impact year. He said that important contributors to happiness are: Meaning: I got a lot of satisfaction out of living a life that seemed connected to […]
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The amazing No Impact community
I’m not going to write much because I just got off a conference call with an amazing group of volunteers organized by the No Impact Project’s amazing new associate director, Stephanie Bleyer. The volunteers are designing and will participate in the NIP’s first No Impact Week. It’s a week-long experience that the NIP will offer […]
Choosing the joy in life
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Help No Impact Man raise $15,000
There is a growing movement of people, it turns out, who want to retool their lifestyles to live in ways that both make themselves and the planet happier. This was one of the big surprises to me of the No Impact year. People wanted to know what I was doing and they wanted to know […]
Zen and the Art of the Climate Ride
At the end of September, I’ll be riding bikes along with a bunch of other folks from New York to Washington to give voice to the fact that we want our elected representatives to take care of the planet we depend upon for our health, happiness and security. We want to let them know that […]
The sign of a civilized country
Tonight I was at a fundraiser for my heartthrob organization, Transportation Alternatives, where I heard the former mayor of Bogota, Columbia, Enrique Penalosa speak. According to the Project for Public Spaces: While mayor, Peñalosa was responsible for numerous radical improvements to the city and its citizens. He promoted a city model giving priority to children and public […]
What I’d say if I was wrong about climate change
I get emails from people, every so often, asking what I would say and feel if I was wrong about climate change. What would I say if, after dedicating years of my life to bringing attention to the problem, I found out there was no problem. Well, first, of course, I would praise God in […]
What’s the best way to change the world?
Curious what you think: What’s the best action to promote? a. Changing to green electricity b. Complete moratorium on plastic bags c. Phone your political representative Not that these actions are mutually exclusive or representative of all the actions that could be promoted. But one represents different consumer choices, one represents habit change, the other […]