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Slimy pets to eat your garbage and entertain your kids

May 10, 2011 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Some of you will have seen this before, but it's Spring and a lot of people have been asking me about worm composting. So here, for your delectation, via the Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC), are directions for keeping your own worm bin. If you live in New York, you can get worms from […]

Filed Under: Environment, How To, No Impact Man

The place of desire

April 18, 2011 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

I think a lot about the place of desire. An incorrect relationship to desire, I believe, has got us in this mess. Certainly an incorrect relationship to desire has often got me in a mess! On the other hand, I don't believe desires are meant to be eradicated. Desires are part of the grand scheme. […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Spirituality and Personal Growth

Advice from an Accidental Activist

February 28, 2011 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

The following article was originally published in Yes! Magazine at this location. Other articles I've published in Yes! include: "Ten Ways to Change Your Life," "Fight Climate Change: Live the Good Life," and "Christmas with No Presents." So many of us have good ideas for helping the world. But we tuck our ideas away. I […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Best of No Impact Man, Environment, How To, No Impact Man, Purpose and Meaning

What I have to remember

January 13, 2011 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Yesterday, President Obama, speaking in Tucson, Arizona in the wake of the recent shootings, said: “At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, No Longer Relevant

Thoughts on communicating on climate–my remarks at climate negotiations communication conference

December 3, 2010 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

In 2006, I became increasingly concerned both about climate change and the military action taken by the United States to secure its access to oil supplies in the Middle East. As a journalist and author, I wanted to find a way to make the case for a lower reliance on fossil fuels and other natural […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Environment, How To Be Alive, No Impact Man

Becoming your real self to help the world

November 29, 2010 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Recently, I gave a talk in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Girls Preparatory School. The talk was more or less about how the world is in so much trouble that it needs every sort of talent and passion in order to help it. In other words, if you care about world problems, you don't have to […]

Filed Under: Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, How To, No Impact Man, Purpose and Meaning

One American’s effort to bond over our shared concerns intead of fighting over our differences

November 21, 2010 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

I've been worried for a long time that the entire world is held up in solving its problems by the division in the American political system. It's the Republicans' fault. No, it's the Democrats' fault. No, it's the Republicans' fault. No, it's the Democrats' fault. No, it's the Republicans' fault. No, it's the Democrats' fault. […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, No Longer Relevant, Spirituality and Personal Growth

To hell with sustainability

November 5, 2010 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Here's a talk I gave a few months ago, in which I argue for a new definition of progress. I argue that we should not just be aiming to "sustain" our current way of life. Instead, we should be looking for a way of life that is both better for the planet and better for […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, No Impact Man

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