We started this discussion when I put this post up a few days ago but I wanted to bring it back to the top for you to think about again. There are lots of questions and comments in here that you may not have seen could be addressed by the No Impact Man community. So […]
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No Impact Man Blog–Day One
70 degree days in January… How can anyone possibly deny global warming? We can’t wait for the government. What if I tried consuming less? Would that make a difference? Could I at least feel like I was trying? What if my whole family tried? What if other people followed suit? What if my whole family […]
I don’t want to burn myself out
In response to yesterday’s post about the Pablo Neruda poem, Anne from Not So Big Blog sent a quote from Edward Abbey, who she calls the “cranky environmentalist/mystic of the desert southwest”: “One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast… a part-time crusader, a half-hearted […]
The complexities of human nature and saving our habitat
There is a love poem by Pablo Neruda, the late Chilean activist, poet and Nobel laureate. It’s called “I do not love you except because I love you.” Maybe it’s not a love poem. Maybe it’s a truth poem. It’s a poem about the truth of human nature. It’s a poem written by a […]
Sharing a limited planet
Yesterday, for the purposes of provoking conversation, I posed the question of whether the earth would be better off without people. I, of course, don’t believe this at all. But I do think dealing with the question causes interesting conversation. I was particularly intrigued by the response of Ruchi, who writes the blog Arduous. She […]
Should we all commit suicide?
A colleague of mine posed this question at dinner tonight: If environmentalism is about use less stuff, make less impact, have less effect, might we all be better if we just committed suicide? Might not that be the easier solution? My other colleague came up to me after dinner. He said the the first colleague’s […]
A great visit with NY State Senator Klein–thanks to you
If you’ve been reading the blog you’ll remember that I had a near death experience with a black Mercedes Benz on my bike. The driver said some angry swear words at me, and then I discovered he was a New York state senator. Poor guy. I called him to task for it on the blog […]
Looking for writers and more about No Impact plans!
Now that I’m nearly done with my work on the book–which comes out in September, 2009–I’m getting ready to return my full attention to the blog. NoImpactMan.com has always been about what each of us can do to participate in solutions to our planetary and social crisis. Sometimes its about how we can make, for […]