Shopping is America’s second favorite pastime. According to Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff, we spend three to four times more time shopping than the average European. Only TV viewing racks up a larger portion of our leisure. Why do we spend so much time shopping? Is it partly that the culture doesn’t provide that much […]
No Impact Man
Had to take a day off folks, see you tomorrow.
9/27: Green Jobs Now National Day of Action
From the GreenJobsNow website: On September 26, we will watch the first presidential debate of this election. The next day, the candidates will watch us. On Saturday, September 27, we’re launching a national mobilization to say, “I’m ready for the green economy.” We are ready to tackle the climate crisis by building a green economy […]
On buying more than status
What follows is a passage from the draft of the book about my No Impact project. I thought you might enjoy a glimpse into my progress. The draft, by the way, is turned in and I await comments from my editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This passage is about some experiences we had in […]
A question for you
You know how I wrote about the altercation I had with Senator Klein after he nearly hit me on my bike? Well, that post went completely viral. Twenty thousand visitors read the post that day, many sites reposted it, and over 100 blogs linked to it. Most importantly, 100s of people from across the country […]
It’s not that we’re destroying the world
This is my home. It is where I come from and come back to. It is the place I sit to understand. This place has been here since long before us and will be here long after us. Because it’s not that we’re destroying the world. We’re only destroying our ability to live on it. […]
Kind words, kind results; Angry words, angry results?
You’ll know if you read the blog regularly that last week I had a close call on my bike with a New York State Senator who drove his car too close to me (read here). We had an altercation, but the good news is that we will have a meeting next week to discuss New […]
NY State Senator Klein to meet with No Impact Man about making NYC streets livable
Thanks to the efforts of all you readers who responded to yesterday’s open letter to Senator Klein, he, Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives, and I will be meeting to discuss policy options that could help make the streets of New York City more livable, more sustainable and safer for cyclists. This is great proof […]