COLIN BEAVAN, PhD

No Impact Man

About My Family and Me

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Some background: I am 43 years old. Michelle is 39. Both of us are writers (you can read a little synopsis of my professional life here). We’ve been married four years, and the 2-year-old Isabella is our only child. Our four-year-old dog, Frankie, who was saved from a kill shelter in North Carolina when she was a tiny puppy, […]

There’s Going to Be a Book!

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Okay, it’s true that we will profit from this experiment in a small way—much smaller than I’d like, believe me—because I’ve been contracted to write a book on our no impact experiences by the publishers Farrar, Straus, Giroux (and yeah, I’m totally psyched to be an FSG author). By profession I’m a writer and by temperament a megalomaniac (though […]

There’s Going to be a Movie!

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My wife Michelle’s best high school friend—actually best friend, period—is this hot chick named Laura Gabbert (sorry, she already has a hot husband and two hot kids). Laura is an independent film maker whose credits include the documentary Sunset Story, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival and the Sundance […]

Make a financial contribution

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First of all, let me say that your readership of the blog is more important than your money. So if you can’t contribute financially, no problem at all. That’s not the point. Keep reading. Click the comment links and contribute wisdom and practical advice. Your participation is what is most important. On the other hand, […]

Other ways to contribute

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The most important way you can help is by visiting and reading the blog and by clicking the comments link to add your wisdom and practical knowledge. Participation is what it’s all about. But there are a number of ways you can also help to make other readers aware of NoImpactMan.Com. Help other readers find […]

Guidelines for Discussion

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I love it when people leave comments and suggestions on the blog. How could I stumble through this project without everyone’s help and ideas? Once in a while, though, people may be tempted to write things that wouldn’t make their mothers proud or that detract from rather than add to the conversation. To deter such temptation, I’ve adapted […]