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Why bother saving the planet?

June 11, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

First of all, I wanted to remind you all that there is a sneak peak at the No Impact Man documentary in New York tonight (Thursday). Click here for details. I hope I’ll see you there. It’ll be outdoors if the weather is nice and indoors if it’s not, so rain or shine! Now, onwards… […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Career and Work Life, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man, Relationships, Family and Friendship

Growing your own food, Japanese style

May 8, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

First thing, wanted to remind you that I also twitter here and I friend my readers on Facebook here. Onwards… As you may know, Japan has lower per capita carbon emissions than any Western European country. For that reason, I asked my friend, Sean Saskamoto, who recently moved to Japan and who blogs at I’d […]

Filed Under: Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Society Tagged With: gardening, Japan, local food, sean sakamoto

The difference between hell and heaven

April 16, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

My dentist Gary is one of my best friends, and I visited his office today. I joked with him, “Why do you have to make your living by tearing my mouth apart?” Actually, he’s great at his job, but that’s another story (email me if you’re looking for a great New York dentist). The point […]

Filed Under: Best of No Impact Man, Environment, No Impact Man, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Society Tagged With: economic collapse, environment, global warming, good dentists, heaven, hell

What makes me happiest doesn’t cost the planet

April 6, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

My little girl Isabella and I just spent the weekend at a gathering at the Providence Zen Center, the head temple of the Kwan Um School of Zen, where I meditate. There were five or six other kids there and from the moment we arrived Isabella ran around having fun and paying almost no attention […]

Filed Under: Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Society Tagged With: community, environmental living

Individual action and the number of children we have

December 11, 2008 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Somebody emailed me an article by Joanna Benn on the BBC’s website: “Baby Decisions–Adding the World’s Woes?” Click through to read the whole article if you want, but basically, Benn poses the two sides of the argument like this: When I see babies, not only do I see the beauty, joy and miracle of life, I […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Environment, No Impact Man, Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: families, only children, population, population control

My grandfather’s cuff links

February 29, 2008 by Colin Beavan

My grandfather was a big wig, first, in the OSS and then, through the 50s and 60s, in the CIA. In fact, my last book, Operation Jedburgh, told the story of secret World War II operation that my grandfather helped oversee. Now, I am not uncritical of the actions of the CIA through those years […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Personal and General Writing, Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: disposablility, durability, sustainable economy, throwaway culture

More on community versus consumption–smart growth

February 1, 2008 by Colin Beavan

There is an ad I saw at the movies. A man wakes up, presses the snooze button, gets up late and arrives at a work meeting disheveled and disorganized. All his colleagues frown. Cut to the scene replayed. The alarm goes off. The man scoffs down a Pepsi. He jumps out of bed, puts on […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Society Tagged With: climate change, energy use, Public transportation, Smart Growth, suburban sprawl

Apropos, first, of nothing and, then, of something

January 8, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Apropos of nothing: The other night I was lying in bed, being held hostage by my daughter Isabella who insisted she would only go to sleep if I stayed there with her. She was mad that I had made her go to bed at all. She said, “I don’t like you anymore, Daddy.” So we’re […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Society Tagged With: activism, endangered species, environment, icebergs, no impact man

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