Tomorrow I fly from New York City to Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving in my wake a big long contrail and a lot of carbon dioxide–both of which contribute to global warming. It’ll be the second flight I’ve taken in more than two years. What’s popular, when it comes to flying, is buying carbon offsets. […]
Carbon offsets
LV GRN: Making summer vacation choices
In the two summers before the No Impact experiment, we went to France and Italy for three weeks each. We rented cars and had the time of our lives. This year, though the No Impact year is over, we’re continuing to make what, for me, is the difficult decision of keeping it closer to home. […]
The problem of air travel
Yesterday, you may have read, I posted about how No Impact Man lives once the rules of the No Impact Man project cease to exist. I called myself low impact man in that post, but I’m sticking with my original moniker. The ironies are just too precious. Anyway, one thing I brought up is the […]
Now that I’m only lower impact man
Some truths about my life without the gazillion rules to follow: I don’t like making an impact but I like living in the dark less–the lights are on. All our bulbs are CFL. We buy wind power (and you can too). Nothing is plugged in when it isn’t used. The fridge is on but the […]