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Who says we need cars and planes for a good life?

August 22, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Now that I’ve finished the draft of my book, we’re finally on holiday. What we used to do, before the No Impact project, was fly to France to stay with friends. But the long haul flight made enough carbon emissions to equal the average American’s entire year of driving, and we had to rent a […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, No Impact Man Tagged With: airplanes, cars, gas prices, green living, green vacation, staycation

Drill here, drill now, get nothing but an opinion poll point or two

August 18, 2008 by Colin Beavan

The Democrats are caving on offshore drilling. As reported by the Christian Science Monitor (emphasis added): “… In a shift on Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House will take up comprehensive energy legislation next month that includes partially lifting the 1981 ban on offshore drilling… “… On Friday, Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: Democrats, gas prices, global warming, leadership, Offshore drilling, pandering, political pandering, Republicans

Gore’s call for 100% renewable electricity by 2018

July 18, 2008 by Colin Beavan

Al Gore Thursday made an important speech in which he called upon the United States to generate 100% of its electricity by renewable means by 2018. This is exactly the approach we need to achieve what is scientifically necessary. I haven’t spoken to them yet, but I believe it is entirely in line with the […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: climate change, electric cars, gas prices, global warming, renewable energy

How to live a $4 a gallon lifestyle in the coming $5 a gallon world

June 18, 2008 by Colin Beavan

First, a bit of business. I wanted to let those of you who subscribe to the blog by email or RSS reader know that we have a very active and interesting commenting community. You may want to come have a look, either to leave comments of your own or simply to read the informative comments […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, How To, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, carbon emissions, carpooling, commuting, driving, four-day work week, gas prices, greenhouse gas, mass transit, ride sharing, walking

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