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No Impact Man’s Top Ten Eco-Lifestyle Changes

May 29, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

For more ideas and ways to join a community of people who are searching for happier, more eco-friendly lives, got to NoImpactProject.org. 1. Stop eating beef. Worldwide, beef production contributes more substantially to climate change than the entire transportation sector. Plus, a diet with no or less beef is better for you anyway. 2. Give […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, How To, No Impact Man Tagged With: biking, bottled water, climate change, greenhouse gas, living green, vegetarianism, waste

Open Discusson: Saving money while saving the planet

April 2, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

It’s time for a recession special blog post–how can we help our wallets while saving the planet while making ourselves happier and healthier? During the No Impact project, we saved–and continue to save–a lot of money on everything from transportation to food. The combination of riding our bikes everywhere and only eating fresh local produce […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: living green, recession, saving money

More on living the green life out loud

November 20, 2008 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I posted on making a spectacle of living green as a way of bringing attention to our environmental emergency. It turns out I’m not the only one who uses the strategy. Lots of readers left behind comments on their lifestyle strategies for getting attention (see the end of the post). Among those readers is […]

Filed Under: Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: environment, global warming, living green, plastic

In praise of making a spectacle of living green

November 19, 2008 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to decide to go against the cultural flow in the way that one lives and even more if you decide to advertise the fact. But I’m thinking that, of the many ways to assess which environmental lifestyle measures make the biggest difference, one way is to decide which […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, No Impact Man Tagged With: climate change, disposable, global warming, living green, no impact man, reusable bottle, reuse, Trash, ultra cool reusable cup, waste

40 steps on the personal path to green

August 26, 2008 by Colin Beavan

A few weeks ago, I asked readers, “If a friend decided they wanted to do something about the environment, how would you tell him or her to start?” So just in case you or a friend wants to start, here are 39 of the answers, in no particular order and boiled down to their essence. Don’t […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Consumerism and Materialism, Environment, How To, No Impact Man Tagged With: climate change, environmental living, greenhouse gas, living green

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