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Resources for exploring "No Impact Man" by Colin Beavan in greater depth.
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News Coverage

Was Beavan's project a genuine effort at fostering change or a literary stunt designed to sell books? Check out differing assessments of his work in the media and decide for yourself. (Connect to the Library VPN first.)

  • The Year Without Toilet Paper  
      
    A 2007 feature in the New York Times which profiled the Beavan family at the 4 month point of their no impact year.
  • The Year of Living Environmentally
    Beavan's April 2007 interview on NPR's Talk of the Nation, recorded midway through his project.
  • Green Like Me
    The New Yorker considers "No Impact Man" in the context of the Thoreau-inspired genre of writing about personal environmental experiments.
  • 'No Impact Man,' Wife And Daughter
    Beavan and wife Michelle Conlin, were also guests on Talk of the Nation in 2009. Their interview coincided with the release of the film and book.
 

The Interview

Stephen Colbert asks author Colin Beavan the tough questions about his No Impact Experiment:

 

The Book

Want to make a sustainable choice when it comes to reading "No Impact Man"? The Kraemer Family Library has 4 copies on reserve behind the circulation desk that can be checked out for one week.

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No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process - Colin Beavan
Call Number: TD171.7 .B43 2009
ISBN: 0374222886
Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year--while still living in New York City--to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television. After this mad endeavor, Beavan explains to the rest of us how we can realistically live a more "eco-effective" and by turns more content life in an age of inconvenient truths.

 
 

The Movie

An Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, the film "No Impact Man" is available on reserve behind the library circulation desk.

View the film's trailer here:

 

The Blog

The blog Beavan started to document his experiment is ongoing. Keep tabs on it here:

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The Project

Want to try the experiment on a smaller scale? Check out the No Impact Experiment, a week-long program to reduce your environmental impact, and see if it's for you!

  • The No Impact Experiment
    "The No Impact Experiment is a one-week carbon cleanse. It is a chance for you to see what a difference no-impact living can have on your quality of life."
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