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

Beavan, Colin

Published by Farrar, Streaus and Giroux - A Picador Book, New York, 2010

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276 Pages Indexed. This is the June 2010 First Picador Edition Brand new condition with interior text pages near flawless. A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride. And that's just the beginning. 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. What would it be like to try to live a no-impact lifestyle? Is it possible? Could it catch on? Is living this way more satisfying or less satisfying? Harder or easier? Is it worthwhile or senseless? Are we all doomed or can our culture reduce the barriers to sustainable living so it becomes as easy as falling off a log? These are the questions at the heart of this whole mad endeavor, via which Colin Beavan hopes to explain 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. Contents in Nine Chapters: How a Schlub Like Me Gets Mixed Up in a Stunt Like This, Day One and the Whole Thing Is a Big Mistake, What You Think When You Find Your Life in the Trash, If Only Pizza Didn't Come on Paper Plates, How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Anger Your Mom at the Same Time, The Cabbage Diet Saves the World, Conspicuous Nonconsumption, Click and the Lights Go Out, and Trying to Do Enough Good to Outweigh the Harm. Plus Epilogue: Life After the Year Without Toilet Paper, No Impact Project, Note on Production, Appendix: You Can Make a Difference, and Notes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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
• Publisher: Farrar, Streaus and Giroux - A Picador Book, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Lippincott, Jonathan D. - Design
• Edition: First Picador Edition
• Condition: Fine