No Impact Man

By Colin Beavan

Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Science & Math

Writer Colin Beavan describes a year-long experiment in which he, his wife and their young daughter tried to live in New York City while making no net impact on the environment. The family gave up trash, packaged products and elevators. They also dropped air-conditioning, television and eventually electricity from the grid. Beavan asks whether such a life is possible, whether it is more satisfying and how a culture might make sustainable living easier.

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