The No Impact Project certainly was a challenge, but I never doubted the worth of the experiment. Deep inside of me I knew it was the right way to live.
Understanding the "life-cycle" of any consumable good offers a fairly accurate sense of how "green" it really is -- basically, where things come from and what happens to them when we are done with them.
Thursday 10/22 at 9 PM join Colin Beavan and Gilliana Caldwell, Campaign Director of 1Sky. You are invited to participate and ask questions! System...
As I read the No Impact Guide my spirit lightened. We were being asked to pay attention, be honest with ourselves and let go of preconceived notions, even our concept of what we need to make ourselves happy.
In the 1950s the average American consumed roughly 2,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year; today that number has grown to roughly 13,800 kilowatt-hours per year.
It's true you can turn compost into a science, investing in turners, tillers, elevated storage bins, and doubtless a host of other implements with which I am as yet unacquainted. The question is, why bother?
I recently saw an incredible documentary about a Manhattan couple who lived "no impact" for a year. This means they did all they could to drastically ...
