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LearnVest: How Going Greener Saved One Woman $21,950 a Year

2012-04-20T12:41:22Z

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.

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Rabbi Mary Zamore: The Sacred Table: Biblical Wisdom vs. Disposable Products

2011-08-08T08:10:41Z

Last Rosh Hashanah, I challenged myself to minimize the use of plastic ware and other food related disposables. Did I become no-impact woman? No. However, I made a huge paradigm shift.

Read more: Environmentalism, Judaism, Food, Green Faith, Jewish Food Ethics, Eco-Theology, No Impact Man, Rosh Hashanah 2011, Jewish Environmentalism, Green Judaism, Eco-Kashrut, Religion News

Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Finding The Divine In Community On Shavuot

2011-06-07T10:39:51Z

On Shavuot, we are reminded that our communal effort to bring healing to the planet and fellow human beings is covenantal work imbued with the spirit of the Divine.

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The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: With D.C. in GOP Hands, Environmentalists Must 'Fight Harder'

2011-01-07T19:44:29Z

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger

For the environmental community, this coming year offers a chance to regroup, rethink and regrow. Two year...

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David Kroodsma: Colin Beavan: How does "No Impact Man" talk about Progress?

2010-12-08T10:41:05Z

This is article 7 of 8 in the series about interviews with speakers at Cancun's "Forum on Communicating Climate Change." Click here to read the intr...

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Colin Beavan: American-Bashing Misses the Point When Climate Talks Fail

2010-09-07T16:54:51Z

The problem is not the "American" way of life. It is that the way of life in the United States is largely under the control of corporations.

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Andrea Chalupa: Garbage Moguls: God Bless the Eco-Capitalists

2010-08-21T16:12:41Z

While these eco-capitalists are pouring their blood, sweat, and presumably some tears into the next great industrial revolution, Colin Beavan has a handy list of tips on how you and I can create less trash.

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Colin Beavan: We Are a Nation of Oiloholics: Instead of Ranting at Oil Companies, Pols, Let's Look in the Mirror

2010-07-12T11:53:17Z

When an alcoholic leaves a bar and drives into his third wreck, do you blame the bartender or the alcoholic? When a society addicted to fossil fuels experiences an oil spill, do you blame the company that drilled for oil or the society that uses it?

Read more: Oil Addiction, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Fossil Fuel Addiction, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, No Impact Man, Renewable Energy, Oil, Dependence on Oil, Energy Independence, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

No Impact Week Film Highlights HuffPost Readers' Participation (VIDEO)

2010-04-23T14:35:12Z

Working Films made a short documentary about The No Impact Project, the experiment of Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, to inspire and encourage people...

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Katherine Goldstein: No Impact Project Week: Participate With Huffington Post October 18th

2009-09-24T14:53:33Z

This week will give people the opportunity to examine and reduce their ecological footprint by taking part in a short and intense period of conscious consumption supported by local and online communities.

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Jerusha Klemperer: Get Cooking With The Art of Eating In

2010-02-15T15:04:22Z

Cathy Erway made a radical decision: in New York, this capital of restaurants, in this city of buying and spending, she was going to stay in and cook.

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Levi Novey: Taking on No Impact Week From Abroad: Lima's Transportation System Sucks

2009-10-22T12:48:18Z

Reducing consumption is hard enough, but doing No Impact Week in a country where the buses are dangerous and the air pollution is much higher than what is healthy -- that's a challenge.

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John DeCock: Want to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Reduce Your Trash Footprint!

2009-10-26T14:00:19Z

The Product Policy Institute has recently released two new reports that confirm product and packaging waste contribute forty-four percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Arianna Huffington: HuffPost's "No Impact Week": Small Steps, Big Results

2009-10-19T13:54:41Z

HuffPost's No Impact Week is a project we've launched together with Colin Beavan -- aka "No Impact Man." The goal is to demonstrate ways in which small actions in our daily lives can have a profound impact on our world.

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Matthew Modine: Consumed With Guilt

2009-10-21T14:14:58Z

Can we transform from a society of consumers to a culture of sustainability? I think we can because history has shown that the human spirit is capable of so many things. Like going to the moon. Yes, we can.

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No Impact Week Webcasts With Vokle

2009-10-18T13:42:55Z

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...

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Rebecca Gerendasy: No Impact Week: Tips on How Not to Waste Food (Video)

2009-10-20T13:19:02Z

Jonathan Bloom, journalist, and author of Wasted Food Blog, lists out the practical steps for reducing individual food waste in the home.

Read more: Composting, Leftovers, Tips, No Impact Week, WastedFood Blog, Food Waste, Jonathan Bloom, Green News

Diane Tucker: Artist Tim Burke Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself (PHOTOS)

2009-10-18T11:08:52Z

Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...

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The No Impact Week Guide Is Here!

2009-10-12T11:10:50Z

Alright folks, the guide for HuffPost's inaugural No Impact Week is here! Thousands of you have already signed up for our week-long carbon cleanse sta...

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No Impact Week: Your Reflections

2009-10-26T12:34:23Z

Over 5,000 people joined HuffPost and No Impact Project for the No Impact Week. Many of you told us why you signed up; now we want to hear from you a...

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George Mitrovich: Rules for Public Speaking

2009-10-30T18:54:15Z

Here, then, are six fundamental rules for public speaking: Rule Number One: No matter how inadequate your speaking skills, don't tell your audience.

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No Impact Week: People From Louisiana To Japan Eager For Change (VIDEO)

2009-10-20T09:06:18Z

Over 4000 people have committed to reducing their carbon footprint over No Impact Week, which started Sunday. Before the week began, HuffPost receiv...

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Naomi Starkman: Apprenticed for Life: Learning From Millie Kalish's Hard Times on an Iowa Farm During the Depression

2009-10-22T11:14:50Z

Much of Mildred Armstrong Kalish's outstanding book is devoted to entire chapters on how her family survived on a rural farm in record cold with no running water, no central heat, no electricity, and no money.

Read more: Iowa, Sustainability, Farming, No Impact Week, Green News

No Impact Week: No Impact Dispatches From Around The World

2009-10-18T16:02:06Z

No Impact Week started today, with an emphasis on participants reducing their consumption of new products. If you haven't heard about No Impact Proje...

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Readers' Photos of Local Food Restaurants

2009-10-20T19:09:54Z

Here at HuffPost Green, we're all about the local food movement. Food typically travels hundreds, if not thousands of miles to get to our plates, so ...

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