Colin Beavan
aka No Impact Man
Author, film subject, blogger and environmentalist Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, spent a year attempting to cause no impact on the environment while living in NY, and took his wife and daughter for the ride. For one year, he and his family lived in a 9th floor NY apartment with no air conditioning, no heat, no take-out, no elevators, no public transportation, no washing machine, no cars, no electricity, no disposable diapers, no food grown more than 250 miles from home, no TV, and for his wife, no beauty products, no shopping and no coffee. So it's true, there are a lot of nos in the equation but what the Beavans discovered was that there were a lot of yesses too. Like yes to health and yes to relationships with local growers and yes to more time with each other and their daughter and yes to, well, LIFE. There is a book, a film and a blog, all of which are called No Impact Man. Countless press have covered Colin Beavan, is he for real?
