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]
Summary
Describes the author's one-year experiment with minimizing his impact on the Earth, an effort for which he eschewed technology, processed foods, and other negative-impact products while evaluating the plausibility and actual value of sustainable living. Full description
- 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 piss-off your mom at the same time
- The cabbage diet saves the world
- Conspicuous unconsumption
- Click and the lights go out
- Trying to do enough good to outweigh the harm.