How human behaviour can impact the Earth at a local and global scale
Thursday 25 October 2012
No impact man
I highly
recommend the documentary No Impact Man
where Colin Beavan vows to make as little environmental impact as possible for
one year. You follow the Manhattan-based
Colin along with his wife and two-year old daughter in their radical lifestyle
change. It means buying local food, eating vegetarian along with no elevators,
no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no
electricity, no material consumption and no garbage.
Colin Beavan: ”The fact of the
matter is that if only I change, it's not going to make a difference, but the
hope is that if each of us as individuals change, it's going to inspire
everybody to change. So I believe the most radical political act there is, is
to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is, is to believe that
if I change, other people will follow suit.”
Get
inspired and learn new ways to reduce your environmental impact.
Just thought I'd post a link to something similar I saw a while back. World Without Oil was an online roleplay (if that is the right word) game where players were invited to imagine they were living in a world void of oil and record their daily routines. It got people doing some amazing things, digging over their gardens to make allotments etc. Just got me thinking about the lengths people would go to in order to reduce their carbon footprints.
The game's over now. But there's still a video up online. http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/
Oh wow, thanks for the recommendation. That looks really intriguing. It probably isn't practical & sustainable to go all the way but definitely goes to show how much less we can and (should really for our own benefit) live with :)
Great blog Anne.
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd post a link to something similar I saw a while back. World Without Oil was an online roleplay (if that is the right word) game where players were invited to imagine they were living in a world void of oil and record their daily routines. It got people doing some amazing things, digging over their gardens to make allotments etc. Just got me thinking about the lengths people would go to in order to reduce their carbon footprints.
The game's over now. But there's still a video up online. http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/
Oh wow, thanks for the recommendation. That looks really intriguing. It probably isn't practical & sustainable to go all the way but definitely goes to show how much less we can and (should really for our own benefit) live with :)
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