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 by Colin BeavanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I love this genre of books, the "guy-tries-to-do-something-for-a-year" book. Colin Beavan's take on it is to try to live for a whole year with no impact on the environment. Of course, that is a ridiculous goal - NO impact is impossible, really, and he recognizes that - but he and his family make quite a run at it, and learn a lot in the process. In fact, I can say that this is the most important of this type of book that I've read. His writing style is almost "bloggy" - bounces around from topic to topic, but he makes it work, and it reads quite naturally.
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Funny...I was just talking with someone trying to parse out what I could try out for a year. I like the idea of being constrained by time. (The best thing I could come up with was learn Japanese...but that's a bit too practical for my tastes...need something with whimsy.)
If you like that genre, have you read AJ Jacobs' books?
Living Biblically and the encyclopedia one, yes - and really liked them. He has a new one coming out soon, too, that's a collection of essays, I think. Looking forward to it. Thanks for the recommendation!
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