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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
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 2009
On Sale: September 1, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 0374222886
EAN: 9780374222888
Hardcover
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A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasonsβloving wife along for the ride. And thatβs just the beginning. Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one manβs decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one yearβwhile still living in New York Cityβto see if itβs possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television . . .
What would it be like to try to live a no-impact lifestyle? Is it possible? Could it catch on? Is living this way more satisfying or less satisfying? Harder or easier? Is it worthwhile or senseless? Are we all doomed or can our culture reduce the barriers to sustainable living so it becomes as easy as falling off a log? These are the questions at the heart of this whole mad endeavor, via which Colin Beavan hopes to explain to the rest of us how we can realistically live a more βeco-effectiveβ and by turns more content life in an age of inconvenient truths.
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