347: No Impact Man - Save the Planet with Colin Beavan

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Lucas Rockwood

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🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Environmental activist, Colin Beavan, and his family decided to make a bold statement: they’d spend an entire year living as close to “zero impact” as possible in the heart of New York City. They’d ditch subways and taxis, food that came from further than 100 miles away, and TV. In the end, they’d gain a new perspective on life.

Listen & Learn:

How the average American creates 1600 lbs of trash each year
How Colin and his wife and daughter went “zero impact” for a full year in NYC
What it means to redefine life without all the consumerism
How to truly be alive

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Colin Beavan is a speaker, author and expert on environmental issues, consumerism, and human quality of life. He has spoken at companies including Clif Bar, the North Face, and Ideo. He’s been featured in numerous media outlets and TV programs including The Colbert Report, Good Morning America, and Nightline.

Colin has a couple of books, How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World and No Impact Man. His documentary film, also called No Impact Man, was featured at Sundance and has been shown in theaters and on TV around the world.

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0:00.0	The question for you is how far would you go for something you believe in?
0:07.0	How much would you be willing to invest? How much would you be willing to give up?
0:11.0	For most people, the answer is not that much, not that much.
0:15.3	My guest on this week's show's name's Colin,
0:17.2	and he and his wife and his daughter,
0:19.5	they gave up kind of everything for a year,
0:22.1	living in New York City, they tried to live a
0:24.4	no waste lifestyle. Now to live 100% no waste is impossible but as close to it as they
0:29.3	could so they bought no take-out food. They didn't ride the train or a car. They rode bikes everywhere.
0:34.0	They didn't watch any television. They lived by candlelight and wash their own clothes even for half the year.
0:39.2	And it totally transformed their family's outlook and their personal outlook and career outlook.
0:44.6	And I got really captivated by this story.
0:46.1	We've had a couple of people on the show, if you're a regular listener, who have done something
0:49.9	similar.
0:50.9	Colin went a lot deeper than they have and his insights are a lot
0:54.6	deeper as well. I think you'll find this really interesting. Your questions,
0:57.6	comments, and feedback are always most welcome. Email me podcast at yoga
1:01.3	body.com and enjoy the show.
1:03.4	So hello and welcome everyone welcome
1:10.8	everyone welcome to the Lucas Rockwood show today's show is called no impact man save the planet and I am joined here with
1:16.7	Colin Bevin he's a speaker and author an environmental activist and he's done a lot of really interesting projects he's spoken to big
1:24.3	companies like Cliff Bar Northface and IDEO he's been featured in tons of
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