Jen_Lada's Blog

You've undoubtedly seen Ted's 'Going Green' pieces and this is right along the same lines. I just saw a cool story on this concept... it was called No Impact Man where a family of three in NYC eliminate their negative impact on the planet and increase their positive contributions for one whole year.

From the website: No Impact Man is my experiment with researching, developing and adopting a way of life for me and my little family—one wife, one toddler, one dog—to live in the heart of New York City while causing no net environmental impact. To do this, we will decrease the things we do that hurt the earth—make trash, cause carbon dioxide emissions, for example—and increase the things we do that help the earth—clean up the banks of the Hudson River, give money to charity, rescue sea birds, say.

It was a very interesting... they only shop at Farmer's Markets where they're certain the foods haven't traveled far (vehicle emissions,) use only recyclable materials, got rid of the TV, Tivo, computer, AC etc (carbon emissions) and have a compost box in their kitchen for waste. They walk (or scooter) everywhere. It's awfully ambitious but very admirable. Check out the website:

No Impact Man