No Impact Man

2009 FESTIVAL
90 min.
Filmmakers: Lisa Gabbart and Justin Schein.
Could you live without toilet paper for a year? Author Colin Beavan did. In November 2006 he began the No Impact Project. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist, Colin leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food, no more material consumption…no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are dragged into the fray.