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Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact.
No Impact Man
2009 Directed by Laura Gabbert
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this is less about the environment and more about the deteriation of an intensely heterosexual marriage
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this movie should be called how to make ur wife want to divorce u in one year or less
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i cant tell if colin is supposed to be a good guy or not in this, but he definitely sucks
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weirdly not about the environment..!
it's basically a case study in bourgeoisie americans who get bullied because they declared to stop drinking their lattes.
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you would think that someone who says that the lack of community is the root of all sustainability issues would know how to communicate 😍😍😍 if i ever marry a man, smack me and then just make me rewatch this movie
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Got this movie for free sitting on the sidewalk.
Guess this guy succeeded in his goal of having no impact.
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Reminded me how my efforts to save the world can feel naively optimistic & hopeless. And how bad our over-consumptive society is. Not surprised to find out this couple is split now 🙃
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Mayer Vishner: My hesitation about your work, is that it enables people to fool themselves that all they have to do is change the lightbulb or recycle all their plastic bags, as long as they feel that way, no politician will pick it up.
Colin Beavan:
And I feel that it is completely true. It’s both. … If you have a political stance, then there is an tremendous integrity to living in a way that reflects that political stance.Mayer Vishner:
At the risk of being too personal, it’s not, it’s just the facts. Michelle writes for Business Week. Millions of trees are cut down on a regular basis in order to promote the fully fallacious propaganda that America corporate… -
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