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Low Carbon Footprint Smells (life without toilet paper)
Volunteers for life in the Third World.Perhaps Al Gore could try it. Welcome to Walden Pond, Fifth Avenue style. Colin Beavan, 43, a writer of historical nonfiction, and Michelle Conlin, 39, a senior writer at Business Week, are four months into a yearlong lifestyle experiment they call No Impact. Its rules are evolving, as Mr. Beavan will tell you, but to date include eating only food (organically) grown within a 250-mile radius of Manhattan; (mostly) no shopping for anything except said food; producing no trash (except compost, see above); using no paper; and, most intriguingly, using no carbon-fueled transportation. Ms. Conlin is clearly more than just a good sport giving up toilet paper seems a fairly profound gesture of commitment. I presume they've got the Arab left hand toilet - right hand food practice down pat. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-03-23 |
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