Colin Beavan | |
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 Colin Beavan at the 2009 Texas Book Festival | |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | History, environment |
| Notable works | No Impact Man Operation Jedburgh |
| Children | Anthony Mann |
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Colin Beavan (born 1963) [1] is an American non-fiction writer and internet blogger noted for recording the attempts of his family to live a "zero impact" lifestyle in New York City for one year.
The rules of the experiment included: producing no trash, save for compost, purchasing no goods except for food grown within a 250-mile radius, using no carbon-based transportation, and using no paper products, including toilet paper. He and his family are the subject of a documentary, No Impact Man: The Documentary . A book about the year-long experiment was released in September 2009. [2] [3] [4]
Beavan was named one of MSN's Ten Most Influential Men of 2007 and was named an Eco-Illuminator in Elle magazine's 2008 Green Awards. His blog NoImpactMan.com was named one of the world's top 15 environmental websites by Time .[ citation needed ] He has written for numerous American magazines, including The Atlantic and Wired . [5]
In May 2012, Beavan announced he would run for the United States House of Representatives seat representing New York's 8th congressional district, running as the nominee of the Green Party. Beavan lost the general election to Hakeem Jeffries, a member of the New York State Assembly. [6]
During the filming of No Impact Man, Colin lived in New York City with his wife Michelle and their daughter. [7] They've since divorced, but remain supportive of each other in co-parenting their daughter. [8]
Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Free French Bureau central de renseignements et d'action and the Dutch and Belgian armies in exile were dropped by parachute into occupied France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The objective of the Jedburgh teams was to assist allied forces who invaded France on 6 June 1944 with sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and leading local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
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