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a small child) to avoid buying anything new, to eat local food, to go without power. However, he repeatedly found that with less stuff in the way, he was closer to his family. He appreciated his life more. Some of his posts on this subject have been incredibly touching. One recent post in particular caught my eye. I have to feel bad for his wife. (I should say, the spouses of immersion journalists in general.) She has put up with a lot of hardship for his experiment. Still, it

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The Nutcracker Suite for Children was a natural. Or try: The House at Pooh Corner, Babar, Peter and the Wolf or The Little Engine that Could. 2. Four things children really want for Christmas (via Parent Hacks). 3. Entertaining Isabella without TV (an oldie, but a goodie). 4. How to be a great dad – 12 tips. 5. Video: Five dangerous things you should let your kids do (the speaker gets to the heart of the issue at 1:40). Congratulations to Alex of Neatorama

Just because technology allows us to go at a breakneck speed doesn’t mean we should. That’s why making bread is such a consolation. It’s a way to stop, to take a break, to just, well, knead the bread. [emphasis mine] And he can share that bread making time with his 3 year old daughter. When thinking about how something you do contributes to sustainability, consider the ways it satisfies items on

t that an important point? We could be happy without the stuff and without wrecking the planet. We just need to hang out more. Read More: No Impact reentry and the lie of stuff And if you want to read something beautiful, read his entry on entertaining their daughter without TV.

(with the help of a solar panel). They've shared so many moments with us - laugh out loud ones like Colin trying to persuade Michelle to let him keep worms, head-scratching ones like how to keep milk cold without a fridge; and heart-warming ones like how they entertain Isabella without a TV. Colin has been round the media circuit with good humour - I heard him interviewed on Five Live one night when the presenter got fixated on the subject of the lack of toilet paper. Actually, I suspect that toilet paper and the washing machine will be

you make it a regular stop. Colin, who lives with his wife, daughter, and dog in NYC, decided to take up the challenge to live for one year with no net impact on the environment. He's been writing about his experience daily covering everything from alternative activities he found to do with his daughter to tips on worm composts. The year is set to be over in about two weeks, so you'll want to play close attention as he will probably be drawing conclusions soon. He has a recent diary up on Environmentalism Means Less Deprivation

Not long after I found the No Impact Man blog, I read through all the archives, because this story fascinates me. Some favorite posts include: The Year-Long Plan, describing some of the reasons and methods they began with; Entertaining Isabella without TV, Colin’s post on playing with his daughter; How we avoid making trash, describing their methods and the benefits they’ve found, other than the obvious impact of no trash for the landfill; Slimy pets to eat your garbage and entertain your kids,