Interest: No Impact Experiment

The idea is to add some new good habits each day for one week, striving to have no impact on the environment (or as little impact as you can handle). Participants will receive a "How To" manual (see "Prepare for Official Project Launch") that introduces a new area to focus on each day of their No Impact week. For example, on Sunday we will tackle consumption and try not to buy anything. Monday we continue to keep our consumption low and add an effort to eliminate trash. Tuesday, we continue those previous efforts and add a focus on transportation, etc., etc.

The ultimate goal is to get everyone to try some green habits that they might not ordinarily do. But we're not asking anyone to go off the deep end and make their lives miserable. The point is to find ways to live more sustainably and more happily. Each person will have to find the right balance.

Should be a fun project! Let's give it a try!

A NOTE ON THE DISCUSSION FORUMS: Below you'll find a discussion forum for each day of the week, plus one about preparation. Feel free to share your thoughts on each day as the week progresses. (Each forum already contains comments from participants in the trial run, Oct. 4-11. Instead of starting new forums for current participants, let's keep using the old ones so everyone's thoughts are in one place.) Also note that the No Impact Project has its own Ning site at http://experiment.noimpactproject.org, so you can share experiences there, too!