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The Green Options Interview: No Impact Man, Colin Beavan:

http://www.greenoptions.com/blog/2007/05/15/the_green_options_interview_no_impact_man_colin_beavan 

I think the main thing that we'll let go of is the strictness. For example, when it was snowing, Michelle would still either ride her push scooter or walk to work, even though it wasn't really practical to do so. And that was just for the sake of the experiment. Or if for some reason I miss the farmers market and can't buy my food local, I don't go to D'Agastinos [the grocery store] at the moment. So if it turns out that for two days all we have is potatoes then that's all we eat for a couple of days.

But most of the stuff that we're doing I think we'd hang on to. Although it is hypothetical to say what will happen at the end of the year, I think this experiment has changed the course of our lives. It is the way we want to live. Our friends used to think the experiment was about austerity and about giving up so much, but the fact of the matter is we're gaining so much. The lifestyle changes that the experiment has caused us to make are actually making us feel better and happier.

Colin Beavan, No Impact Man