Colin Beavan
{{short description|Environmentalist blogger}}
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Operation Jedburgh
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Colin Beavan (born 1963)[http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3090200018/beavan-colin-1963.html "Beavan, Colin 1963–"]. Encyclopedia.com. 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.
Zero impact experiment
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.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/garden/22impact.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=37d113fa8f818cee&ex=1188100800 |work=The New York Times |title=The Year Without Toilet Paper |first=Penelope |last=Green |date=2007-03-22 |access-date=2008-02-08}}{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TenWays/Story?id=3159955&page=1 |title=No Impact Man: Extreme Green Living |date=2007-06-25 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=2008-02-08}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7000991.stm |title=US family tries life without toilet paper |date=2007-09-19 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2008-02-08}}
Writing career
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|date=October 2009}} He has written for numerous American magazines, including The Atlantic and Wired.{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/colin-beavan-operation-jedburgh/ |title=Colin Beavan: Operation Jedburgh | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago |publisher=Pritzkermilitary.org |date=2006-06-01 |access-date=2014-08-27}}
Political career
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.Harris, Elizabeth (May 14, 2012). [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/nyregion/colin-beavan-environmental-activist-makes-a-run-for-congress.html?_r=1 "An Environmental Crusader’s Newest Goal: Congress"]. The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
Personal life
During the filming of No Impact Man, Colin lived in New York City with his wife Michelle and their daughter.{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/colin-beavan-operation-jedburgh/ |title=Colin Beavan: Operation Jedburgh | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago |publisher=Pritzkermilitary.org |date=2006-06-01 |access-date=2014-08-27}} They've since divorced, but remain supportive of each other in co-parenting their daughter.{{Cite news|url=http://colinbeavan.com/choose-the-romantic-partner-who-will-make-the-best-ex/|title=Choose The Romantic Partner Who Will Make The Best Ex {{!}} Colin Beavan|date=2016-02-25|publisher=Colin Beavan|access-date=2017-07-10|language=en-US}}
His books
- {{cite book|title=How to be Alive: a Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World|location=New York|publisher=Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers|date=2016|isbn=978-0-0622-3670-8}}
- {{cite book|title=No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process|url=https://archive.org/details/noimpactmanadven00beav|url-access=registration|date=2009|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|location=New York|isbn=978-0-374-22288-8}}
- {{cite book|title=Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War|location=New York|publisher=Viking|date=2006| isbn=978-0-670-03762-9}}
- {{cite book|title=Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science|url=https://archive.org/details/fingerprintsorig00beav|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion|date=2001| isbn= 978-0-7868-8528-2}}
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Colin Beavan}}
- {{Official website|https://colinbeavan.com/}}
- [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120926190246/http%3A//votecolin.com/home/ Votecolin.com] - 2012 congressional candidate website
- [http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ No-Impact Man] - The blog about the experience
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213022522/http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/colin-beavan-advice-from-an-accidental-activist "Advice From an Accidental Activist"]
- [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/colin-beavan-operation-jedburgh/ Beavan discusses Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War] at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
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