[Mitai-announce] NO IMPACT MAN--ecoEntertainment and dinner--May 11

[Mary Jue Xu]

*MIT Amnesty International Presents:
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*No Impact Man*
Saving the world, one family at a time. Documenting a new way of protecting
the environment

Screening and Dinner
When: Tuesday, May 11th, 6:30pm
Where: 4-237

Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high
consumption
*5th Avenue lifestyle* and try to live a year while making *no net
environmental impact*.

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Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the
environment for the next year. It means eating vegetarian, buying only local
food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no
television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no
electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage.

No problem, at least for Colin, but he and his family live in Manhattan. So
when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their
two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has
an unforeseen impact of its own.

Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look
into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation,
while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from
Colin and Michelle's struggle with their radical lifestyle change.

Web site: http://www.noimpactdoc.com/index_m.php

Open to: the general public