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No Impact Man on the Colbert Report

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 04.10.07
Culture & Celebrity (audio video)

Stephen Colbert thought No Impact Man was challenging the American way of life.

"You can't strangle a seabird these days without hearing from the reduce, re-use and recycle brigade! Meanwhile, this New York family, the Beavans are five months into a year long experiment. No toilet paper! No incandescent bulbs! No disposable razors! Planes, trains, automobiles or elevators or shopping for anything new! Its like Gilligan's Island only completely implausible!

However in the end No Impact Man aka Colin Beavan held up quite well. Entertaining TV at ::The Colbert Report

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The typos in this post are going to give me a grammar-induced aneurysm. Spell check people!

LA: So far as I can tell there was one, entertaining. If there are any others please let me know.

jump to top Lauren says:

You can post the video on the blog, with the embed link on the video you linked to.

LA: Thanks, I had never done that with the comedy channel and have revised the post

jump to top Allen Lew says:

Actually he said "re-psycho brigade" not "recycle brigade". Beavan was great...one of the few to hold his own against Colbert!

jump to top Kenzi says:

Colbert for president! Seriously....he's a genius

jump to top Blottoottoman says:

Thanks for finding the clip, brilliant!

jump to top Anonymous says:

he said he hoped it didn't get made out of paper but a renewable material.. does he really know what he's talking about? I mean.. I know normal paper isn't "renewable" (even though it technically is) but what other then recycled paper is there to print on?

jump to top Mike D says:

he said he hoped it didn't get made out of paper but a renewable material.. does he really know what he's talking about? I mean.. I know normal paper isn't "renewable" (even though it technically is) but what other then recycled paper is there to print on?

jump to top Mike D [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

there's this company called dura books that makes books out of plastic resin and ink that can be recycled into new books. I don't know if the system is set up to recylce yet but William McDonaugh's iconic sustainable design book, Cradle to Cradle, is printed on that

jump to top Johnathan says:

The person who also is trying to put his money where his mouth is to reduce the environmental impact of human activity, William McDonough, printed his book "Cradle to Cradle" on a paper made of plastic resins and inorganic filters; it is recyclable in some areas.
The best stationary paper is made out of 100% cotton.

jump to top frances says:

You can also make paper from hemp...there was a great segment on the documentary "Go Further" about it.

jump to top Sara says:

It makes me laugh to know that there are people out there - otherwise very intelligent people - that don't recognize Colbert's heavy sarcasm. He is not the right-wing nut he plays on television. His show is intentionally skewed that way, but dripping with juicy satire. :)

jump to top molly says:

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